15th October 2016
DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (October, 14th) sold 6,831 store sheep.
Lambs (5,038) averaged £46.57 and sold to £69.50 for Texel crosses from Croft 8, Inverness.
Gimmers (124) sold to £125 for Texel crosses from Cambusmore Estate, Dornoch.
Ewes (1,559) sold to £90 for Mules from Simpsons Croft, Scotsburn.
Feeding sheep (89) sold to £67 for a Cross wedder from Lynroich, Gorthleck.
Rams (21) sold to £115 for a Suffolk ram from Cadbollmount, Fearn.
"A good show of lambs met an extremely keen demand. All classes of ewes also sold well."
Other leading prices per head
Lambs: Chev - Knockglass, Dornoch and 21 Baligill, Thurso, £68, Burnbank, Isle of Canna, £65.50, Comar, Cannich, £64.50; BeltX – Glenurquhart Farm, Cromarty, £66, Grenville, Kiltarlity, £65, Tullyglens, Dunphail, £63; SuffX – 15 Burns Crescent, Dingwall and Fiddlefield, Muir of Ord, £65, Kirkfield, Olrig, £63, Calrossie Mains, Nigg, £62; Mule – Woodside of Culloden, Inverness, £64.50, Achnabat, Torness, £64, Lower Gartally, Drumnadrochit, £63; TexX – 1 Lochlait, Abriachan and 38 Lodge Hill Park, Nairn, £64, Lower Gartally (twice) and Netherside, Castletown, £63, Dell Farm, Whitebridge, £62.50; Cross – Ardnamurchan Estate, Cromarty, £61, 1 Drimsdale, Lochboisdale, £60.50, Achnabat, £60; ZwbX – Comar, £61; CHM – Tullyglens, £61, Calrossie Mains and Achnabat, £58.50; LlyX – Bramblewood, Balblair, £60.
Gimmers: TexX – Cambusmore Estate, £120; Chev – Sumardale, Isle of Skye, £90; Cross – Mid Fearn Farm, Ardgay, £70; BF - The Whitehouse, Rosskill, £62.
Ewes: Chev – 3 Balnabeen, Conon Bridge, £77, 9 Sconser, Isle of Skye and Courthill, Tain, £71, Woodlands, Dingwall, £68; TexX – 6/10 Airdens, Bonar Bridge, £75, Invercharron, Ardgay, £70, 12 Airdens, Bonar Bridge, £68; Mule – Calrossie Mains, £73, Simpsons Croft, £70; Cross – Wester Balloan, Urray, £59; BF – Carn Elrig, Nethybridge, £53.
Feeding sheep: SuffX wdr – Tullyglens, £63; Chev wdr – 10 Culduie, Applecross, £58; BF rig – Dell Farm, £58.