Cattle & Sheep Sales

7 Prime cattle and 7 OTM cattle were sold on Monday, prior to the sale of Prime, Store and Cast Sheep.

Prime cattle sold to 236p/kg for a 650kg Limousin steer, from Stanger, South Seatter, Sandwick, which realised £1534 to Craigie Butcher Ltd, The Brig, Kirkwall

Other leading Prime steer prices –

Limousin (690kg) Omand, Stembister, Toab (232p) £1600.80

Prime heifers sold to 230p/kg for a 725kg Charolais, from Stanger, South Seatter, Sandwick, which realised £1667.50 to Williamsons, Butcher, Kirkwall.

Other leading prime heifer prices –

Charolais (615kg) Fraser, Feavel, Birsay (230p) £1414.50

OTM cattle sold to 165.5p/kg for a 725kg Simmental cow, from Seator, Seattersquoy, Stenness, which realised £1200

Other leading OTM prices –

Simmental (760kg) Seator, Seattersquoy, Stenness (164.5p) 31250

Simmental (555kg) Muir, Biggings, Holm (135.1p) £750

OTM bulls sold to a top of 108p for a 1000kg Charolais, from Scott & Brown, Biggings, Stenness ( £1080)

81 Prime hoggs sold to 228.8p/kg for a pair of Texels from Muir, Biggings, Holm, which scaled 52kg and realised £119

Other top prices per kilo –

2 Cheviots (56kg) Drydale Farms, Stromness (225p) £126

Texel (44kg) Stevenson, Crismo, Evie (220.5p) £97

3 Texels (44.5kg) Backakelday Farm, Holm (220.2p) £98

Top price per head for Prime hoggs was £141 for a Cheviot x from Drydale Farms, Stromness

Other leading prices per head –

Texel x – Scott, North Dawn, Holm – £140

Cheviot x – Drydale Farms, Stromness – £138

2 Suffolk x”s – Shearer , Housegarth, Quoyloo – £137

35 Store hoggs sold to £77.50 for a Suffolk x from Shearer, Housegarth, Quoyloo.

Other leading store hogg prices per head –

4 Texel x”s – Backakelday Farm, Holm – £76

Texel x – Hobbister Farms, Orphir – £69

46 Cast sheep sold to £105 for a Texel ewe, from Cowe, Little Howes, Holm – Other leading ewe prices –

Texel x – Drydale Farms, Stromness £99

Texel x – Moar, Withaquoy, Holm £98

Cast rams sold to £105 for a Texel from Irvine, Lenashowe, Sandwick.