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Aberdeen And Northern Marts
8 October 2002 - Special Sale

Caithness Livestock Centre - Aberdeen & Northern Marts
Sold 23 cattle and 86 sheep at their special sale at Quoybrae

Prime cattle sold to a top of 100p per kg for a 645 kg Charolais cross

bullock from D A Budge, Brae-edge, Castletown. Top gross price was £712.95

for a 735kg Charolais cross from M & E Munro, Upper Milton Farm, Wick.

Heifers sold to 97p for a 485 kg Simmental cross from R Begg, Rattar,

Dunnet. Top gross price was £622.05 for a 715 kg Charolais cross from Messrs

G MacAdie, Roadside, Kirk.

Leading prices per kg -

Bullocks - 99p Upper Milton Farm; 98.5p Roadside, Kirk.

Heifers - 96p Roadside; 95p Rattar.

Leading prices per head -

Bullocks - £655.03 Roadside; £650.75 Upper Milton Farm; £645 Brae-edge.

Heifers - £609.60 Roadside; £531.10 Rattar.

Prime lambs sold to 95.1p per kg for Suffolk crosses scaling 45 kg from D

Sandison, Smerral Farm, Bower and to £47 per head for 55 kg Texel crosses

from W Waters, No13 West Watten, Watten.

Leading prices per kg -

Half-bred - 94.2p Smerral Farm.

Texel - 93.6p Brae-edge; 92.4p Reiss Lodge; 91.9p Smerral Farm.

Suffolk - 93.4p Brae-edge; 91.1p Charleston; 91p Strath Farm.

Cheviot - 91.7p Burnside, Canisbay; 90p Roadside, Gills.

Leading prices per head -

Suffolk - £45.80 Brae-edge; £45.50 Strath Farm.

Half-bred - £43 Smerral Farm; £41 West Canisbay.

Texel - £42 Reiss Lodge; £41.20 Brae-edge; £40 Smerral Farm.

Cheviot - £39 Roadside, Gills; £38.50 Burnside

Feeding Ewes -

Cheviot - £43.50 Milton, Calder; £43 Field of Noss; £42 Smiddyquoy.

Texel - £36 No13 West Watten

Suffolk - £30 Olgrinbeg..