Prices hold as stock from Far North go under hammer at Thainstone
Thainstone: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (Friday June, 12) sold 22 store cattle from Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire.
Store cattle (22)
Bullocks to a top of 256.9p per kilo for a 292kg Limousin Cross from J A Budge, Rockhill, Wick, and £945 gross per head for a 376kg Limousin cross from Neil Macleod, Olgrinbeg, Scotcalder.
Heifers to a top of 248.6p per kilo for a 358kg Limousin cross from Neil Macleod, Olgrinbeg, and £1,130 gross for a 490kg Limousin cross from B Miskelly, Boulintogle, Scotscalder.
Leading prices per head
Bullocks
251-300kg – Rockhill £750; Milton Farm, Reay £650.
301-350kg – Olgrinbeg £815, £800.
351-400kg – Olgrinbeg £890.
Heifers
251-300kg – Rockhill £650.
301-350kg – Olgrinbeg £780, £750.
Leading prices per kg
Bullocks
251-300kg – Rockhill 241.3p.
301-350kg – Olgrinbeg 254.7p, 242.5p.
351-400kg – Olgrinbeg 251.3p.
451-500kg – Boulintogle 231p.
Heifers
251-300kg – Rockhill 225.6p.
301-350kg – Olgrinbeg 230.1p.
Thainstone: Aberdeen and Northern Marts (Thursday, June 11) had a total of 57 cast cows and prime cattle and sheep forward from Caithness, Sutherland and Ross-shire consignors.
Cast cows and prime cattle
A plainer show of cows than previous weeks was presented to the usual ringside of bidders with all classes easily maintaining recent rates. The cow section was topped at £1550 for a Limousin cross consigned by Messrs Henderson, Mains of Wardhouse, and selling to Messrs Kirkpatrick, Lockerbie.
Top price per kg was 189p for a Limousin cow from Messrs Miskelly, Boulintogle, Halkirk.
Overall cow average levelled at 147.6p (- 1.2p) or £1,077.57, with the entire sale averaging £1080.15.
Cast bulls also met a strong demand, especially for well fleshed continentals, selling to £1650 for a Limousin from Messrs Ross, Coralhill, Lonmay, being again purchased by Messr Kirkpatrick.
Beef cows (19) sold to 189p per kg for a 484kg Limousin cross from B Miskelly, Boulintogle, Scotscalder, and £1145 gross for a 746kg Aberdeen Angus cross from Peter Ronaldson, Killimster Mains.
Leading prices per head
Skinnet (Sim x) £1085, (Lim x) £1035; (Sim) £1035; (Sim) £1015; Guidibest, Latheron (Lu) £990; Boulintogle (Lim) £915; Brunside, Canisbay (AA x) £845; Lower Reiss (AA x) £845; Killimster Mains (Lu) £765; Guidibest (BSH x) £745.
Leading prices per kig
Killimster Mains (AA x) 153.5p; Skinnet (Sim x) 149.1p, 144.3p, 145.3p, (Lim x) 142.9p; (AA x) 140.5p; Burnside (AA x) 137p; Kilimster Mains (Lu) 131.4p; Guidibest (Lu) 125.6p; Lower Reiss (AA x) 123p.
Cast bulls (1)
Sold to 109p per kg and £1290 gross for a 1180kg Aberdeen Angus bull from E & S D Wilcok, 5 Upper Dounreay, Thurso.
Sheep (27)
Prime sheep
Old season lambs sold to 175p per kg for 48kg Suffolks and £88 gross for continentals from T G & A Mackay, Achavandra, Dornoch
Leading prices
Chv – Myrelandhorn, Kirk £57.50, 146.5.
