2010 Sales Reports

Monday 12th April 2010

QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (April 12th) sold 7 cattle and 558 sheep.

Prime bullocks (5) to 162p per kg and £1,271.70 gross for a 785kg Limousin from D A Budge, Brae-edge, Castletown.
Prime heifers (2) to 162p per kg for a 465kg Charolais from A D S Black, Tongside, Scotscalder and £813.20 gross for a 538kg Charolais from M & E Munro, Upper Milton, Wick.
New season prime lambs (3) averaged 245.3p per kg to 250p for a 40kg Suffolk from Brae-edge and £107 gross for two 44kg Charolais from D A Douglas, Quoybrae Farm, Watten.
Old season prime lambs (197) averaged 194.1p per kg to 203.4p for two 44kg Texels from Brae-edge and £101 gross for a 70kg Texel from B Swanson, East Murkle, Thurso.
Old season store lambs (229) averaged £70.66 and sold to £80 for Continentals from J G Sutherland, East Kirk, Wick.
Feeding ewes and rams (129) averaged £73.37 and sold to £138 for Cheviots from Mrs J Sutherland, Overton, Mid-Clyth, Lybster.

Leading prices per head:
Prime bullocks - £1,085.70 & £1,027 Blackpark, Watten.

Leading prices per kg:
Prime bullocks - 158p & 154p Blackpark.

Leading prices per head:
New season prime lambs: £100 Brae-edge

Leading prices per kg:
New season prime lambs: 243.2p Quoybrae Farm (Douglas).

Leading prices per head:
Old season prime lambs: Tex - £93.50 Lower Thura; £89.50 Brae-edge; £83 East Kirk.
Suff - £90 Brae-edge; £89.50 Clatequoy. Cont - £85.50 East Kirk. Chev - £84 Braehillor; £83.50 No5 West Murkle. HB - £79 Granton Mains. B/F - £76.50 Westerloch Farm. Bel - £76 Brae-edge.

Leading prices per kg:
Old season prime lambs: Tex - 202.7p Lower Gills (Banks); 197.7p Lower Thura; 196p Westerloch Farm. Suff - 202.5p Spittal Mains; 195.7p Brae-edge; 182p Clatequoy. Chev - 201.4p Spittal Mains; 200p Braehillor; 190p No5 West Murkle. Bel - 198.4p Brae-edge. B/F - 197.7p Westerloch Farm. Cont - 197.5p East Kirk. HB - 188.1p Granton Mains.

Leading prices per head:
Store lambs: Chev - £78 Olrig Mains & Sibster Burn; £77.50 Backlass Croft; £77 Spittal Mains. Suff - £74 Olrig Mains & Torbeg. Mule - £69 East Kirk.
Feeding ewes & rams: Tex - £125 Tongside; £94 Brae-edge. Char - £120 Thura Mains.
Suff - £112 Brae-edge. Leic - £100 Osclay, Francis St. Chev - £94 Thura Mains; £93 No128 Totiegan; £92 Burnside Farm, Calder; £89 Overton, Mid-Clyth (Crowe). Mule - £91 Tongside. Cont - £86 Brae-edge

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