Dingwall and Highland Marts - sale 23 March 2016

24th March 2016

DINGWALL, Dingwall and Highland Marts, (March, 23rd) sold 1,542 sheep of all classes.
Lambs (792) sold to £80 gross for a Suffolk lamb from Breakachy, Laggan.
Ewes (486) sold to £90 gross for Texel crosses from Muirton Mains, Urray.
In-lamb gimmers & ewes (130) sold to £102 gross for Cheviots from 1 Eyre, Snizort.
Gimmers & ewes with lamb at foot (2) sold to £100 gross for Blackfaces with twin lambs at foot from Bogallan, North Kessock
Rams and feeding sheep (132) sold to £90 gross, twice, for a Texel from Balblair, Farm, Balblair & Cheviots from Achue, Spinningdale.

A more mixed show met a similar demand to last sale.

Other leading prices per head:
Lambs: SuffX - Borowston Mains, Thurso, £74.50. Fairview, Nethy Bridge, £60, Muirton Mains, £59; Tex - Moy Bridge Croft, Urray, £74, £64; TexX – Borowston Mains & Old Inn Croft, Fodderty, £71, Borowston Mains, £67, Fair A Far, Kirkhill, £65.50; Suff – Breakachy, £70; CharX – Fairview, £70; Chev – Tighnahinch, Alcaig, £67.50, Muirton, Munlochy, £64, Achue, £62; BeltX – Dalmagarry Farms, Moy, £61; BDM – Tighnahinch, £60; Blackface – Gorthleck Mains, Inverness, £66; Mule – Carnoch, Strathconon, £54.50 Zwarb – Muirton, £52; Cross – Cypress, Achterneed, £51 .
Ewes: Chev – 250 Rearquhar, Fleucharry, £89, Ardchronie, Ardgay & Suisgill Estate, Kildonan, £81, Braemore, Dunbeath & Viewbay, Munlochy, £75; TexX – Burnside Croft, Lamburn, £88, Tombeg, Tomatin, £72, Wester Cairnglass, Gollanfield, £67; Cross – Lochbuie, Newtonmore, £85; CharX – Ankerville, Nigg, £85, Muirton Mains, £84, Ankerville, £67; BDM – Tighnahinch, £83; Tex – Bogallan, £78; Suff – Ankerville, £75; Mule – Rhevackin, Kiltarlity, £74, Balnabual, Dalcross & Rhevackin, £62; BF – 37 Vatisker, Back, £68, Viewbay & Gorthleck, £66.
In-lamb ewes: Chev – 68 Foindle, Lairg, £95, £90, £80, (twice); TexX – 68 Foindle, £90, £75; Swale – 68 Foindle, £75.
Rams & feeding sheep: Blackface ram – Abersky, Torness, £86; Suffolk ram – Wester Cairnglass, £86; Chev ram – Burnside, Portree, £84; BeltX ram – Balblair Farm, £80; Texel ram – Corriebheinn Farms, Achachork, £73; TexX gmr – Strathmore, Staffin, £70; BFL ram – Abersky, £65. .