Cattle Report 4th February, 2019
12 Prime cattle, 4 Store cattle and 2 OTM”s were sold on Monday, when Prime cattle sold to 234p/kg for a 635kg Limousin steer, from Johnston, Cloke, Dounby, which realised £1485.90 to Williamson”s, East Road, Kirkwall.
Other leading Prime steer prices –
Limousin (640kg) Johnston, Cloke, Dounby (226p) £1446.40
Prime heifers sold to 224p/kg for a 565kg Angus, from Omand, Stembister, Toab, which realised £1265.60 to Donaldson”s of Orkney, Kirkwall
Other leading Prime heifer prices –
Limousin (640kg) Omand, Stembister, Toab (221p) £1414.40
Angus (575kg) Foubister, Netherton, Holm (210p) £1207.50
British Blue (570kg) Clark, Stratheast, Holm (209p) £1191.30
Saler x (560kg) Miller, Nigley, Evie (190p) £1064
Store steers sold to 213.3p/kg for a pen of 3 Saler x”s from Miller, Nigley, Evie, which scaled 478kg and realised £1020.
Other leading steer prices –
Charolais x (550kg) Hourston, Cott, Papa Westray (200.9p) £1105
OTM cows sold to 107.3p/kg for a Limousin x, from Hourston, Cott, Papa Westray, which scaled 615kg and realised £660
There will be a sale of all classes of sheep on Wednesday this week, at 1pm, (Next week will be a Wednesday sale also), and a Special Sale of Store cattle next Monday, 11th February, at 10.30am.