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Farming - Mart Reports
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.. |