Quoybrae Caithness sale: Cattle exceed sellers' expectations
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Quoybrae, Aberdeen and Northern Marts on Monday, May 1, sold 107 store cattle, 1083 ewes with lambs at foot, prime, store and feeding sheep.
Bullocks (50) averaged 321.4p per kg to 381.9p for a pen of five 343kg Charolais crosses and £1760 for a pair of 591kg Charolais crosses from Gillock Mains.
Heifers (57) averaged 300p per kg to 356.9p for a 339kg Charolais crosses from Bardnaclavan, Bridge of Westfield and £1590 gross for a 542kg for Simmental from Hunster, Bower.
Old season prime lambs (291) averaged 260.3p and sold to 310.7p for 42kg suffolks from Thirdpart, Watten and £157.50 gross for a 75kg Texel from South Keiss, Wick.
Ewes with lambs at foot (85) sold to £92 for life for Cheviot ewes with hill Cheviot lambs at foot from Auckhorn, Lyth.
Old season store lambs (404) sold to £109.50 for Texels from Quarryside, Castletown and Strath Farm, Watten.
Feeding ewes and rams (303) averaged £86.75 sold to £181.50 for a Texel ewe from 6 Oldfield Terrace, Thurso.
“Store cattle sold well above seller expectations with grazing cattle wanted. Sheep trade followed recent trends.”
Leading prices per head and kg:
Bullocks up to 300kg – Gilpen Croft, Roster (Limx) £930, 332.1p; 301-350kg – Gillock Mains (Chax) £1310, 353.4p; 351-400kg – Gillock Mains (Chax) £1330, 374.6p; 401-450kg – West Watten (Simx) £1390, 346.6p; 451-500kg – Gillock Mains (Chax) £1550, 313.8p; 501-550kg – Gillock Mains (Chax) £1510, 295.5p; 551-600kg – Gillock Mains (Chax) £1760, 297.8p; 601-650kg – Gillock Mains (Chax) £1700, 276.9p.
Heifers up to 350kg – Bardnaclavan, Bridge of Westfield (ChaX) £1210, 356.9p; 351-400kg – Bardnaclavan (Chax) £1240, 345.5p; 401-450kg – West Watten (LimX) £1270, 309.8p; 451-500kg – West Watten (Lim) £1320, 289.5p; 501-550kg – Hunster, Bower (Sim) £1580, 296.4p; 551-600kg – Blackpark (AAX), Hunster (Sim) £1500, Hunster (Sim) 266.9p.
Old Season Prime lambs: Tex – Cruithn, Tofts £150.50, Lhaid, Occumster 280.7p; Bel – 3 Skail, Forss £149.50, 271.8p; Chv – Cruithn, Cairnside, 36 Oldhall £144.50, 3 Skail 280.6p; Mule – West Durran, Castletown £144.50; ChvX – Tister Farm, Halkirk £141.50, 3 Skail 294.4p; Cha – 3 Skail £139.50, Ackergill Mains 272.4p; BelX – 3 Skail £139.50, Quoybrae 280.6p; SufX – Bullechach, Harpsdale, West Durran £138.50, Sibmister 270.2p; Suf – Bullechach £137.50, Old Stirkoke 268.4p; TexX – Bullechach £136.50, Ackergill Mains 278.9p; Blk – Lower Thura £136.50, 267.1p.
Leading prices per head:
Old Season Store Lambs: Chv – Toftcarl, Thrumster £99.50; Suf – Upper Gelshfield £98.50; HB – Quoybrae Farm £97.50; Tex – Braehead, Ulbster, Newton Swiney £97.50; ChvX – Achairn, Stirkoke £97.50; TexX – Strath Farm £94.50; SufX – Quarryside, Castletown £94.50; Cont – Winless Mains £93.50; ContX – Balnahard, Harpsdale £87.50; Cont – Sibmister Farm £85.50.
Feeding Ewes: Suf – Lynegar, Watten £169.50; Tex – 6 Oldfield Terrace £167.50; Sufx – Lynegar £154.50; TexX – Skinnet, Halkirk £145.50; Cont – Sibmister, Castletown £144.50; Cont – Balnahard, Harpsdale £136.50; Blk – Cruith, Tofts £125.50; NCC – Overton, Mid-Clyth £123.50; HB – Overton £119.50; Chv – Sibmister £117.50; ChvMule – Stirkoke Mains, Wick £116.50; Mule – 5 West Murkle £109.50; Mule – South Keiss £108.50; BF – Ha, Bowermadden £60.50.
Feeding Rams: Zwa – West Durran £140.50; Suf – West Durran £139.50; Chv – The Hirsel, West Greenland £114.50.
