A USEFUL selection of 85 breeding cattle sold to advantage at Aberdeen and Northern Marts, where a Simmental heifer with heifer calf at foot from Fairburn, Longmanhill, topped at £2250.
In-calf females sold to £1100 for a British Blue cross heifer from Wester Coxton, Elgin, and
LEADING prices:
Heifers with calves – Heifer calf – Sim – Fairburn £2250. Sim X – Fairburn £2000. Lim X – West Davoch £2000. Her – West Davoch £1800. BB X – Fairburn £1750. Bull calf – Sim X – Fairburn, Longmanhill £1950; Barns, Crathes, £1900. BB X – West Davoch, Tarland £1950. Her X – West Davoch £1850. Lim X – West Davoch £1800.
Cows with calves – Bull calf – BB – Wester Coxton, Elgin £1900. BB X – Wester Coxton £1700. Char – Barns, Crathes £1650. Sal X – Barns, Crathes £1650. Heifer calf – Sim – Barns £1750. Sim X – Barns £1700. Char X – Wester Coxton £1600. BB – Wester Coxton £1550.
In-calf females – Heifer – BB X – Wester Coxton £1100. BB – Wester Coxton £980. Lim – Wester Coxton £800. Cow – Sim X – Cairndaie Croft £980. Sim – East Mains, Pennan £800.
Bulls – Lost, Strathdon, (9yo Lim) £1090; Bogallie, Botriphnie, (Sim) £1000.
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