'Outstanding quality' at Quoybrae anniversary sale
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Quoybrae, Aberdeen and Northern Marts on Monday sold 913 store cattle at their anniversary show and sale.
Bullocks (416) averaged 293.6p or £1446.25 per head (+57.1p or +£300.27 on the year) and sold to 342.8p per kg for a pen of 404kg Charolais Crosses from East Murkle, Murkle and £2020 gross for a 722kg Limousin Cross from Brae Edge, Castletown.
Aberdeen-Angus Bullocks (43) averaged 304.2p or £1412.67 per head (+54.8p or +£373.36 on the year) and sold to 318.1p per kg for a pen of 448kgs and £1565 gross for a pen of 498kg from Backlass Croft, Watten.
Heifers (424) averaged 283.3p or £1307.55 per head (+49.1p or +£222.73 on the year) and sold to 359.3p per kg and £2120 gross for a 590kg British Blue Cross Tresdale, Canisbay.
Aberdeen-Angus Heifers (30) averaged 261.1p or £1195 per head (+40.7p or £155 on the year) and sold to 287.3p per kg and £1495 gross for a pair of 531kg from The Crofts, North Watten.
Champion in the Caithness Livestock Breeders and East Coast Viners sponsored show and sale, judged by Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly, was a 590kg British Blue Heifer from DG Kennedy, Tresdale, Canisbay and sold to £2120 to O Young, Nether Drumallochie, Glenkindie.
Reserve was a 590kg Limousin Cross Heifer from G Douglas, House Park, Bower and realised £1760 to J&JP Sim, Kincraig, Brechin.
“With 913 cattle sold, the buyers were not disappointed with the outstanding quality they were greeted with at the anniversary show and sale. Bullocks were up £300.27 on the year per head and heifers were also up £222.73 on the year, £2000 was crossed on two occasions – firstly with the champion realising £2120 from DG Kennedy, Tresdale for a 590kg heifer and secondly at £2020 for a 719kg heifer from DA Budge, Brae Edge, Castletown.”
Prize list:
Single Bullock: 1 G Douglas, House Park, Bower, LimX £1520; 2 JD & L Innes, Oust Farm, Bridge of Westfield ChaX £1600; 3 DA Budge, Brae Edge, Castletown LimX £2020.
Single Heifer: 1 DG Kennedy, Tresdale, Canisbay BRBX £2120; 2 G Douglas, House Park LimX £1760; 3 DG Kennedy, Tresdale BRBX £1760.
Pair of Bullocks: 1 JD & L Innes, Oust Farm Chax £1670; 2 A & W Campbell, 5 West Murkle ChaX £1670; 3 JB & L Swanson, East Murkle Chax £1680.
Single Aberdeen Angus: 1 R & A Brass, The Crofts, North Watten £1495.
Leading prices per head and per kg:
Bullocks up to 300kg – 65 Clasdaidy, Skerray (LimX) £770, 259.3p; 301-350kg – Folly Farm, Murkle £830, 262.7p; 351-400kg – Tongside, Scotscalder (Chax) £1245, 320.1p; 401-450kg – Lower Milton, Wick (LimX) £1475, Tongside, Scotscalder 340.3p; 451-500kg – Tongside (Chax) £1590, 332.6p; 501-550kg – 5 West Murkle, Thurso (Chax) £1670, Oust Farm, Bridge of Westfield (Chax) 313.1p; 551-600kg – 5 West Murkle (Limx) £1740, East Murkle (Chax) 306.3p; 601-650kg – East Kirk (Chax) £1780, Greenvale, Dunnet (Chax) 294.7p; 651-700kg – Lynegar, Watten (Simx) £1,780, 270.5p; Aberdeen-Angus Bullocks up to 450kg – Backlass £1425, 318.1p; 451-500kg – Backlass £1525, 316.5p; 501-550kg – Backlass £1565, West Watten, Watten 303.4p; Heifers up to 300kg – 65 Clashaidy, Skerray £630, 236p; 301-350kg – Ha, Bowermadden (Blonde) £750, 245.9p; 351-400kg – 13 Upper Dounreay (LimX) £1300, 325p; 401-450kg – Westerloch £1430, 325p; 451-500kg –Brae Edge (Limx) £1570, 319.8p; 501-550kg – Tresdale, Canisbay (BRBX) £1760, 336.5p; 551-600kg – House Park, Bower £1760, 304.1p; 601-650kg – Roadside, Kirk £1830, (SimX) East Kirk, Kirk 284.8p; 651-700kg – Roadside, Kirk (Simx) £1830, 273.5p; Aberdeen-Angus Heifers up to 450kg – 401-450kg – Achscrabster, Bridge of Westfield £1160, Backlass 269.2p; 451-500kg – Achscrabster £1385, 287.3p; 501-550kg – The Crofts £1495, 281.5p; 551-600kg – Achscrabster £1430, 253.5p.
