Special sales in Oct 14 issue

LEADING prices:

Store bullocks – Lim – £1385, £1290 Birkshawhead; £1190, £1180 The Garth; £1170 Great Easby; £1165 Eden Gate Holme; £1155, £1075(x2) Kirtlevale; £1150 Broathill; £1145, £1115, £1100 Beech House; £1140 Burncroft; £1130 Spout Bank; £1120 Whiteside; £1100 High Bow; £1095 Laversdale; £1095, £1090 Kirkhouse. BB – £1340, £1320, £1155 Durdar; £1195, £1030 Park View; £1165, £1140, £1080 Sandbed; £1155 Fishergill; £1140, £1120, £1115 Rose Farm; £1130, £1115 Flatt; £1130 Kirtlevale; £1090 Grange Grassing; £1080, £1065 New Brampton; £1080 Hardrigg Hall; £1040 Riggshields. A-A – £1200 High Bow; £1070 Stainton House; £1045 Dundraw; £950 Great Easby; £925 High Rigg. Char – £1265 The Garth; £1180 Rose Farm; £1170, £1120 Whiteside; £1155, £1140, £1050 Laversdale; £1135, £1130, £1030, £1020 Spout Bank; £1065 Harley Croft; £1055 Stainton House. Sim – £1100, £1060, £1040, £1010, £1005 Warkshaugh; £1035 Blue Gables. Frie – £950, £945 Wellington; £800 Laversdale; £700 Middle Farm. NR – £815 Rye Close. Hol – £700 New Brampton. Mont – £810 Greenwrae.
Store heifers – BB – £1270 Standing Stonerigg, £1150, £1030 Fishergill, £1095 Skelcies Hall, £1060, £1020 Hardrigg Hall, £1025 Asby Mill. Lim – £1190, £1170, £1160, £1090, £1080, £1040(x2), £1035 Cobble Hall, £1120 Reaygarth, £1090, £1065, £1055 Kirkhouse Farm, £1080, £1065, £1045 Harrot Hill Farm, £1080 Birkshawhead, £1030 Walton Woodhead, £1020 Burncroft Farm. Parth – £1135, £1075, £1060 Marina House. A-A – £1080 High Bow, £1060 Skelcies Hall. Char – £1020 Burncroft Farm. BS – £930 Park House.
Store lambs – Belt – £83 Well Head; £66 Fell Lane; £65 Harper Hill; £64 Knowe Head Farm; £64, £61(x2) Fell Lane; £62.50 Parkhead Farm; £60 Demesne Farm. Tex – £70, £62.50 (x2), £61, £60 Caldew School; £69.50, £66 Meade Cottage; £64 Holm Cottage; £64 Harper Hill; £62.50, £62 Ehengarth; £62 School Farm; £61 Holm Cottage; £60.50 Brackenthwaite Farm; £60 Gallows Hill. Suff – £62 Talkin Head; £59.50 Keenley Fell; £59 Meade Cottage; £58.50 Demesne Farm; £57 Parkhead Farm. GF – £62, £57, £56.50 Ehengarth; £57 Gallows Hill; £54 Spency Croft; £51 Underbank. BF – £48.50 Gallows Hill; £42, £40 Barsalloch Farm. NCC – £42.50 Dry Howe.
Breeding rams – Tex – £500, £480, £350, £300 Basco Dyke; £450 Whiteside Farm; £420 High House; £340, £300 Burgh Head Farm; £310 Luce Mains; £300 (x2) Langdyke; £300 East Cliff Farm. Blue Tex – £420, £360, £300 Millside Farm. Bel – £360, £320 Burgh Head Farm. Dutch Tex – £300, Whiteside Farm. Suff – £285 Seafield Lane. 

Stirling (UA)
UNITED Auctions sold 1198 store cattle at a special show and sale, where Limousin crosses topped the price per kg trade at 257.4p for a 408kg heifer from Easter Greenhill and 246.5p for a 432kg bullock from Balgray. 
A 692kg Charolais cross heifer from Midlock topped the gross trade at £1400 while bullocks reached £1340 for a 702kg British Blue from Wintermuir. 
Overall, 457 heifers levelled at 204.29p with 701 bullocks at 216.82p. 
The 30 dairy stots averaged 138.36p and sold to 181.1p and £900 for a 497kg Ayrshire cross from Low Drummore. 
Cast beef cows (99) averaged 117.17p, peaking at 177.1p for an Angus cross from Quixwood and £1610 for a Limmy cross from Wester Bonhard. Averaging 93.62p, 31 dairy cows reached 126.2p and £1030 for a Holstein cross off Bandirran.  
On Monday, the entry of 5296 store sheep, saw lambs peak at £73.50 for Texel crosses from East Buchanty. 
Breed averages were all back on the week – Blackface, £34.16 (-£2.80); Mule, £48.97 (-£1.69); Texel, £55.36 (-£2.08); Cheviot, £49.10 (-£4.48); Beltex, £61.39 (-£1.56); Suffolk, £55.78 (-£3.68).

LEADING awards:

Single calves – Bullock – 1, Messrs Paton, Easter Greenhill, 486kg, £1160; 2 and 3, Messrs Nelson, Cuttlehill, 416kg, £960. Heifer – 1, Easter Greenhill, 528g, £1260. 
Pens of four – Bullocks – 1, Easter Greenhill, 488kg, £1130. Heifers – 1, Easter Greenhill, 408kg, £1050. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 250kg – Drumelzier £540, 217.7p. 251-300kg – Drumelzier £590, 220.9p. 301-350kg – Riccarton £775, 237p. 351-400kg – Cumnock House £950; Castlehill 245.9p. 401-450kg – Balgray £1065, 246.5p. 451-500kg – Easter Greenhill £1190, 245.4p. 501-550kg – Lochfield £1290, 238.6p. 551-600kg – Nettlingflat £1295, 224p. 601-650kg – Blairfad £1200, 196.1p. 701-750kg – Wintermuir £1340, 190.9p.
Heifers – 301-350kg – Riccarton £740, 219.9p. 351-400kg – Easter Greenhill £990, 255.2p. 401-450kg – Midlock £1100; Easter Greenhill 257.4p. 451-500kg – Balgray £1170; Ashkirktown 249.5p. 501-550kg – Easter Greenhill £1260, 238.6p. 551-600kg – Nettlingflat £1120; Bughtknowes 198.2p. 601-650kg – Wintermuir £1240, 204.6p. 651-700kg – Midlock £1400, 202.3p. 701-750kg – East Borland £900, 127.1p
Cast cows – Lim – West Bonhard £1610, 169.8p. Char – Mid Cambushinnie £1490, 162.7p. A-A – Mid Cambushinnie £1330; Quixwood 177.1p. Sim – Woodhead of Aberdalgie £1270; Smeaton Shaw 150.3p. BB – Wester Bonhard £1150, 141.6p. Cont – South Hill of Dripps £1070; Easter Greenhill 152.8p. Hol – Bandirran £1030, 126.2p.
Store lambs – East Buchanty (Tex) £73.50; Balikinrain (BTex) 69.50; Ragged Edge (Suff) £64.50; Clockan (Chev) £58; Aberarder (Mule) £55.50; Achnabat (BF) £55.50. 

Wigton
HOPES Auction Co sold 260 store cattle to a top of £1415 for a British Blue bullock from W Murray and Sons, Prior House, with the same home topping the heifer trade at £1195 for a Limousin. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – BB – £1415, £1175, £1165, £1115 Prior House; £1365 Dockray Farm; £1165 Nealhouse; £1135 Park House; £1135 Orchard Farm; £1125, £1115 Braeside. A-A – £1265 Dockray; £1185, £1155 The Grange;  £1175 Bankhead. Lim – £1225, £1195 Bankhead; £1145, £1115, £1105 Cardew House; £1145 Wellington; £1125 The Grange; £1115 Blackdyke; £1115 Kelsick Farm. Sim – £1145, £1085 Cardew House; £1105 Parkgate Hall. Char – £1105, £1095 High Brackenthwaite; £1015 Blackdyke Farm. Frie – £1035, £915 Dockray; £1035 Prior Hall; £995 Wellington; £955 Parkgate Hall. Blo – £975 High Farm. 
Heifers – Lim – £1195 Prior House; £1185 Wampool; £1175, £1125 Pow Croft. Char – £1145 Crummock Bank; £1095 Park House; £945, £905 High Brackenthwaite. BB – £1095 Park House; £955 Lowfield House. A-A – £965, £825 Lakeside; £815 Round Hill. Sim – £805 Calvo. 

Thainstone
A TOTAL of 4167 sheep sold through Aberdeen and Northern Marts, which included a show and sale of Suffolk and Texel rams. 
Reserve champion Texel, was a shearling from M Seed and Son, Home Farm of Auchry, which made £700, while the champion, a lamb from Robbie Wilson, North Dorlaithers, realised £300. 
Taking the Suffolk championship before selling for £500 was a shearling from GB and L Swanson, East Murkle, while the reserve, a lamb from S and L Ewen, Waterton, made £420. 
The 859 breeding females peaked at £158 twice, for two-crop Texel ewes from Upper Sauchen, Ordhead, and for Suffolk gimmers from Mid Mains of Balfour, Fettercairn. Mules from Mains of Glenbuchat, Strathdon, topped the 180 ewe lambs at £96. 
Store lambs (1061) reached £70 for Suffolk crosses from Evergreen, Kininmonth, and Suffolks from Westloch, Burravoe, Yell, led the 1238 island lambs at £64.

LEADING prices:
 
Store lambs – Tex – Muirton of Corsindae, Sauchen £68.50. Tex X – Knockiemore, Lonmay £65. Belt – Bogiefeulach, Tornaveen £64. Suff – Leith Hall Home Farm, Kennethmont, Greenferns, Bucksburn £64. Suff X – East Thunderton, Longside £61. Chev X – East Thunderton, Longside £53. BFL – Highwater, Premnay £52. BF – Rickarton £42.
Island lambs – Tex – Hillwell, Quendale £63. Suff – Grinds Tondra £60. Belt – Strathore, Shapinsay £59.50. Cont – Kjemlea Uphouse, Cunningsburgh £56. Tex X – Pobis Geo, Muckle Roe £55. Suff X – Newton Lochend £54. 
Island breeding ewes – Chev – Uphouse Weathersta £54.50. Chev X – Bakkanlee Whitesness £52. Shc– Linksview Ringesta £36. Shet – Kjemlea Uphouse £25.
Breeding gimmers and ewes – Ewes – Tex – 1 Bridgefoot Cottage, Kemnay £142. Suff – Mid Mains of Balfour £128. Mule – Stillswells, Bonnykelly £110. Mule – Newton of Haddo, Forgue £82. Suff – Stillswells £86. Mule BM – Wardhead £80. Gimmers – Cont – Meikle Begshill, Drumblade, Wardhead, Strichen £140. Belt – Hilton of Culsh, New Deer £140. Tex – 1 Bridgefoot Cottage £140. Mule – Bogiebrae, Rhynie £135. Suff – Mid Mains of Balfour £132. Chev Mule – Wardhead £125. Lle – Backhill of Fetterletter, Fyvie £116. GF – Hindstones, Boyndlie £100. Char – 1 Gerogetown Cottage, Ballindalloch £100. Chev – Kjemlea, Uphouse £100. Shc – Overlaw, Girlsta £70.
Breeding rams – Lambs – Suff – Milltown of Birness £480; Waterton, Drumblade £420; Lethenty House, Fyvie Burnside, Hatton of Fintray £360. Tex – 1 Artlaw Crescent, Mintlaw £420; 11 Raemoir Road, Banchory £400; North Dorlaithers, Turriff £360. BFL – Home Farm Auchry £400. Char – Barnyards, Mintlaw £320. Shearlings – Tex – Veltigar, Tankerness £680; Home Farm Auchry £620; The Green, Raemoir £550; Rinaiten, Glenrinnes, Newton of Crathie £500. BFL – West Mains Nethermuir £520. Suff – Tofthills, Clatt £500. Char – Muce, Birsay £500. 

A more mixed offering of store cattle sold a couple days later alongside a show and sale of weaned calves, saw a 394kg Limousin cross bullock from 5 Cleat, St Margaret’s Hope, top the trade at 243.7p per kg, with a 638kg Simmental cross bullock from Broomhill, Academy Street, at £1305. 
The 394 bullocks averaged 206.3p while 181 heifers levelled at 202.6p and sold to 241p per kg for a 498kg heifer from Greenfield, Rothes, and £1280 for a 584kg Charolais cross from Housegarth, Quoyloo.   
The 4488 sheep from the Orkney and Shetland islands, saw 3705 store lambs reach £90 for Texel ewe lambs from Glenisla, Gulberwick, with the consignment from GB and AM Anderson, Seafield House, Lerwick, selling to £72.50 for Suffolks. 
The 783 island sheep sold to £90 for Cheviot gimmers from Seafield House. 
On Tuesday, 74 breeding cattle sold to £2350 for a Limousin heifer with heifer calf from Witton, Glenlethnot,. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Up to 300kg – 301-350kg – East Comalegy, Drimblade £735, Strath, Watter 230.3p. 351-400kg – 5 Cleat, St Margarets Hope £960, 243.7p. 401-450kg – Damside, Castletown £1030, 242.9p. 451-500kg – Meiklebogs, Gordonstown £1060; Hammer Greeny, Dounby 219.1p. 501-550kg – Smerral, Bower £1260, 236.8p. 551-600kg – Hillhead, Auchmacleedie £1280; 40 Commercial Road, Ellon 219.4p. 601-650kg – Broomhill £1270; Brokenfolds, Turriff 208.9p.
Heifers – Up to 300kg – Strath Farm, Watten £580, 209.6p. 301-350kg – Strath Farm £740, 215.1p. 351-400kg – Greenfield, Rothes £890, 230.6p. 401-450kg – Lower Stanger, Birsay £970, 233.2p. 451-500kg – Greenfield £1200, 214.9p. 501-550kg – Broomhill £1200; Garland 219.1p. 551-600kg – Broomhill £1235; Housegarth 219.2p.
Island lambs – Suff X – Seafield House £69.50. Down X – Kergord £69, £68.50. Tex – Seafield House £66. Tex X – Quoybelloch, Deerness £65. Cont – Seafield House £64.50. Chev – Seafield House £64. Chev X – Kergord £63.50. 
Island ewes – Chev – Seafield House £78, £76. Tex – Glenisla, Gulberwick £74. Cont – Seafield House £72.50. Suff – Seafield House £68.50. Shc – Seafield House £66. Shet – Seafield House £34. 
Heifers with calves – Bull calf – Lim X – Witton, Glenlethnot £1900. Lim – Witton £1650. Heifer calf – Lim – Witton £2350. Lim X – Witton £2150. Sim X – Braeside, Inverurie £1,820. A-A X – Witton £1500.
Cows with calves – Bull calf –  Lim – 3 Clyth Mains, Occumster £1500. Sim – 3 Clyth Mains £1480.  Sim X – 3 Clyth Mains £1450. Heifer calf – Sim – 3 Clyth Mains £1750. BB – 3 Clyth Mains £1580. Lim X – 3 Clyth Mains £1550. Char – 3 Clyth Mains £1400. Sim X – Knockhall, South Ronaldsay £1350.
In-calf females – Heifer – Sim – Backhil of Seggat, Auchterless £1650. Sim X – Backhill of Seggat, March Farm, New Pitsligo £1580. Cow – Char – 3 Clyth Mains £1450. Lim X – 3 Clyth Mains £1450. Sim X – 3 Clyth Mains £1200. Sim – 3 Clyth Mains £1180.
 
Ayr
more weathered cattle resulted in a reduced average at Craig Wilson’s  store sale where 190 bullocks levelled at 209.8p per kg or £897.50, with 100 dairy bullocks at 138.5p or £637.35 and 166 heifers at 198.6p or £789.52.
Topping at £1265 was a pair of Limousin bullocks from High Skeog, while a pen of Angus bullocks from Lawmarnock topped the price per kg at 232.2p. 
Limousins from Knockterra led the heifers at £1115 or 227.6p, and dairy bullocks reached £920 from High Skeog and 154.3p from Park o’Barnaigh. 

LEADING prices:

Bullocks – Lim – £1265, £1010 High Skeog; £1220, £1150 Dykefield; £1155 South Craigton; £1095 Knockterra; £1070, £1060 Caprington; £1060 South Ballaird; £1005 Rosemount; £1000 Rigghead. Sim – £1180 Clevance; £1060 Sorbie; £1050 Catcraig. BB – £1145 High Skeog; £950 South Ballaird. Char – £1135 South Ballaird; £1125 Caprington. Her – £1125, £1065, £995 Caprington. A-A – £1090 Clevance; £1025, £950 Dalvennan; £1000 Watston; £950 Lawmarnock. Sho – £920 Sorbie. Frie – £920, £800 High Skeog; £775 Sorbie.
Heifers – Lim – £1115 Knockterra; £1065 Little Ittington; £965 Rigghead. BB – £1035 Pennymore. A-A – £1030 Newhouse; £980 Rigghead; £920 Dalvennan; £900 Watston. £880 Boghouse. Sim – £970 Adamscroft; £940 Rigghead. Sho – £940 Mauchline Mains. Frie – £940 Ardwell Mains. Char – £900 Muirlaught; £820 Caprington. Stab – £875 Barnford.

The firm’s sale of 73 breeding rams and 2605 breeding females and store lambs, was topped at £600 for a non-accredited Texel shearling from Carbello, while the accredited section peaked at £450 for a Texel shearling from Ballochneil Cottage. 
Cheviot gimmers from J and A McLellan, Mid Floak, led the breeding females at £108. The sale included a consigment of 190 Roussin and Mule ewes from Rotmitchell Farms, Pinmore, which peaked at £93 for Roussin ewes. 
Blackface ewes hit £68 from Helen Fleming, Cronberry, who also sold Blackie ewe lambs to £61. 
Stores peaked at £62.50 twice, for Suffolk crosses from Dumfries House, and again for Mules from J Gilmour, Blackbarns. 
 
LEADING prices:

Accredited rams – Shearlings – Texel – £450, £360 Ballochneil Cottage. Suff – £350 Ballochneil Cottage. Belt – £300 Mid Brockloch. Ram lambs – Belt – £280 Mid Brockloch. Suff – £280 Smithston; £280, £260 Mid Skeog.
Non-accredited rams – Shearlings – Tex – £600, £480 (x2), £500 Carbello; £500 Knockdon; £400 South Craigton; £400 Fisherton. Belt X – £400, £350 Carbello. Suff – £350, £320 Carbello; £300 (x2) Fisherton. Ram lambs – BFL – £350, £300 Fleminghill. Tex – £320 Gowanlea. Belt – £180 Burnockstone. Char – £110 Kilpatrick.
Breeding females – Gimmers – Rous x Chev – £96 Woodhead. Ewes – Cross – £92 (2cr) High Lees; £81 (4cr) Mid Floak Rous – £93 (4cr), £91 (x24cr), £90 Tormitchell. Suff X – £87 (3cr), £86 (3cr), £84 (3cr) Tormitchell. Cont X – £75 (3cr) Dunjop. Chev – £74 (4cr) Mid Floak. BF – £68, £65, £62 (x2) Cronberry. Ewe lambs – Mule – £78 Fechan; £67 Blackbarns. BF – £61,£58, £56,£55 Cronberry,
Store lambs – Suff X – £62.50 Dumfries House. Mule – £62.50 Blackbarns. Rous – £62 Knocknaib. Char – £61 Roughside. Cross – £59.50 Kilpatrick (Arran); £57 Blackbarns. Belt – £58.50 Knockdaw. Suff – £57 Auchenlongford. Tex – £58 Kirriereoch; £57 Barbae; £54.50 Kilpatrick (Arran). Tex X – £56.50 Birtlebog. HB – £56.50 Dumfries House. Chev – £56 Moyne. Cont X – £52 Knockormal. BF – £35 South Banks and Dalveen; £34 Fechan.  

Huntly
UNITED Auctions sold 2944 store and breeding sheep where 420 ewe lambs peaked at £82 for Mules from Aldunie, Cabrach and 1121 store lambs hit £72.50 for continentals from Blairdinnie, Gartly. 
The 1403 breeding entry, which included the dispersal of the Glenavon Estate flock of Blackface ewes, sold to £110 for Mules from Whitehill, Cairnie, and 2 Balloch View, Grange. 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Suff – £72 Blairindinnie. Cross – £72 Blairindinnie. Tex – £66.50 Leith Hall Home Farm. Chev – £66 148 West Helmsdale. Cont – £62 Leith Hall Home Farm. Mule – £59 Tombreck. BF – £48 Auchnerran. 
Ewe lambs – Mule – £80 Aldunie. BF – £64, £63, £62 Glenavon Estate. Chev Mule – £62 Tombreck. 

Fort William
A REASONABLE show of sheep met a similar trade to other centres when 1783 sold through Dingwall and Highland Marts. 
Two Texel crosses from East Croft Roy, Newtonmore, topped the 1021 store lambs at £54, while the 695 ewes peaked at £60 for Charollais crosses from 63 Ormiscaigbeah, Kilchoan. 
Feeding sheep (67) sold to £76 for Charollais cross gimmers from 63 Ormiscaigbeag. 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Suff X – East Croft Roy, £53. Cross – Insh Farm, Spean Bridge, £50; Fachiemard, Invergarrr, and Insh Farm, £47.50; Ockle, Achteny, £47. Mule – Glendoe Estate, Fort Augustus, £48. BF – Craigbuie, Balgowan, £48; Insh Farm, £46; East Croft Roy, £38.50. Chev – Croft No. 8, Balmacra, £45.50; Kilmory, Achteny, and Sanna, Kilchoan, £44.
Ewes – BF – Ardtornish Farms, Oban, £36. Chev – Balmaglaster, Spean Bridge, £35.
Feeding sheep – Chev gmr – Kilmory, £70. Cross wdr – East Croft Roy, £55.50. BF gmr – Ardtornish Farms, £53.

Dumfries
Beltex lambs from Victoria House topped the 1000 store lambs on offer at C and D Auction Marts’ sale at £68, while breeding females sold to £77 for cross ewes from Gibbonhill. 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Belt – £68 Victoria House. Chev – £59, £54, £50.50 Locherben. Suff – £57 Ford Cottage. Tex – £56 Ford Cottage; £54.50 High Road. Cross – £51.50 Ford Cottage. BF – £44, £42 Snar; £42.50, £40.50, £38 Locherben; £39 Garryholm. 
Breeding females – Gimmers – Chev – £71 Locherben. BF – £70 Locherben. Ewes – Cross – £77, £76 Gibbonhill. HB – £70 Gibbonhill. BF – £52 Hayfield.

Dalmally
Store lambs peaked at £68.50 for Texel crosses from Stonefield Farms, at United Auctions’ sale of 3208 sheep. 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Tex X – Stonefield Farms £68.50, £50.50; Tiretigan Farm £59.50. Chev X – Kiloran Farms £62; Kingairloch Estate £59.50, £50. Suff X – Kiloran Farms £54.50; Boorach Beg £48. Mule – Kiloran Farms £54; Achalic Farm £52. Cross – Garoggie Estate £50; Evanachan £47. BF – Brenachoille £46; Achnaba £42; Garrogie Estate £41; Dunans £41; Tom-a-Bhioran £40; Turnault £40; Achalic £39.50; Raera £39. 
Gimmers – BF – Knock-Dhu £58; Cour Grazings £52. 
Ewes – Barndromin £62, £45; Cour Grazings £58, £52, £42; Lephinkill £51; Drimnin Estate £44; High Balantyre £43; Balnahard £43; Machrinns £39.  

Stirling (Cal)
SHEEP met a similar trade on the week at Caledonian Marts’ sale of 2439 store lambs, where trade reached £65.50 for Texel crosses from JA Berwick, Bower Park, Cupar. 
Feeding ewes reached £46 for Mules from W Cowan, The Paddock, Biggar. 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Belt X – Parkhead £65. Tex – Teuchats £64.50, £62.50. Cont – Wester Tillyrie £64, £63. Suff – Barrduff £63. Belt – Lower Killernie £62. Tex X – Mill of Ardoch £61. Suff X – Duallin £60. Chev X – Mill of Ardoch £59. BF – Drummond Estate £51. BF X – Glenturret Estate £50.
Feeding ewes – Cross – Fidden, Isle of Mull £40. BF – Laganulva, Isle of Mull £30.
 
Castle Douglas
A PLAINER and smaller show of store cattle for Wallets Marts’ sale, saw 64 head peak at £1180 and 232.1p for a pen of Limousin cross bullocks from AJ Sharp and Son, Barscarrow. 
Heifers reached £1100 for a Simmental from Edingham and 209p for Charolais crosses from Bargatton. 
Averaging 100.3p, 54 cast cows sold to 137p and £993.25 for an Aberdeen-Angus cow from HM Taylor, Mosside. 
The firm also sold 179 breeding cattle where a Limousin heifer with Limousin heifer calf from Messrs Fisher, Flathill, led at £2250

Darlington
STORE cattle sold at Darlington Farmers’ Auction Mart’s recent sale, peaked at £1340 for a 16-month-old Limousin cross bull from D Dixon, Middle Heads. 
Heifers reached £1290 for an 18-month-old British Blue from B and J Donald, Gibbs Neese, and bullocks sold to a top price of £1200 for a 21-month-old Limousin cross from R and W Todd, High Toft Hill. 

LEADING prices:

Bulls – £1340, £1110, £900 D Dixon; £970, £900, £880 E Pearce.
Bullocks – £1200, £1130, £1120, £960 (x5) R and W Todd; £1170, £1065 WB Rutter and Sons; £1170, £1120, £1035 (x3), £995, £950 (x2) TW and C Emerson; £1160 DW Dresser; £1105 RN Foord and Son; £1100, £970 (x2), £900 F Ward; £1090 JR and L Harding; £1065, £990 JS Foster; £1060, £1020, £930 (x2) DR Smith; £1025, £995 GS Dowson; £970 K Sayer; £960 E Blacklock; £935 K Cator; £935 B and J Donald; £920, £900, £890, £880 GS Bainbridge.
Heifers – £1290, £1005 (x2) B and J Donald; £1160, £950 TT Hall; £1095 (x2), £1060 (x2) RL Walker; £1090, £960, £950 PJ Wiper; £1070, £1025 T Teasdale; £1065, £1060, £960 C and E Gaskin; £1040, £935 JS Foster and Son; £1010, £995 DR Smith; £1000, £975 M Gallon; £1000, £980 (x2) F Ward; £990 DW Dresser; £980 (x2), £930 K Sayer; £970 JR and L Harding; £940 (x2) WB Rutter and Sons; £940 (x2) T Teasdale’ £915 J Bell’ £910 E Blacklock’ £910 DW Dresser.

Longtown
BEST quality and younger breeding outfits sold well at C and D Auction Marts’ sale of breeding cattle, where a Limousin cow with Limmy-sired bull calf from AT and TC Skyrme, Eastfield of Wiston, topped at £1300. 
The 121 store cattle met a mixed trade and sold to £1150 for Limousin bullocks from Devenport Farms, Blakelaw, with heifers to £1000 for Aberdeen-Angus from Cushag. 
A poorer show of store lambs met the dearest trade peaking at £76 for Beltex crosses from G Edgar, Low Longlands. 
Cheviots (2598) reached £58.50 for Hill Northies also from Low Langlands, and Blackfaces (1640) sold to £49 from Brieredge. 

LEADING prices:

Cows with calves – Bull calf – Lim – £1420 Eastfield of Wiston; £1120 Snab Farm; £1100 Nickies Hill. Gall – £1020, £920 Nickies Hill. Heifer calf – A-A – £1300 Eastfield of Wiston; £1080 Snab Farm. Blo – £1180 Snab Farm. Gall – £1120, £1100, £1020, £950 Nickies Hill. BB – £1100 Eastfield of Wiston. Lim – £1080, £1050 Snab Farm. BG – £1060, £930 Nickies Hill. 
In-calf cows – Sho – £920 Snab Farm. Lim – £800 Nickies Hill. Belt Gall – £780 Slealands. 
Bulling heifers – Lim – £1180 (x3), £1100 (x2) Fellend. BB – £855, £840 Kirtleton House. BG – £810 Nickies Hill. 
Bullocks – Lim – £1150, £1140, £1020 Blakelaw. BB – £1135, £1070, £1065 Blakelaw; £955 The Stubb.  Frie – £1010 The Stubb. A-A – £970 (x2), £950 (x2) Stainton House; £750 Mill Street. Sim – £960 Cushag; £865 Stainton House. Hol – £470 (x6), £460 (x6), £440 (x6), £430 (x6) Kings Cottage. 
Heifers – A-A – £1,000 Cushag. BB – £950, £920, £890, £855 The Stubb. Frie – £950, £855 The Stubb. Lim – £810, £800, £765 Harelawhill; £710 Kimmeter Green. 
Store lambs – Belt X – £76 Low Longlands. Tex – £67 Thomas Telford Road and Coolingel; £65.50 Winterhope and Towsbank. Suff – £64.50 Aryhorkell; £63.50 Gall. Char – £63.50 The Crook (Blacklock). GF – £64 Solwaybank; £63.50 Eriff Estate; £61 School Cottage. Hill NCC – £58.50 Low Longlands. Hill Chev – £58 Granton; £52 Parkhill; £50.50 Hindhope (Elliott). BF – £49, £42 Brieredge; £45.50, £41.50 The Glen; £44 The Lamperts. 

Kingussie
FEMALES met a satisfactory trade at the annual Highlands and Islands Sheep Health Association (HISHA) of 2340 store and breeding sheep at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ Kingussie centre. 
HISHA Blackface ewe lambs averaged £72.56 (-£1.84 on the year) and sold to £67 from BW Johnstone, Achnabat, Dores, while gimmers levelled at £81.84 (-£4.73) having peaked at £84 from PA Junor, Balchraggan. 
Averaging £51.72 (-£9), ewes sold to £76 from K Matheson and Son, Milton of Aberarder, Dores. 
Non-HISHA Blackface gimmers from R MacDonald and Son, Drumgesk, Laggan, topped the sale at £94. 

LEADING prices:

HISHA – Ewe lambs – Achnabat £66. Gimmers – Balloan £80; Breakchy £62. Ewes – WM – Abersky and Balchraggan £71; Moy and Ruthven Farms £68; Breakachy £58; Buchruben £56. BM – Milton of Aberarder £51; Breakachy £45; Abersky and Balchraggan £42; Buchruben £43. 
Non-HISHA  –Ewe lambs – Cor-An-Easa £42; Ballinluig £34. Gimmers – BF – Ballindalloch Home Farm £90; Burnside, Marypark £84. Chev – Drumgesk £80. Ewes – BF – Knockandhu Farm £68; Glentruim £60; Ballinluig £40. 
Store lambs – Tex – £69 Invertromie. Tex X – Dell, Killiehuntly £67. Suff X – East croft, Roy £66. Zwa – Creag Bhuie £48. BF – 2 Inschriach £48. Cross – Dunachton £46.