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QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (March 10th) sold 9 prime cattle and 873 prime and store sheep.
Prime bullocks to 162p for a 685kg Simmental from B Sinclair, Plocan, Calder and £1,224 gross for a 765kg Simmental from D A Budge, Brae-edge, Castletown.
Prime heifers to160p for a 565kg British Blue from A D S Black, Tongside, Scotscalder and fro a 590kg Charolais grossing £944 from K A Campbell, Winless Mains, Wick both purchased by W MacKay & Sons, Butchers, Thurso.
Leading prices:
Bullocks - 155p, £1,178 Plocan; 160p £1,056 Brae-edge
Prime lambs (195) averaged 166.4p to 184p for ten 43.2kg Cheviots from J & A Ross, Knapperfield, Watten and £82 gross for five 48kg Half-breds from D Manson & Sons, Skaill, Forse.
Leading prices per head:
Tex - £80 Plocan (Murray) & East Mey (McCarthy); £78 Spittal Mains; £75.50 Brae-edge.
Chev - £79.50 Knapperfield; £78 Achscrabster; £77.50 Miller Place, Scrabster.
Suff - £78 Thirdpart & Brabsterdorran Mains; £75 Lochside Farm & Knapperfield; £74 Spittal Mains.
Bel - £78 Brae-edge.
B/F - £65 Lochside Farm.
Mule - £61.50 Lochside Farm.
Leading prices per kg:
Tex - 183.5p Spittal Mains; 177.8p East Mey; 174.4p Robertson Cresc, Keiss..
Bel - 183.1p Brae-edge.
Suff - 179.2p Spittal Mains; 178.9p Clachan, Mid-Clyth; 172.5p Alterwall.
HB- 170.8p Skaill (Manson).
Mule - 163.2p Lochside Farm.
B/F - 162.5p Lochside Farm.
Chev - 161.9p Clachan.
Store lambs (309) averaged £43.15 and sold to £72 for Suffolks from H & I Gunn, Reiss Lodge, Wick.
Leading prices:
Chev - £70 Seater, Bower; £68 Skelpick (Bannerman); £64.50 No37 Oldhall.
Suff - £60 Blackpark; £59 North Lyth; £57 Brims Mains.
Tex - £60 Overton, Mid-Clyth (Nicolson); £58 Tongside; £52 Knapperfield.
HB - £59 No37 Oldhall; £57 Tofts of Tain; £55 Skaill (Manson).
Feeding ewes & rams (369) averaged £53.04 and sold to £102 for Texels from Stainalnd & Sibmister Farms, Castletown.
Leading prices:
Suff - £94 Lynegar; £86 Skaill (Chambers); £75 Brae-edge.
Chev - £92 Skaill (Chambers); £88 Burnside Farm, Calder; £80 Greenland Mains.
Tex - £85 Skaill (Chambers); £79 Buldoo, Latheron; £78 Oldfield Farm.
Cont - £81 Clachan; £78 Upper Geise.
BDM - £80 Stainland & Sibmister Farms.
Mule - £72 Quoybrae Farm; £70 Greenland Mains; £68 Reiss Lodge.
Leic - £69 Mains of Forse.
GF - £58 Lochside Farm.
B/F - £43 Lochside Farm & Beachview, Dunnet.
Shet - £39 Clatequoy.
Fodder: 5x4 Bales Hay £25; 4x4 Bales Hay £20; 4x4 Bales Silage £12.