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Cattle Sale
January 27, 2021 at 00:00
Forward for sale on Wednesday was 89 Breeding Cattle.
The Bull Breeders Association Held their annual Bull sale on Wednesday without the usual Show format. Online Bidding was in operation for the first time and worked well with local buyers as well as north and south buyers registering to buy. Orkney Mart would like to thank everyone for their patience whilst working the Online bidding and would appreciate any feedback to help operations in the future. Due to current Covid restrictions in place, a small number of Bulls were entered with only 4 arriving for sale.
Laga Farms, Evie had 2 young Shorthorn Bulls forward ‘Lagas Nessie’, and ‘Lagas Noah’ which although were tremendously bred animals failed to reach reserve price and were unsold. Inga Kemp, Flotterstone Cottage, Sandwick also had a Shorthorn Bull ‘Greenness Neymar’. This bull created some brisk bidding in the sale ring but unfortunately didn’t reach its reserve price. In the aged bull section was a Charolais Bull from Breck Farms, Queenamuckle, Rendall which sold to 1850 Guinees.
The Dispersal sale of Bulls and Breeding Cows from W I & D A Shearer, Airy, Stronsay was held as well with a nice show of hard working cows. The 70 Cows forward averaged an impressive £1529.71 and topped at £2150 for a 7 year old Limousin Cow scanned in calf to Limousin Bull.
OTHER AIRY COWS £2,050.00 LIM £1,900.00 LIM £1,850.00 AA £1,820.00 AA £1,800.00 LIM £1,800.00 AA £1,750.00 LIM £1,720.00 AA £1,700.00 AA £1,700.00 LIM £1,650.00 AA £1,650.00 LIM £1,620.00 AA £1,620.00 LIM £1,600.00 AA £1,600.00 LIM 8 In Calf Heifers from Airy, Stronsay went to average £1442.50 and topped at £1620 for an Aberdeen Angus in Calf to Saler Bull.
OTHER AIRY HEIFERS £1,520.00 AA £1,500.00 LIM £1,450.00 AA £1,400.00 AA Airy’s 6 year old Limousin Bull ‘Lagas Jake’ sold to £1450.
Also forward was 6 In Calf Cows from R Stevenson, Bu, Stronsay who benefited well selling their cows locally to average an impressive £1733.33 for his final draw. Bu’s Cows topped at £1800 twice for a 5 year old Simmental Cow and a 6 year old Simmental Cow both in Calf to Simmental Bull
OTHER BU COWS £1,750.00 SIM £1,750.00 SIM £1,700.00 SIM £1,600.00 SIM