Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd - Sale 28 February 2018

28th February 2018

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 28th) sold 385 store cattle and 2 adult head of breeding cattle.

Bullocks (209) averaged 236.9p and sold to 313.7p per kg for a pair of 255kg Simmental crosses from Refouble, Glenferness and £1,310 gross for a pair of 698kg Aberdeen Angus crosses from Raitcastle Farm, Nairn.

Heifers (166) averaged 229.8p and sold to 298.5p per kg for a pair of 268kg Simmental crosses from Refouble, and £1,240 gross for a 660kg Simmental cross from Tomcluich, Nairn.

Young bulls (10) averaged 171.2p per kilo and sold to 215.7p per kg for a 510kg Simmental and £1,100 gross for a 510kg Simmental both from Wellhouse, Beauly.

Breeding cattle (2) sold to £1,127 gross for a Simmental cross Heifer in calf from Mill of Buckie, Banff.

"All classes continued at recent keen rates."

Other leading prices per head and per kg:

Bullocks up to 250kg - Refouble, £600, 250.0p; 251-300kg – Coul of Fairburn Farm, Urray, £880, 294.3p; 301-350kg – Dalchalm, Brora, £900, Meddat Farm, Kildary, 269.6p; 351-400kg – Glebe Farm, Allarburn, £950, Raitcastle Farm, 264.2p; 401-450kg – Druid Temple Farm, Inverness, £1,100, 261.9p; 451-500kg – Kindeace Farm, Invergordon, £1,220, Druid Temple Farm, 257.6p; 501-550kg – Easter Kinkell, Dingwall, £1,220, Lochdhu, Nairn, 234.3p; 551-600kg – Corrieben, Dingwall, £1,090, 194.6p.

Heifers up to 250kg – Coul of Fairburn Farm, £600, 241.9p; 251-300kg – Refouble, £800, Upper Thrumster, Wick 263.2p; 301-350kg – Druid Temple Farm, £995, Longreens Croft, Wick and Upper Thrumster, 263.3p; 351-400kg – Dunain Mains, Inverness, £960, Druid Temple Farm, 260.5p; 401-450kg – Kindeace Farm, £1,075, Druid Temple Farm, 253.7p; 451-500kg – Raitcastle Farm, £1,165, 235.4p; 501-550kg – Lochdhu, £1,160, 221.0p; 551-600kg – Raitcastle, £1,140, 196.6p.

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (February, 28th) sold 33 OTM cattle.

OTM prime & feeding cows (29) averaged 119.9p and sold to 157.5p per kg for a 705kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Strathglass Farms, Beauly, and £1,270 gross for a 820kg Simmental cross from Culmaily Farm, Golspie.

OTM Bulls (4) sold to 109.2p per kg and £1,200 gross for a Charolais from Kindeace.

Other leading prices per head:

OTM prime & feeding cows: Culmaily Farm, (SimX) and Strathglass Farms, (AAX), £1,110; Culmaily Farm, (LUI), £1,090; 3 Corrie Place, Muir of Ord, (AAX) and Penick Farm, Nairn, (BBX), £1,050.

Other leading prices per kg

OTM prime & feeding cows: Culmaily Farm, (SimX), 154.9p; Culmaily Farm, (LUI), 153.5p; Strathglass Farms, (SAX), 134.9p; Penick Farm, (BBX), 133.8p.