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Aberdeen And Northern Marts
12 November 2002 - Special Sale

Caithness Livestock Centre - Aberdeen & Northern Marts sold 25 cattle and 1180 sheep at their special sale at Quoybrae.

Prime cattle sold to a top of 103p per kg for a 565 kg Limousin cross heifer

from W P & E Watson, Harpsdale Mains, Halkirk, it was also top gross price of £581.95

Bullocks sold to 97p for a 695 kg Charolais cross from D A Budge,

Brae-edge, Casttletown, it was also top gross price of £674.15

Leading prices per kg -

Bullocks - 95.5p Upper Milton Farm and Inkstack ( Robertson); 95p Winless Mains.

Heifers - 100p Harpsdale Mains; 93p Upper Milton Farm; 92p Overton,

Mid-Clyth.

Leading prices per head -

Bullocks - £670.63 Inkstack; £653.30 Upper Milton Farm.

Heifers - £548.70 Upper Milton Farm; £539.85 Overton.

Prime lambs sold to 100.4p per kg for a pen of 39 Suffolk crosses scaling

43 kg from J T Kay, Acchnamoine, Watten and to £46.50 per head three times for 50 kg Cheviot crosses from D A Budge, Brae-edge, Castletown, 50kg

Suffolk crosses from J T Kay and 53.3kg Suffolk crosses from W J Murdoch, No3 Braal, Halkirk.

Leading prices per kg -

98.2p No 3 Braal; 96p Brabster Farms; 94.6p Tresdale.

Leading prices per head -

£45.80 Westerloch Farm; £45.20 Thura Mains; £44.20 Brabster Farms

Ewe lambs -

Cheviot - £37.20 Achswinegar

Half-bred - £32.50 East End (Manson).

Store lambs -

Suffolk - £40 Pass Cottage; £37.50 The Shore, John O’ Groats; £35.50 Smithy House, East Mey.

Cheviot - £35.20 Roadside, Gills; £34.20 Achswinegar; £33 West End, Newport.

Half-bred - £35.20 East End; £33.80 Myrelandhorn (Miller).

Texel - £31.50 Raodside, Gills; £30.50 Smithy House

Breeding sheep -

Texel gimmers - £48 Smerral Farm.

Greyface Wm ewes - £49 Smerral Farm.

Texel Wm ewes - £45 Smerral Farm.

Cheviot Wm ewes - £40 Smerral Farm.

Suffolk ram lamb - £170 No 3 West Watten.

Feeding Ewes -

Cheviot - £39.50 No 38 Oldhall; £38 Lower Reiss Farms; £37 Quoyshakes.

Suffolk - £35 Smithy House; £32 Achunabust; £31 Brabsterdorran.

Mule - £29 Smithy House; £28 Backlass; £25 Watten Mains.