Forward for sale on Tuesday were 1067 Prime & Cast Sheep.A fantastic show of Lambs were forward from all consignors and sold very well despite the drop in price seen last week in mainland markets. Lighter quality lambs held their own, but heavier lambs saw the biggest drop in price.Prime Lambs averaged 180.1 p/kg (-17.5p […]
Forward for sale on Friday were 592 Store Lambs. Store Lambs were very keenly bid on averaging £65.94. Store Lambs topped at £76.50 for a pen of Texels from Summerfield Farms, St Ola. OTHER STORE LAMBS NETHERSTOVE,QUOYLOO £76.00 TEX ORGILL,HOY £75.50 TEX ORGILL,HOY £72.50 […]
Forward for sale on Saturday were 768 HISHA Accredited Breeding Sheep. A fantastic entry of quality bred Gimmers and Ewe Lambs sold to extraordinary rates. We thank everyone for abiding by the one way system in place and social distancing. 392 Gimmers Averaged £170 376 Ewe Lambs […]
Forward for sale on Monday were 4 Prime Cattle, 572 Store Cattle & 23 OTM Cattle. Prime Cattle sold to 210 p/kg for a Stabiliser Steers scaling 610 kilos from G Henry, Howe, Harray realising £1281 purchased by E Flett. A smaller show of Store Cattle were in strong demand and sold to similar rates […]
Forward for sale on Tuesday were 608 Prime & Cast Sheep. Prime Lambs sold to exact same rates as last week averaging 181 p/kg (-0.01p). SQQ Lambs averaged 183.4 p/kg (-3.07p), with the sale averaging £84.28 (- £0.04). 475 Prime Lambs topped at 192.2 p/kg for a Texel scaling 45 kilos from B & B […]
Forward for sale on Thursday were 315 Breeding Rams. A good entry of Rams were well bid for by local, south and Shetland buyers. 283 Rams were sold out of the 315 forward, leaving a 89.8% clearance rate. All 283 Rams sold to average £502. 128 Texels averaged £576.09. Texel Shearlings sold to £1350 from […]
Forward for sale on Friday were 1742 Breeding and Store Sheep.358 Breeding Gimmers averaged 134.21 and topped at £215 for a pair of Beltex x from I Laird, Yeldabreck, Burray.TEXEL X GIMMERSLITTLEQUOY,BURRAY £188.00 TEX XLITTLEQUOY,BURRAY £180.00 TEX XCARNESS,ST OLA £180.00 TEX XCARNESS,ST OLA £160.00 TEX XSUMMERFIELD,ST OLA £170.00 TEX XYELDABREK,BURRAY £170.00 TEX X ZWARYELDABREK,BURRAY £145.00 […]
Forward for sale on Monday were 8 Prime Cattle, 235 Store Cattle & 31 OTM Cattle. Prime Cattle sold to 218 p/kg for a Charolais Heifer scaling 625 kilos from W S Garson, Huan, Sandwick realising £1362.50 purchased by Donaldsons. OTHER PRIME CATTLE HUAN,SANDWICK 600 £1,296.00 216 CHODINSTONE,SHAPINSAY 625 £1,312.50 210 LIMLINGRO,ST OLA 635 £1,333.50 […]
Forward for sale on Tuesday were 720 Prime and Cast Sheep. A more mixed show of Prime Lambs were forward this week averaging 177.7 p/kg (-3.3p) with SQQ Lambs averaging 180.6p/kg (-2.8p). Prime Lambs averaged £81.27 (- £3.01). 564 Prime Lambs topped at 194.7 p/kg for a pen of 5 Texels scaling 47 kilos from […]
Forward for sale on Monday were 1391 Store & Breeding Sheep. Breeding Sheep sold to £80 for a NZ Suffolk x Gimmer from J E Dick, Midskaill, Egilsay. Store Lambs sold to £78 for 10 Texels from T A D & J D Hourie, Heathfield, St Ola. OTHER STORE LAMBS HEATHERLEA COTTAGE,TOAB £77.50 TEXBRECK,EDAY £74.50 […]
Forward for sale on Monday were 5 Prime Cattle, 1 Store & 43 OTM Cattle. Prime Cattle sold to 223 p/kg for a Simmental Steer scaling 590 kilos from W S Garson, Huan, Sandwick realising £1315 purchased by Donaldsons. OTHER PRIME CATTLE HUAN,SANDWICK 545 £1,177.00 216 SIMHOWE,HARRAY 615 £1,266.00 206 STAB Store Cattle sold to […]
Forward for sale on Wednesday were 815 Prime & Cast Sheep. Prime Lambs were not looking their best today due to the heavy rain but sold very well. Lighter quality lambs were similar on the week but heavy lambs were cheaper. 677 Prime Lambs averaged 178 p/kg (+0.3p) with SQQ Averaged 179.5 p/kg (-1.1p). Prime […]