2009 Sales Reports
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QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (February 8th) sold 8 cattle and 1,811 sheep at their special sale.
Prime bullocks (2) to 160p for a 695kg Limousin and £1,349.40 gross for a 865kg Charolais both from D A Budge, Brae-edge, Castletown.
Prime heifers (6) to 167p and £935.20 gross for a 560kg Limousin from A H MacKay,West Greenland, Castletown.
Old season prime lambs (565) averaged 180p per kg to 197.4p for six 43kg Texels from D G Kennedy,Tresdale, Canisbay and £87 gross for a 54kg Texel from Oldfield.
Old season store lambs (820) averaged £54.09 and sold to £79 for Cheviots from A Campbell, Mill House, Stainland.
Feeding ewes and rams (426) averaged £52.48 and sold to £100 twice for Texels from B Sinclair, Plocan, Calder and Messrs Sutherland, Stainland and Sibmister Farms.
Leading prices per head :
Prime heifers - £899 Hillside (Miller); £816.75 West Greenland.
Leading prices per kg:
Prime heifers - 165p West Greenland; 158p Tongside; 155p Hillside.
Leading prices per head :
Prime lambs: Tex - £86 Brae-edge; £85.50 Baligill; £85 Stemster Mains. Suff - £85.50 Lochside Farm; £84 Thirdpart; £82 No36 Oldhall.Cont - £85 Anchorage, Newlands & Tresdale. Char - £85 Quoybrae Farm (Douglas); £82.50 Ackergill Mains.HB - £84 Ackergill Mains; £82 Thirdpart. Mule - £84 Lochside Farm. Chev - £83 Clatequoy; £80 No36 Oldhall; £79.50 Achscrabster.
Leading prices per kg:
Tex - 196.5p Lower Gills; 193.3p No36 Oldhall; 191.6p Newlands of Geise. Suff - 193.6p No36 Oldhall; 191.8p Clachan. Char - 192p Ackergill Mains. Chev - 191.1p Clachan; 189.8p Smiddyquoy; 185p Achscrabster. Cont - 189p Tresdale; 180.6p Spittal Mains. HB - 179.6p Ackergill Mains; 178.3p Thirdpart.
Store lambs: Suff - £76.50 Stainland and Sibmister Farms; £66.50 Hoy (Younger) & Quoyshakes; £64 Spittal Mains. Tex - £70 Tongside & Tacher; £69 Westlands; £68 Overton, Mid-Clyth (Nicolson). Chev - £64 Mill House; £61 Balnahard. HB - £63 Quoyshakes. Mule - £61.50 No3 West Murkle. Cont - £60 Taldale.
Feeding ewes & rams: Suff - £95 Achalone Farm. Chev - £80 Gracequoy & Acairseid; £79 Mill House; £76 Clachan. Tex - £79 West Greenland; £76 Quoybrae Farm; £71 Brae-edge. Mule - £64 Achalone Farm & Brae-edge; £60 Thuster Mains; £58 West Greenland. Cont - £60 Fairview, Halkirk.
Fodder: 5x4 Bales Silage £16.50; 4x4 Bales Hay £16 & £15. 5x4 Bales Hay £45. 4x4 Bales Barley Straw £22 & £20.