Cheviot breeding ewe sale 'kicks off with a bang' at Dingwall mart
DINGWALL and Highland Marts sold 3019 breeding and store sheep in an event which met with "fierce enquiry" from a packed ringside of buyers.
Breeding ewes (1 082) sold to £150 gross for a pen of Texel crosses from the Rowans, Brora.
Feeding ewes (594) sold to £100 gross for a pair of Suffolks from Pabbay Farm, Isle of Pabbay.
Gimmers (686) sold to £210 gross for a pen Cheviots mules from 1 Newmore, Muir of Ord.
Lambs (620) sold to £112 gross for Cheviot Mules from Wester Craiglands, Fortrose.
Rams and wedders (37) sold to £250 gross for a Beltex ram from Davidson croft, Heights of Fodderty.
The verdict was positive: “The first major Cheviot breeding ewe sale kicked of with a bang with a packed ringside of buyers out in force. Correct ewes met a fierce enquiry which filtered down to the broken-mouthed correct below ewes. Gimmers met a firm enquiry also, in particular for cheviot mules and many more of this commodity could easily have been sold. Feeding ewes cashed in at a comparable rate to those seen here on a Tuesday.”
Other leading prices per head:
Ewes: Correct: TexX – The Rowans, £138, ½ of 29 Sconser, Isle of Skye, £125, 1 Obbe Road, Leverburgh, £90; Chev – The Rowans, £130, Bundalloch Sheep Stock Club, £122, Rhinamain, Bonar Bridge, £122 & £118, 145 Badnellan, Brora, £118, £112 & £99, Woodside, Elgin, £112, 283 Torboll, Dornoch, £110, 27 Portgower, Helmsdale, £110 &£105, North Talisker Sheep Stock Club, £108, Culmaily Farm, Golspie, £108, Cragganvallie, Abriachan, £105, 33 Portgower, £105, West Clyne, Brora, £102, 6/7 Borve, Isle Of Harris, £102, 1 Obbe Road, £102, 216 Clashmore, Stoer, £102, 168 West Helmsdale, £102, Struanmore, Isle of Skye, £102, Killin Farm, Garve, £99, Easter Oape Croft, Strathoykel, £98, Carnlaggie, Helmsdale, £98; Cross – 473 Fourpenny, Dornoch.
Feeding ewes: TexX – 37 Bank, Rogart, £97, West Clyne, £92, The Rowans, £85 &£86; Chev – Culmaily, £93, £85 & £83 (twice), Rhinamain, £88, 283 Torboll, £87, 83 Inchcape, £86, 1 Dounie, Edderton, £85, Struanmore, £82, 13 Lochside, Lairg, £82, North Talisker SSC, £80, West Clyne, £80.
Gimmers: CHM – 1 Newmore, £205, £200, (3 times), £198 (twice), £192, £188, (3 times) & £182, Hatton Cottage, Dallas, £170 & £168; TexX- 28 Selbo muir, Dornoch, £182; LYN – Woodside, Muir of Tarradale, £180; Chev – 12 Sconser, Isle of Skye, £175; RGX – Woodside, £170.
Lambs: CHM – Tombreck, Dallas, £108, £100 (twice), Craiglands, £107 & £102; TexX – Tombreck, £100, 37 Bank, £85, Carlee, Dornoch, £85 & £78.50, 30 Balallan, Lochs, £76, 34 Newmarket, Laxdale, £75, 3 Strond, Leverburgh, £75; Chev – Killin Farm, £95 & £75, 15 Vatisker, Back, £92, 9a Victoria Road, Brora, £76; SuffX – 34 Newmarket, £81 & £80.
