2010 Sales Reports
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QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen & Northern Marts (August 30th) sold 2 Prime cattle and 3,877 prime & store sheep.
Prime bullocks (2) to 165p for a 725kg Charolais and £1,256.10 gross for a 790kg Limousin both from D A Budge, Brae-edge, Castletown.
Prime lambs (612) averaged 156p to 163.6p for sixty 38.5kg Texels from A & W Campbell, 5 West Murkle, Thurso and £78 gross for three 49.3kg Texels from J Aannerman, Scarmclate, Bower purchased by W Mackay and Sons, Butchers, Thurso.
Ewe lambs (427) averaged £62.10 (+ £6.72 on the year) and sold to £97 for Cheviots from J & G More, Lynton Cottage, Ulbster.
Wedder lambs (440) averaged £56.88 (+ £10.32) and sold to £67 for Half-Breds from A & C Cormack, Mid-Keiss, Wick.
Texel and Down cross lambs (2,036) averaged £59.14 (+ £8.59) and sold to £73.20 for Suffolks from M Nicolson, Borrowston, Thrumster.
Feeding ewes and rams (362) averaged £73.60 to £107 for Suffolks from R & J More, Ulbster Mains, Wick.
Leading prices per head:
Prime Lambs: Tex - £75 Scarmclate & West Watten (Thomson); £73.50 No36 Oldhall; £73 Brae-edge. Suff - £74 West Watten & Brabsterdorran Mains; £72.50 Thirdpart; £72 Brae-edge. Cont - £72.50 No19 Larel; £70 Tresdale; £65.50 Taldale. Mule - £72 No3 Braal; £69 Curlew, Mybster; £65 East Kirk. Chev - £71 No36 Oldhall; £70.50 No19 Braal Terrace; £69.50 Hoy Farm. HB - £69 Thirdpart. Dor - £66 Tresdale.
Leading prices per kg:
Prime lambs: Suff - 163.4p Olrig Mains; 162.5p Roswell, Newton Hill; 158.8p Westerloch.
Tex - 163p No3 Braal; 162p Newlands of Geise; 161.2p No3 West Murkle. Chev - 159p Hoy Farm; 151.1p No36 Oldhall; 147p No19 Braal Terrace. Cont - 154.5p Tresdale; 154.1p Taldale; 143.6p No19 Larel. Mule - 154p East Kirk; 150.3p No3 Braal; 141.7p Curlew. Dor - 140.4p Tresdale. HB - 120p Thirdpart.
Leading prices:
Ewe Lambs: Suff - £96 No1 Skaill. HB - £90 No1 Skaill; £73 Myrelandhorn (Miller); £70 Marlestone. Tex - £90 Myrelandhorn; £80 No31 Larel; £70 Nottingham Mains. Lleyn - £80 Harpsdale Mains. Chev - £78 Stemster, Huna; £51 No107 Kirtomy & Torbeg; £50 Hill Dunnet. Mule - £70 East Durran.
Wedder Lambs: HB - £64.50 Marlestone; £63 Granton Mains; £62.50 Myrelandhorn. Chev - £63 Lynton Cottage; £60 No19 Braal Terrace & No19 Miller Place; £59.80 Stemster, Huna.
Texel and Down Cross Lambs: Suff - £72.50 Brabsterdorran Mains; £71.50 Ulbster Mains; £70.50 No154 Portskerra. Tex - £72.80 Myrelandhorn; £68 Brabsterdorran Mains; £65 Tongside. Char - £64 Olrig Mains. Cont - £60 Raggra. Lleyn - £55 Bilbster Mains. Mule - £50.50 No3 West Murkle.
Feeding ewes and rams: Tex - £98 Tresdale; £87 Brabsterdorran (Sutherland). Chev - £97 Smiddyquoy; £96 No1 Skaill; £95 Scarmclate. Suff - £96 West Watten; £92 Brae-edge; £91 No107 Kirtomy. Cont - £68 No107 Kirtomy. Mule - £69 Brae-edge. Cont - £68 No107 Kirtomy. Char - £66 Quoybrae Farm. BF - £52 Achnamoine.