7th November 2015
DINGWALL, Dingwall and Highland Marts (November, 7th) sold 2 cattle, 3 horses, 22 goats, 1007 sheep including 109 Zwartbles, and 508 lots of poultry, eggs and poultry equipment at their poultry, rare & traditional breeds of livestock sale.
Cattle (2) sold to £480 gross for a Dexter cow with calf at foot from Achnahinich, Plockton.
Goats (22) sold to £280 gross for a Pygmy billy kid, from Rowanlea, Fort Augustus.
Sheep (1007) sold to £500 gross for Zwartbles in lamb gimmer from Greystone Farm, Dunblane.
Poultry (508) sold to £260 gross for a trio of Pilgrim geese from Cairnhill Cottage, Turriff.
Sheep other leading prices:
Zwartbles in lamb gimmers: Greystone Farm, £310, £300.
Zwartbles in lamb ewes: The Hollies, Beauly, £200, Cairnhill, Farr, £180, Carn Reach, Applecross, £110.
Zwartbles ewe lambs: Burnside, Marypark, £220, £210, Greystone Farm, £180.
Zwartbles tup lambs: Braehead, Elchies, £150, Greystone Farm, £125.
Zwartbles rams: Burnside, £110.
Zwartbles ewes (empty): Burnside, £130, £120.
Sheep: Lambs: Hampshire Down - Burnside, £180; Dorset - 1 Newmore, Muir of Ord, £170; Herdwick - Broombank, Culloden, £90.
Ewe lambs: BFL – Greenlands Farm, Arabella, £130; TexX – Larkins, Upper Lybster, £120; Hampshire Down – The Red House, Freuchie, £110; Poll Dorset – Quarry Croft, East Kilcoy, £108; Dorset – Bogburn Farm, Duncanston, £100 (twice); Ryeland – Leodibest, Latheron, £90; Shetland – Inver Bay, Lower Arboll, £85; Kerryhill – 2 Rhiroy, Lochroom, £80; Herdwick – Cairnhill, £80. Border Leicester – Leodibest, £68.
Gimmer: Kerryhill – Greenlands Farm, £160; Herdwick – Woodside Croft, Ardersier, £150; Hampshire Down – The Red House, £140; Dorset – Bogburn, £140; Black Cheviot – Cuilaneilan, Kinlochewe, £95.
Ewes: Kerryhill – Leodibest, £200; Dorset – Bogburn, £135; Ryeland – Hardmuir, £100; Herdwick – Reddlesburn Croft, Borgue, £100; Hampshire – The Red House, £88.
Rams: Black Cheviot – Knockinnon, Dunbeath, £150; Herdwick – Wester Mosshead House, Huntly, £100; Dorset – Rheindown Croft, Teandalloch, £95.
Ewes with lambs at foot: Dorset – Smallburn Farms, Elgin, £120.
In-lamb ewes: Herdwick – Broombank, £160.
In-lamb Gimmers: Black Chev – Seafield View, Mey, £150.
Goats: Toggenburg female – Bogallan, North Kessock, £75.
Poultry other leading prices per section:
Large Fowl: 4 Speckled Sussex pullets, £140, Pair of White Wyandotte, and 2 Crested Cream Legbar pullets, £120, 2 Favorolle pullets, 2 Buff Sussex females, Trio Cream Legbar, £110.
Ducks: 4 Khaki Campbell, £150, 3 Indian Runner females, and Pair of Whistling Tree, £90, 3 Khaki Campbell, Pair of Fulvous Whistling Tree, 2 Cherry Valley females, and 4 Muscovy females, £80.
Call ducks: 1 Silver female, £70, Pair of White and Pair of Mallard, £50, Pair of White, Pair of Silver, and Pair, £45.
Bantams: Trio Old English Game Furnace, £100, 4 Belgian Bearded DAnvers pullets, £75, Trio Silver Pencilled Wyandotte pullets, £65.
Pigeons: 4 Show Racers, £28, 4 Racers, £20.
Pheasants: Pair Golden, £25; Pair Golden, £22.
Quail: 5 Japanese, £45.
Geese: Pair Buff African, £85; 1 Brecon Buff gander and 2 Brecon Buff females, £60.
Guinea Fowl: Pair, and 4 keats, £40.
Pea fowl: 5 Indian Blue pea chicks, £200.
Equipment: 6x4 hen house, £250; hen house and run, £150; small hen house, £100.