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Aberdeen and Northern Marts, Thainstone
Wednesday 27th September 2006.
THAINSTONE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (20th September) sold 11,063 breeding, store and feeding sheep.
Store lambs (4,618) to £44 for Charollais from Gowanbrae, Dulnain. Island consigned lambs & ewes (3,188) to £41.20 for Suffolks from Bydon, Gloup. Ewe lambs (706) to £59 for Mules from Mains of Glenbuchat, Strathdon. Breeding gimmers and ewes (1,978) to £86 for a pen of Mule gimmers from Kirkland, Forgue. Feeding ewes and rams (573) averaged £27.10 (+£3.23) to £51 from Fearn Farm, Fearn.
“Store lambs once again met a very keen demand, gimmers also sold well to a good ringside of buyers. All types of feeding ewes dearer.”
Leading prices
Ewe lambs:
Mule - Mill of Fowlis, Muir of Fowlis £56;
Suff - Whitebog, New Deer £51.50;
Lly - Tollo, Fortrie £50.
Store lambs:
Suff - Tillenturk, Torphins £43.50;
Cont - Corriechullie, Grantown on Spey £42.20;
Down x - Buck and Bracklach, Cabrach £42.20;
Tex - Tollo Farm, Fortrie £41.20;
Mule - Chapelton, Dellavaird £39.20;
Lly - Balmenach, Ballater £37;
Dorset - Doonies £36,
BF - Whitefolds, Tomnavoulin £36.
Island consigned lambs:
Down x - North Gluss, Ollaberry £40.50;
Chev - Garderhouse, Eshaness, Braehoulland, Eshannes £35.50.
Island ewes:
Chev - Setter House, Lochend £37.50.
Breeding gimmers:
HB - Westerton, Auchleuchries £85;
Cont - Grange Farm, Kinneff £82;
Suff - Bogfon, Maryculter £81;
Mule - Nether Tillygarmond, Finzean, Hungryhills, Banff £80;
Beltex - Grange Farm £80;
Tex - Grange Farm £79;
Lly - Backhill of Fetterletter, Fyvie £76.
Breeding ewes -
Mule 3YR - Mains of Clackriach, Maud £58;
HB 2/3YR - Wardhead, Strichen £58;
Cont WM - Keepers Cottage, Corticram £55;
Cont 3YR - Bogside, St Katherines £51;
Lly 3YR - Muirs of Pitglassie, Dufftown £44;
Suff BM - Balladrum, Durris £40;
Mule BM - Botary Mains, Cairnie £37;
BF BM - Campdalmore, Tomintoul £23.
Feeding ewes & rams:
Tex - Fearn Farm £50;
Cont - Lynegar, Watten £49;
Lly - Fearn Farm £48;
HB - Newton Auchaber, Corse £47;
Chev - Lynegar £45.50;
Suff - Newton Auchaber £45;
Down x - Logiefair, Gamrie £43;
Mule - Botary Mains, Newton Auchaber £35;
GF - Auchnascraw, Chapelton £34.50.
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