Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 29 September 2017

29th September 2017

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September, 29th) sold 6,140 store lambs.

Lambs (6,140) averaged £37.49 and sold to £64 for a Cross from Balcherry, Tain.

"Top lambs met satisfactory rates all others very much more hesitant."

Other leading prices per head

Wedder lambs: CharX - Inshes Farm, Inshes, £63, 4 Tomich, Beauly, £55; TexX - 2 Forss, Thurso, £62.50, Strone Cottage, Strone & Achtuie, Drumnadrochit, £60, Strathmor House, Forss & 2 Forss, £58; Chev - Balcherry, £61.50, South Balkeith, Tain, £59, Coulags, Strathcarron, £57; SuffX – The Glebe, Glenelg, £57, Creagmhor, Glenelg, £56 (twice), Strone Cottage, £55; BF – 86 Invernaver, Bettyhill, £55; Mule – Achnabat, Torness, £54.80; CHM – Achnabat, £54, Tigh Beag, Achterneed, £52; LlyX – Nottingham Mains, Latheron, £51; BeltX – Strone Cottage, £49.50; MtX – Kintradwell Estate, Brora, £49.50; Cross – 14 Opinan, Gairloch, £45.50; BF – MacRitchies Croft, Heights of Brae, £44.50.

Ewe lambs: Chev – Lynemore Farm, Grantown on Spey, £58, 319 Culkein, Drumbeg, £50, Inver Croft, Tain, £49; TexX – Woodend Croft, Balnain, £55.50, An Talla, Portmahomack, £55, Inshes Farm, £50.

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (September 29th) sold 656 lambs from Lewis Livestock Producers.

Lewis Livestock Producers lambs (656) averaged £33.91 and sold to £53.50 for Texel crosses from 24B Lionel, Ness.

Other leading prices per head:

Lambs: Chev – Tigh An Ruda, Eoropie, £52, 5C Fivepenny, Ness, £48, 12 Lionel, Port of Ness, £45; TexX – 100 Cross Skigersta Road, Port of Ness (twice), 26B Lionel, Ness & 1 Eordale, Ness, 17 Lionel, Ness, 12 Port of Ness, Isle of Lewis, £50; Cross – 2 Lionel, Ness & 24B Lionel, Ness, £50, 48 Habost, Ness, £48; SuffX – 127 Cross Skigersta Road, Ness, £50; BF – 1 Eordale, 11 Skigersta Road, Ness & 2 Lionel, £40.