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Cattle & Sheep Sales

July 23, 2018 at 00:00

11 Prime cattle, 1 Store and 2 OTMs were sold on Monday when Prime cattle sold to 226p/kg for a 575kg Limousin heifer, from Tait, Campston, Toab, which realised £1299.50 to Craigie Butcher Ltd, The Brig, Kirkwall.

Other leading Prime heifer prices –

British Blue (590kg) Glen Orkney Farms, St Ola (224p) £1321.60

Limousin (570kg) Tait, Campston, Toab (222p) £1265.40

Charolais (635kg) Eunson, Staye, Deerness (217p) £1312.85

Charolais (660kg) Northbank Holdings, St Ola (207p) £1366.20

Prime steers sold to 218p/kg for a 685kg Charolais, from Glen Orkney Farms, St Ola which realised £1493.30 to Williamsons, Butcher, Kirkwall.

Other leading Prime steer prices –

Charolais (700kg) Eunson, Staye, Deerness (216p) £1512

An OTM cow, scaling 635kg, from Eunson, Staye, Deerness realised £720 and an OTM bull from Trenabie Farms, Westray scaled 1020kg and realised £1100 (107.8p/kg)

Following the cattle sale, 21 Prime lambs and hoggs and 61 Cast sheep were sold.

Prime lambs sold to 190p/kg for a 50kg Charollais, from Marshall, Cotland, St Ola, which realised £95

Other leading Prime lamb prices –

Charollais (53kg) Muir, Kierfiold, Sandwick (184.9p) £98

Texel (52kg) Scott, Dawn Cottage, Holm (175p) £91

Texel (53kg) Breck Farms Ltd, Queenamuckle, Rendall (173.6p) £92

Texel (49kg) Cox, Breck, Eday (173.5p) £85

Prime hoggs sold to 102.8p for a 72kg Texel, from How Farms Ltd, Sanday which realised £74

Cast ewes sold to £95 for a Texel, from Muir, Kierfiold, Sandwick

Other leading ewe prices –

2 Texels ( £92) Harcus, Quanterness, St Ola

Texel ( £89) How Farms Ltd, Sanday

Texel ( £84) Marshall, Cotland, St Ola

Texel ( £79) Johnston, Cloke, Dounby

4 Lleyns ( £65) Groat, Cloke, Dounby

Prime rams sold to £82 for a Texel, from Dick, Mid Skaill, Egilsay.

Other leading Prime ram prices –

Texel ( £80) Groat, Cloke, Dounby

Texel ( £55) Rendall Braefoot, Shapinsay

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Date:
July 23, 2018
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