Suckled calves sales in Oct 14 issue

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – BB – £1570 Nether Abington; £1350 Sunnyside. Char – £1500 Tweedside; £1410 Dreva; £1335 Netherton; £1330 Cloverhill; £1300 Oldhill; £1240 Mossplatt. Lim – £1490 Glenrath; £1400 Haswellsykes; £1360 Wormiston; £1350 Greenfield. Sim – £1100 Wester Moffat. Lui – £1030 Shawhead. A-A – £1150 Netherhill; £1145 Barr.  
Heifers – BB – £1740, £1560 Nether Abington. Lim – £1460 Lawhead, Tarbrax; £1290 Stonebyres; £1260 Knockenhair; £1250 Holehouse. Char – £1300 Cloverhill; £1270 Greenfield; £1120 Parkhall. A-A – £1250 Barr; £1145 Stobo Home. 

Dingwall
THE entire entry of spring and early summer-born calves met satisfactory rates at Dingwall and Highland Marts’ sale of 496 weaned calves. 
Charolais crosses from A and D Renwick, Keppoch, topped the entry at 320.9p per kg for a pen of eight bullocks weighing 134kg, with a pen of nine heifers weighing 142kg making 309.9p and a pen of 370kg heifers at £810. 
Per head, a top of £1000 was paid for a 475kg Aberdeen-Angus cross bullock from DM MacDonald, Aird, 5 North Duntulm, Portree. Overall, bullocks (267) averaged 246.8p with heifers (226) at 232.2p. 
Taking the championship at the pre-sale show was an eight-month-old Limousin cross bullock from A MacLean, 4 Bualnaluib, Aultbea, which weighed in at 305kg and sold for £800. The reserve, a similarly-aged 315kg Limmy cross bullock from I Grant, Slattadale, Lochmaree, realised £900.

LEADING prices:

North-west Sutherland and Caithness
Bullocks – 201-250kg – Keoldale SSC, £570, 228p. 251-300kg – Croick Estate, £730, 248.2p. 301-350kg – Keoldale SSC £790, 250.8p.
Heifers – Up to 200kg – Croick Estate, £360, 248.3p. 201-250kg – 129 West Langwell, £510; Keoldale, 220.7p. 251-300kg – Croick Estate, £750, 272.7p.
North-west Ross
Bullocks – Up to 200kg – Keppoch Farm, £480, 271.2p. 201-250kg – Keppoch Farm, £660, 312.8p. 251-300kg – Keppoch Farm £810; Slattadale, 280.7p. 301-350kg –Slattadale, £900, 285.7p. 351-400kg – Slattadale £870, 229.0p.
Heifers – Up to 200kg – Tournaig Estate, £500; Keppoch Farm, 309.9p. 201-250kg – 4 Bualnaluib, £690, 289.9p. 251-300kg – 12 Bualnaluib £590, 212.2p. 301-350kg – 12 Bualnaluib £730, 221.2p. 351-400kg – Keppoch Farm, £810, 171.4p. 
Islands
Bullocks – Up to 200kg – Tote House, £630, 318.2p (x2). 201-250kg – 4 Glasnakille, £580, 253.3p. 251-300kg –Tote House, £780, 309.5p. 301-350kg –Ose Farm and Sandamhor Farming, £740; Ose Farm, 230.5p. 451-500kg – 5 North Duntulm, £900.
Heifers – Up to 200kg – Tote House, £510, 268.4p. 201-250kg – 4 Glasnakille, £570, 253.3p. 251-300kg – Ose Farm, £740, Sandamhor, 267.2p. 301-350kg – Strathaird Farms, Broadford, £730, 221.2p.
South-west Ross and other district
Bullocks – Up to 200kg – Dunlichity Farm, Farr (x2), £540, 289.2p. 201-250kg – Tullochard, £645; Dunlichity Farm, 265.8p. 251-300kg –Tullochard, £690; 9 Balmacara, 241.8p;.301-350kg – 9 Balmacara £730, 231.2p.
Heifers – Up to 200kg – Dunlichity Farm, £510, 306.3p. 201-250kg – Dunlichity Farm, £600, 267.9p. 251-300kg – Tullochard, £510; Arinackaig 220.0p. 301-350kg – Croft 101, £615 (x2), 189.8p.

Thainstone
AN ‘excellent’ show of weaned calves was forward at Aberdeen and Northern Marts, where the champion from the pre-sale show went on to top the sale. 
That was a 10-month-old Limousin cross bullock from Messrs Macarthur, Mid Fleenas, which went on to sell to Blair Duffton, Huntly, for £1950 or 407.7p per kg at a weight of 478kg. 
The reserve, a 402kg nine-month-old Limousin cross heifer from Stephen Duncan, Achdregnie, sold to the judge, Gordon Troup, Shaggart, for £1450 or 360.6p. 
Overall, weaned calf averages improved on the year when 335 bullocks averaged 237p (+5.8p) with 234 heifers at 233.9p (+11.2p). Outwith the show, trade was topped at £1480 and 317.6p for a 466kg Limmy cross heifer from Achdregnie, with bullocks to £1240 for a 528kg Charolais cross from Rorandle, Monymusk, and 299.1p for a 284kg Limousin cross from Meikle Maldron, Torphins.  

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 300kg – Fodderletter, Tomintoul £810, 281.3p. 301-350kg – Upper Forgie, Kieth £870, 276.3p. 351-400kg – Achdregnie, Glenlivet £1010, 259p. 401-450kg – Brucewells, Netherley £1160; Fodderletter 270.7p. 451-500kg – Achdregnie £1230; Auchorachan, Glenlivet 257.6p. 501-550kg – Rorandle, £1240, 234.8p. 551-600kg – Treeton, Culloden Moor £1240, 220.5p.
Heifers – Up to 300kg – Meikle Maldron, Torphins £640, 230.2p. 301-350kg – Mid Fleenas £1020; Auchorachan 241.4p. 351-400kg – Auchorachan £1100, 282.1p. 401-450kg – Achdregnie, Glenlivet £1450; Mid Fleenas, Nairn 305.4p. 451-500kg – Auchorachan £1300, 282.6p. 501-550kg –  Achdregnie £1390, 274.7p .

Longtown
HEADING up a show and sale of 634 suckled calves at C and D Auction Marts’ Longtown centre at the weekend, where the top-end was dear and better than expected, was a Limousin bullock from WH and DA Gass, Nunscleugh. 
The stot later sold for the top price of £1340 to Smith Bros, The View. 
In reserve was a British Blue bullock from Alex A Roskell and Partners, Laverhay, which sold to the judge, David Dickinson, Brockwoodlees, for £1190. 
Lead Charolais at £1240 was a bullock from WG and HM Kyle, Spoutbank. 
The sale levelled at £993.53 and the dearest heifer at £1260 was a Limousin from TN Story, Hilltop. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Lim – £1340, £1290, £1280, £1240, £1230, £1225, £1220, £1210 Nunscleugh; £1320 Dumbretton; £1210 Dodgsontown; £1205 The Ash; £1200 Peela Hill; £1170 Albierigg; £1155 Hilltop; £1150 Gallowberry. Char – £1240, £1150, £1145,

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 £1125, £1100 Spoutbank; £1200, £1130, £1110, £1100 High Parkfoot; £1180, £1170, £1165, £1120 (x2) Riggfoot. BB – £1190, £990 Laverhay; £1130 Gallowberry; £1070 Hilltop. Blo – £1130 The Ash. Sim – £1100, £1040 High Dovecote; £1060 Holme House; £1000 (x2) Archerbeck. A-A – £865, £770 Archerbeck. 
Heifers – Lim – £1260, £1130 Hilltop; £1155, £1120, £1100 (x2), £1090, £1085 Nunscleugh; £1140 Albierigg; £1120, £1090, £1080 Gallowberry; £1100 Hilltop. Char – £1090 (x2), £920 Spoutbank; £995 Moss Side; £900 (x2) High Parkfoot. BB – £1060, £970 Laverhay. A-A – £920, £840, £720, £700 Archerbeck. Blo – £800, £700 Oakwoodhill. 

Portree 
DINGWALL and Highland Marts sold 100 weaned calves and store cattle on Monday, where 53 bullocks cashed in to average 210.5p per kg and 47 heifers levelled at 195.5p. 
Bullocks sold to 255.6p for a 180kg Simmental cross from 2 Brogaig, Portree, and £800 for a Limousin cross weighing 350kg from 2 Sartle, Portree.
Topping the heifers at 242.6p was a pair of 235kg Aberdeen-Angus crosses from 4 Bay, Waternish, and at £920 was a Charolais cross scaling 490kg from 15 Glenconnon, Uig. 

LEADING prices: 

Bullocks – Up to 200kg – 2 Brogaig, Portree, £460, 255.6p. 201-250kg – 4 Bay, Waternish, 7 Earlish, £600, 240.0p. 251-300kg – 2 Hamaraviren, Glendale, £650, 236.4p. 301-350kg – 3 Glenbernisdale, Skeabost, £740, 211.4p. 351-400kg – 4 Treaslane, Skeabost, £740, 197.3p. 401-450kg – 4 Treaslane, Skeabost, £740, 180.5p.
Heifers – Up to 200kg – 1 and 2 Conon, Uig, £450; 3 East Suisinish, Isle of Raasay, 235.3p. 201-250kg – 4 Bay, Waternish, £570; 2 Sartle, Portree, 185.4p. 251-300kg – 2 Hamaraviren, Glendale, £600, 218.2p. 301-350kg – 2 Sartle, Portree £590, 190.3p. 351-400kg – 4 Glenconon, Uig £790, 207.9p. 401-450kg – 2 Tote, Skeabost, £860, 195.5p. 451-500kg – 5/6 Sheader, Uig, £890, 189.4p.

Stirling (UA)
A CHAROLAIS cross heifer from Duncan Semple, Dippen, secured the overall championship before selling for the top price at United Auctions’ show and sale. 
The 378kg spring-born heifer went on to sell for 383.6p per kg or £1450. 
The reserve, picked out by T Miller, High Gameshill, was an autumn-born Limousin-sired bullock weighing 478kg from the Simpson family, Mains of Crechies, which sold for £1120. 
The 1039 bullocks levelled at 251.5p with the 744 heifers at 233.9p. Bullocks sold to 308p for a 276kg Limousin from Carslae as well as £1140 for a 500kg Limousin cross from Chesthill Farms and Fullarton. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Townhead £700, 291.7p. 251-300kg – Auchlin £895; Carslae 308p. 301-350kg – Dippen £985, 307.9p. 351-400kg – Shanry Farms £1050; Knowhead 275.6p. 401-450kg – Mains of Creuchies £1090, 259.7p. 451-500kgs – Chesthill Farms £1140, 243p. 501-550kg – Fullerton £1140; Merkins  214.8p.                                   
Heifers – Up to 250kg – Grove £690, 300p. 251-300kg – Cairncurran £960, 340.4p. 301-350kg – Westerton £890, 287.1p. 351-400kg – Dippen £1450, 383.6p. 401-450kg – Percival £1060, 248.8p. 451-500kg – West Park £940, 203.9p. 501-550kg – West Park £1040, 203.9p.

Castle Douglas
JUDGING a show and sale of spring-born suckled calves at Wallets Marts was Jock MacTaggart, Bridge of Dee, who bought the champion for the top price of £1210 and 340.8p per kg. 
That was a 355kg Charolais bullock from R Jardine and Son, Upper Hardland. 
The reserve, a Limousin heifer from Messrs Armstrong, Farhills, weighed 3264kg and sold to Mr Sanderson, Upper Senwick, for £880 or 333.3p to lead the heifer trade. 
With all classes keenly bid for, calves met the some of the dearest trade ever at Castle Douglas when 441 spring-born bullocks levelled at 260.62p per kg or £779.60 (+12.9p  or £63.17 on the year) with 237 heifers at 242.73p or £636.19 (+19.2p or £57.30). 
Outwith the show, bullocks peaked at £1110 or Limousins from Garrochtrie and 316.7p for a pen of seven Charolais crosses from Craignarget, while heifers reached £830 for Charolais crosses from Craignagret and Muncraig, as well as 284p for a pen of six Charolais from McNeill Estates, Shennanton. 

LEADINGprices:

£1125, £1100 Spoutbank; £1200, £1130, £1110, £1100 High Parkfoot; £1180, £1170, £1165, £1120 (x2) Riggfoot. BB – £1190, £990 Laverhay; £1130 Gallowberry; £1070 Hilltop. Blo – £1130 The Ash. Sim – £1100, £1040 High Dovecote; £1060 Holme House; £1000 (x2) Archerbeck. A-A – £865, £770 Archerbeck.
Heifers – Lim – £1260, £1130 Hilltop; £1155, £1120, £1100 (x2), £1090, £1085 Nunscleugh; £1140 Albierigg; £1120, £1090, £1080 Gallowberry; £1100 Hilltop. Char – £1090 (x2), £920 Spoutbank; £995 Moss Side; £900 (x2) High Parkfoot. BB – £1060, £970 Laverhay. A-A – £920, £840, £720, £700 Archerbeck. Blo – £800, £700 Oakwoodhill.