'Phenomenal average' for OTM cows at Dingwall and Highland Marts sale amidst 'animated inquiry' for Angus bullocks
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DINGWALL and Highland Marts Ltd yesterday sold 1001 store cattle and 19 adult head of breeding cattle.
Bullocks (626) averaged 235.4p per kg and sold to 298.7p per kg for a pair of 452kg Limousins from Clury Farm, Dulnain Bridge and £1,590 gross 670kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Knockdee Farm, Halkirk.
Heifers (367) averaged 224.0p per kg and sold to 276.2p per kg for a pen of Wagyu crosses from Knockdee Farm, Halkirk and sold to £1,320 gross for a pen of Aberdeen Angus from 3 Dounie, Edderton.
Young Bulls (4) sold to £990 gross for a 465kg Limousin cross from Carnoch, Strathconon.
Rig (4) sold to £1,000 gross for a 485kg Beef Shorthorn from Killin Farm, Garve.
Breeding Cattle (19) sold to £1,800 gross for a Limousin bull from Trien Croft.
The verdict: “A very mixed offering of stores forward saw the heavy short keep cattle a grand trade. Angus bullocks too met an animated inquiry and many more could have been sold. Smaller long keep sorts would be harder to cash today as buyers are becoming wary of increased winter feed costs.”
Other leading prices per head and per kg:
Bullocks - 251-300kg –Breakachy, Laggan, £710, 254.6p, Balmacaan Farm, Drumnadrochit, £700, 252.7p, Achnamoine, Watten, £690, Lieurary Mains, Thurso, 264.8p; 301-350kg – Clury Farm, £930, 265.7p, North Calder, Halkirk, £850, Coul of Fairburn, £840, 254.6p, Breakachy, 256.9p; 351-400kg – North Calder, £970, 264.3p, 2 Lochend, Barrock, £940, Bunchrew Farm, Inverness, £940, 244.2p, Burnside Croft, Jameston, 243.7p; 401-450kg – Clury Farm, £1,220, 286.4p, Bunchrew Farm, £1,200, 267.9p, Murza, Wick, £1,190, Smerral, 279.0p; 451-500kg – Clury, £1,350, 272.9, 2 Lochend, £1,340, 273.5p, Knockdee Farm, £1,330, Murza, 280.1p; 501-550kg – Murza, £1,380, 263.9p, 1 Skaill, Dounreay, £1,320, Castle of Mey Trust, Longoe Farm, £1,300, Rattar Mains, 247.5p, Rhevackin Farm, Kiltarlity, 245.3p; 551-600kg – Knockdee Farm, £1,400, (twice), £1,380, 240.6p, 237.9p, 237.7p; Over 600kg – Fiddlefield, Muir of Ord, £1,570, £1,540, 246.4p, 243.4p, Knockdee Farm, 237.3p.
Heifers – Up to 250kg – Breakachy, £550, 224.5p, New Croft, Knockfarrel, £500, 204.1p;251-300kg – 1 Raddery, Fortrose, £630, 242.3p, Corriemoillie, Garve, £630, Achley Farm, Maryburgh, £570, Trien Croft, Carbost, 203.7p;301-350kg –2 Lochend, £890, 254.3p, Coul of Fairburn, £800, Milton Croft, Edderton, £780, 5 Strathnaver, Kinbrace, 230.3p, 31 Strath, Gairloch, 230.0p; 351-400kg – Easter Templand, Fortrose, £970, 255.3p, 249.3p, Craiglands, Fortrose, £950, North Calder, £940, Shop Farm, Caithness, 248.0p;401-450kg – Rhevackin Farm, £1,200, 266.7p, Knockdee Farm, £1,160, 267.5p, 34 Newmarket, Laxdale, £1,150, Murza, 269.3p;451-500kg – Greenvale, Dunnet, £1,280, £1,260, 258.6p, 257.1p, Rhevackin Farm, £1,180, 248.4p;501-550kg – Milton Croft, £1,200, 220.2p, Achley Farm,
£1,180, Borowston Mains, Thurso, £1,180, 233.7p, 3 Dounie, 223.7p;551-600kg – Achley Farm, £1,290, £1,270, £1,230, 225.1p, 219.2p, 219.0p.
Breeding Cattle:
Cows with Calves at foot- Carnoch, (Limx), £1,550, (SalX), £1,320, 2 & 3 Kinloid, (SalX), (SimX),
£1200, (twice); Cows in calf – 52 Craggiemore, (AAX), £1,350, 1 & 2 Conon, Uig, (LimX), £1,260.
OTM prime & feeding cattle (161) averaged 184.9p per kg and sold to 226.1p per kg for a 6902kg
Limousin cross cow from Dunain Mains, Inverness and £2,200 gross for a 1,255kg Aberdeen Angus bullock from Strathbrae, Heights of Brae.
The verdict: “The OTM cows were on fire recording a phenomenal average despite most of the sale consisting of leaner tyres. Fleshy cows were well short of buyer’s requirements well past £2 per kg mark with ease.”
Other leading prices per head:
OTM prime & feeding cattle: Strathbrae, (CharX), £2,120, Hilton Farm, (CharX), £2,080, (SimX), £1,520, Wester Craiglands, (CharX), £2,060, (SimX), £1,910, (BshoX), £1,900, (LimX), £1,900, £1,780, (twice), £1,740, (Char bull), £1,880, (AAX), £1,510, Lochdhu, Nairn, (AA), £1,910, Newlands of Clan, (SimX), £1,770, Dunain Mains, (SimX), £1,740, £1,400, (LimX), £1,560, £1,490, 107 Torroble, Lairg, (ShoX), £1,730, (LimX), £1,710, Fairburn Farms, Urray, (LimX), £1,710, Clury Farm, (LimX), £1,660, Milton Croft, (CharX), £1,610, £1,440, (LimX), £1,520, (SimX), £1,450, Waterloo, Wick, (CharX), £1,600, £1,570, (HerX), £1,480, (LimX), £1,480, Achley Farm, (ShoX), £1,580, £1,560, £1,420, Kinchyle Farm, Scaniport, (LimX), £1,560, £1,550, £1,490, (SimX), £1,480, Udale, Dingwall, (Lim bull), £1,560, (BRB bull), £1,420, 4 & 5 Totescore, Portree, (SimX), £1,550, Spittal Mains, Watten, (SimX), £1,530, Corriemoillie, (LimX), £1,510, Breakachy, (AAX), £1,500, Beehive, Duncanston, (Lim bull), £1,480, Coul of Fairburn, (CharX), £1,440, Wester Fearn, Ardgay, (AA), £1,430, Gesto Farm, Struan, (SalX), £1,400, 4 Balgowan, Struan, (AAX), £1,400, 207 Migdale, (BshoX), £1,400.
Other leading prices per kg:
OTM prime & feeding cattle: Breakachy, (BshoX), 225.9p, (AAX), 224.1p, 212.4p, Strathbrae, (CharX), 225.5p, Lochdhu, (AAX), 224.7p, Craiglands, (LimX), 224.5.p, 219.2p, 218.4p, 213.2, 208.2p, (Char bull), 217.3p, (SimX), 214.6p, (AAX), 214.2p, (BshoX), 212.3p, Hilton Farm, (CharX), 221.3p, (SimX), 205.4p, 107 Torroble, (LimX), 220.7p, 216.3p, Kinchyle, (LimX), 219.7p, 206.7p, (SimX), 209.9p, 2 & 3 Kinloid, Arisaig, (SalX), 219.4p, Waterloo, (LimX), 219.3, 214.3p, (CharX), 212.2p, 210.5p, 204.3p, Bunchrew Farm, (AAX), 218.9p, Clury Farm, (LimX), 218.4p, 4 & 5 Totescore, (SimX), 216.8p, Coul of Fairburn, (CharX), 216.5p, Dunain Mains, (LimX), 215.9p, (SimX), 213.5p, Torran Farm, Delny, (BRB), 214.6p, Achley Farm, (BshoX), 213.5p, 212.2p, 210.7p, 3 Torrin, Broadford, 212.6, Spittal Mains, (SimX), 212.5p, Fairburn Farms, (LimX), 209.8p, Corriemoillie, (LimX), 209.7p, East Clyne, Brora, (LimX), 208.4p, 208.2p, Milton Croft, (CharX), 207.7p, (SimX), 205.7p, Torvaig, (LimX), 206.8p.
