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 […]
Forward for sale on Friday were 428 Store & Breeding Sheep. Breeding Gimmers sold to £130 for a pair of Texels from K Birkett, Annster, South Ronaldsay. OTHER GIMMERS YELDABREK,BURRAY £120.00 HILL CHEVYELDABREK,BURRAY £96.00 TEXYELDABREK,BURRAY £85.00 SHET X CHEVYELDABREK,BURRAY £82.00 SHET X CHEVANNSTER,SOUTH RONALDSAY £100.00 TEX Breeding Ewes sold to £100 for a pen of […]
Forward for sale on Saturday were 124 Breeding Rams & Females. Averages 91 Rams £303.00 18 Gimmers £182.00 9 Ewe Lambs £161.00 4 Ewes £125.00 15 Texel Shearlings £412.00 28 Texel Ram Lambs £259.00 8 Suffolk Shealings £278.00 7 Suffolk Ram Lambs £291.00 7 Cheviot Shearlings £150.00 7 Hill Cheviot Shearlings £405.00 3 Charollais Shearlings […]
Forward for sale on Monday were 10 Prime Cattle, 327 Fostered Calves and Stores & 48 OTMs. Prime Steers sold to £218 p/kg for a Simmental scaling 660 kilos from Drydale Farms, Stromness realising £1438 purchased by Williamsons. Prime Heifers sold to 214 p/kg for a Simmental scaling 640 kilos from Drydale Farms, Stromness realising […]
Forward for sale on Tuesday were 1257 Prime, Store & Cast Sheep. A good show of Prime Lambs were sharper this week with lighter lambs in very strong demand. Heavy lambs harder to cash but still grossing healthy money. Prime Lambs averaged 178.4 p/kg (+0.4p) SQQ Lambs averaged 185.6 p/kg (+6.1p) Prime Lambs averaged £82.05 […]