2010 Sales Reports
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QUOYBRAE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (January 11th) sold 6 cattle and 576 sheep at their special sale.
Prime bullocks (2) to 170p for a 635kg Simmental and £1,420.85 gross for a 905kg Charolais both from D A Budge, Brae-edge, Castletown.
Prime heifers (4) to 170p and £1,020 gross for a 600kg Charolais from A H MacKay, West Greenland, Castletown.
Leading prices per head :
Prime heifers - £1,008 Quarryside, Castletown; £999.60 West Greenland.
Leading prices per kg:
Prime heifers - 168p Quarryside & West Greenland; 160p Quoynee.
Old season prime lambs (351) averaged 194p per kg to 212.2p for fourteen 44.3kg Texels from N J & K MacDonald, Gothiegill, Castletown and £99 gross for two 65kg Texels from W & S McCarthy, Myrelandhorn, Kirk.
Leading prices per head :
Tex - £95 Brae-egde & Myrelandhorn; £94 Gothiegill; £93 Tresdale. Chev - £95 Myrelandhorn; £93.50 Gothiegill; £92.50 Knapperfield. Suff - £94 Brae-edge; £92.50 Knapperfield. Cont - £93.50 Anchorage.
Leading prices per kg:
Suff - 206.6p Brae-edge; 198.9p Knapperfield; 197.6p Anchorage. Tex - 202p Newlands of Geise; 197.4p Tresdale; 195.8p Achscrabster. Chev - 201.8p Gothiegill; 196.4p Knapperfield;
195p West Gillock. Mule - 194.6p Westerloch Farm. Cont - 182.2p Anchorage.
Store lambs (183) averaged £67.15 and sold to £92.60 for Suffolks from Messrs Mowat, West End Farm, John O’ Groats.
Leading prices :
Suff - £77 West End Farm; £70.50 Spittal Mains. Tex - £75.50 Spittal Mains. Chev - £72 Spittal Mains. Cont - £69 Spittal Mains
Feeding ewes and rams (42) averaged £81.34 and sold to £152 for Texels from W & S McCarthy, Myrelandhorn.
Leading prices :
Tex - £142 Myrelandhorn; £105 Brae-edge. Suff - £108 Brae-edge. Chev - £108 Smiddyquoy; £100 Burnside, Ramscraigs; £94 Quarryside. Cont - £85 Brae-edge. Mule - £73 West End Farm.