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Cattle & Sheep Sales
August 27, 2018 at 00:00
Cattle & Sheep Report – Monday 27th August, 2018
19 Prime and 12 OTM cattle were sold on Monday.
The Prime ring was topped by a 695kg Limousin heifer, from Baillie, Sebay View, Tankerness, which realised 229p/kg ( £1591.55) to Williamsons, Butcher, Kirkwall
Other leading Prime heifer prices were – British Blue (600kg) Biggings Farm Ltd, Biggings, Stenness (219p) £1314
Limousin (685kg) Tait, Campston, Toab (218p) £1493.30
Limousin (485kg) Morgan, Swannay Farm, Swannay (212p) £1028.20
Limousin (610kg) Walls, New Moan, Sandwick (210p) £1281
Charolais (545kg) Spence, Hyval, Sandwick (210p) £1144.50
Prime steers sold to 228p/kg for a 600kg Limousin, from Stanger, South Seatter, Sandwick, which realised £1368 to Flett, Butcher, Stromness
Other steer prices –
Limousin (550kg) Henry, Howe, Harray (222p) £1221
Simmental (740kg) Fraser, Feavel, Sandwick (213p) £1576.20
OTM cows sold to 122.4p/kg for a 980kg Angus, from Flett, Stank, Stromness which realised £1200 (This was also top price per head)
Other leading prices –
Simmental (830kg) Scott, Redland, Firth (121.7p) £1010
Limousin (740kg) Biggings Farm Ltd, Biggings, Stenness (135.1p) £1000
Shorthorn (790kg) Brodie, Sunnybank, St Ola (121.5p) £960
Following after the cattle sale, 94 Prime lambs and 41 Cast sheep were sold.
Prime lambs sold to 176.7p/kg for a Texel, from Moar, Withaquoy, Holm, which realised £79.50
Other leading lamb prices –
6 Beltex”s (52.5kg) Morgan, Bryameadow, Twatt (174.3p) £91.50
13 Suffolks (46.5kg) Wishart, Knockhall, South Ronaldsay (169.9p) £79
13 Charollais (48kg) Moar, Upper Scapa, St Ola (167.7p) £80.50
Texel (45kg) Donaldson, Redland, Stromness (166.7p) £75
8 Charollais (48kg) Harcus, Quanterness, St Ola (158.3p) £76
2 Texels (42kg) Poke, Netherstove, Quoyloo (155p) £65
Top price per head for Prime lambs was £96.50 for a pair of 56kg Beltex x”s from Morgan, Bryameadow, Twatt (172.3p/kg)
Other leading lamb prices per head –
4 Charollais (53kg) Moar, Upper Scapa, St Ola ( £85.50) 161.3p
Texel (50kg) Moar, Withaquoy, Holm ( £85) 170p
Cast ewes sold to £85 for a pair of Texels, from Moar, Withaquoy, Holm
Other leading ewe prices –
3 Texels Harcus, Quanterness, St Ola ( £84)
10 Texels Donaldson, Redland, Stromness ( £83)
Cast rams sold to £59 for a Texel from Sinclair, Carness, St Ola
There will be a Special Sale of Store cattle next Monday at 10.30am – Sheep will be sold on Tuesday at 12 noon.