Record sale of feeding ewes and rams at Caithness mart
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Caithness, Aberdeen and Northern Marts on Monday sold 3887 prime sheep, store sheep and feeding ewes & rams.
New season prime lambs (614) averaged 236p or £109.53 gross per kg and sold to 252.3p per kg for 43 Texels from Latheronwheel Mains, Latheronwheel and £132.50 gross for a 60kg Texel from Swineyhill, Lybster.
New season prime lambs SQQ up to 45.5kg (238) averaged 237p per kg.
Store lambs (1735) averaged £79.76 and sold to £152 for North Country Cheviot ewe lambs from Balbeg, Mybster.
Feeding ewes & rams (1538) averaged £75.67 and sold to £265 for Texels from Durran Mains, Castletown.
“A fantastic show of quality prime lambs were sold with a very respectable average of 236p per kg or £109.53 gross. Store lambs were short of buyers’ requirements with many top lots selling in excess of the £80 mark. A centre record was broken today with a total of 1588 feeding ewes and rams selling at a very fast rate with sellers returning home delighted.”
Leading prices per head and per kg:
Old season prime lambs: Chv – Bardnaclavan, Bridge of Westfield £126.50, 233.7p; Tex – Hillhead, Dunnet, West Watten (Thomson) £124.50, Thirdpart, Watten 252.1p; HB – Lythmore £124.50, 239.4p; TexX – Bardnaclavan £123.50, Latheronwheel Mains 247.9p; Cha – Achanmoine, Watten £123.50, 245.3p; Cont – Lythemore, Bridge of Westfield £122.50, West Brims, Forss 238.8p; ContX – East Durran, Castletown £120.50, West Durran 238.8p; Suf – Lythmore £120.50, Thuster Mains, Bilbster 247.9p; Mule – Slickly, Lyth £117.50, 235p; DownX – Cairnricoch, Lybster £117.50; Black – East Durran £116.50, Cairnrioch 247.7p; ChaX – Murza, Bower £107.50, 244.3p; ContX – Achalone, Halkirk £116.50, Olrig Mains, Castletown 243p; ChvX – Old Stirkoke, Wick £119.50, 234.3p; SufX – Newton, Swiney, Burnside, Huna £119.50, Inkstack, Barrack (Mackenzie) 246.4p; Cont – West Brims £116.5.50, Forsie, Bridge of Westfield 243p; ChvMule – East End, John O'Groats £109.50, 238p.
Leading prices per head:
Ewe lambs: NCC – Hillside, Killmster £145; Tex – Burnside, Huna £135; Cha – 31 Larel, Halkirk £130; Ewe lambs: BluTex – Burnside, Portskerra £124; HB – Lythmore £115; Bel – Burnside £107.50; Suf – Hillhead, Lybster £101; TexX – Fairview £100; Chv – 66-78 Farr, Bettyhill £80; ChvMule – Fairview, Halkirk £82.
Store Lambs: SufX – Curlew £110; Bel – Upper Clayock Cottage, Halkirk £110; Tex – Curlew £108.50; TeX – Upper Clayock £108 BelX – Burnside £108; SufX – Vallyview House, Murkle £106.50; DownX – Hillhead, Lybster £106.50; TexX – Plocan Calder £104.50; Black – Curlew, Mybster £103; ChvMule – West Catchery £101C; HV – West Catchery, Watten £99.50; NCC – Hillside Killimster £99.50; BlackX – Curlew £91; NCC – Burnthill, Thrumster £85.50.
Feeding ewes: Pure Tex – Lynegar, Watten £230; Tex – 10 Dunbar Terrace, Thurso £240; Cont – Upper Lybster £159.50; Suf – Lynegar £153.50, £151.50; SufX – Olrig Mains £142.50, Quarryside £139.50, The Ctofts £127.50; TexX – Plocan, Calder £197.50, Achanmoine £149.50, Murza £143.50; ContX – Burnside, Huna, Plocan £179.50; Chv – Thirdpart £135.50, Hillhead, Dunnet £119.50; BluTex – Smithy, East Mey £133.50; NCC – 3 Forss, Thurso £129.50, Granton Mains, Naver House £127.50; Cha – 31 Larel £129.50; ChvMule – Quarryside, Castletown £128.50; AberX – Forsie £109.50; Mule – Quarryside £106.50.
Feeding Rams: NCC – Myrelandhorn, Kirk £164.50; Chv – 9a Victoria Road, Brora £129.50; Rom – Milton Farm £127.50; Hill Chv – Tacher, Latheron £119.50; Aber – Forsie £109.50; Cha – An Cala £103.50; Tex – Forsie £131.50.
