Aberdeen and Northern Marts, Thainstone
Wednesday 4th October 2006.

STORE SHEEP - SALE SUMMARY

THAINSTONE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (4th October) sold 11,826 breeding, store and feeding sheep.

Store lambs (3,725) to £44.50 for a pen of Suffolks from Malt Croft, Kildrummy. Ewe lambs (395) to £61 for a pen of Mules from Mains of Glenbuchat, Strathdon. Island Sheep (1830) to £41 for Suffolks from 1 Hillock, Dunrossness. Breeding gimmers and ewes (4334) to £79 for Mules from Wardhead, Strichen. Breeding rams (54) to £380 for a Blue Faced Leicester shearling from Smallburn Farms, Elgin. Feeding ewes and rams (1488) averaged £18.42 (-£8.68) to £50 for Texel ewes from Auchorachan, Glenlivet and for a BFL ram from Newton of Hassiewells, Rothienorman.

“Store lambs were a more mixed show for quality, however top lots easily maintained recent prices. Breeding sheep were dearer on the week. A large number of small and leaner feeding ewes sold at recent rates”.

Leading prices

Store lambs: Chev - Towiemore, Keith £43; Suff - Mains of Auchriachan, Tomintoul £42.20; Suff X - 4 South Street, Newmill £41.80; Tex - Tillenturk, Torphins £41.50; Cont - Drum, Carron £41.50; Tex x - 4 South St £40.80; Lly - Murrial, Insch £40; BF - Mains of Auchriachan £34.

Michael Fair Blackface Sheep: Ewe lambs - Lynemore, Strathdon £36; Gimmers - Torbay, Dufftown, Raws, Keith, Semeil, Strathdon £53; Ewes two crop - Mayne Farm £48; Ewes three crop - Belcherrie, Glass £45; WM ewe - Keenie, Glenesk £28; BM ewe - Auchallater, Braemar £30.

Ewe lambs: Mule - Waterside, Memsie £51; Chev Mule - Smallburn Farms £48; Tex - Whitecairns Croft, New Deer £46; Lly - Dykehead, Aboyne £40; Cont - Laggan, Dufftown £40.

Island consigned lambs: Suff X - Millburn, Gluss £40; Tex - Millburn £35; Chev - 1 Hillock £34.

Island ewes: Chev - Vakkersted, Lochend £29; Shet - Vakkersted £26.

Breeding ewes: HB two years - Tillygreig Farm, Udny £68; HB 3 years - Tillygrrig Farms £58; Cont three years - Tillygreig Farm £63; Tex two and three years - St Johns Wells, Fyvie £60; Mule three years - Westerton, Auchleuchries £52; Mule bm - Newton of Haddo, Forgue £48; Shet Chev wm - Buck and Brachlach, Cabrach £32.

Breeding gimmers: Mule - Keepers Cottage, Ury £78; Lly - West Mains, Nethermuir £75; Down x - Duthie Experimental Farm, Bucksburn £73; HB - St Johns Wells £68; Cont - Mains of Duncanstone, Insch £66; Tex - Grange Farm, Kinneff £64; Chev - St Johns Wells £63; Beltex - Tombreckachie, Glenlivet £62; Chev x - Buck and Bracklach £61; Shet Chev - Grange Farm £51.

Breeding rams: BFL 1 Shear - Smallburn Farms £380; BFL 2 Shear - Smallburn Farms £220; Lly Shearling - Tollo, Fortrie £160; Tex Shearling - South Whitefield, Slains, Cairnborrow, Glass £110; Tex Ram lamb - Newton of Edingight, Grange £110; Tex 2 Shear - Oldwhat Mains, New Deer £70.

Feeding ewes: Tex x - Dams of Craigie, Whitecairns £46; Suff - Wester Arr Farm, Nairn £44; Cont - North Towieturner, Auchterless £43; Chev - Charleston, Barrock