Broughton

AT Harrison and Hetherington's sale of 500 store lambs, last week, the increase in grass levels helped improve the trade with lambs £3 to £4 dearer than the last sale.

Long term lambs were very much in demand, selling regularly to £48 to £52 per head, with a top price of £75 paid for a pen of Texel ewe lambs from I Barrow, Jackson Ground, Broughton-In-Furness.

LEADINGprices:

Store lambs – Tex – £75, £69.50, £62, £60 Jackson Ground. Belt – £63 Swinside. Suff – £54.50 Low Scales.

Stornoway

DINGWALL and Highland Marts' sold 3836 store lambs and feeding sheep at its Stornoway centre, where 461 Suffolk cross lambs produced the best average of £49.80.

The 151 Texel cross lambs averaged £49.22 and set a centre record when a pen from New Shawbost, Westside, sold for £71.

Cheviot lambs (1191) cashed in at £36.37 and sold to £66 from 1 Back, Back, while 1214 Blackfaces levelled at £27.73 and peaked at £57.50 from 28 Lower Barvas, Westside.

Also sold were 521 cross lambs which averaged £34.07 and sold to £52.50 from 34 Shawbost, Westside.

LEADINGprices:

Back: Chev – 1 Back, £56. Tex X – 2B Back, Back, £67. Suff X – 9 Back, Back, £64. BF – 1 Vatisker, Back, £45.50. Cross – 9 Broadbay, Back, £37.

Lochs: Chev – 47 Balallan, Lochs, £55. Tex X – 9A Ranish, Lochs, £55.50. Suff X – 30 Gravir, South Lochs, £62. BF – 7 Garyvard, Lochs, £44.50. Cross – 47 Balallan, Lochs, £48.

Point: Chev – 50 Garrabost, Point, £62. Tex X – 6 Portvoller, Point, £59.50. Suff X – Sheshader, Point, £54.50. BF – 7B Shader, Point, £45.50.

Uig & Bernera: Chev – 6 Valtos, Uig, £41.50. BF – 6 Valtos, £39.

Ness: Chev – 12 Lionel, Port of Ness, £45. BF – 43 Habost, Ness, £36.50. Cross – 43 Habost, £46.

Stornoway: Chev – 5 East Street, Sandwick, £56. Suff X – 5 East Street, £54.50.

Harris: Chev – Atlantic View, Bunavoneader, £34. Suff X – 2 Scaladale, Harris, £64. BF – 3 Ardhasaig, Harris, £41. Cross – 2 Scaladale, £44.50.

Westside: Chev – 41 Upper Carloway, Westside, £35. Tex X – 11 New Shawbost, £54.50. Suff X – 13 Upper Barvas, Westside, £57. BF – 41 South Bragar, Westside, £52. Cross – 28 Lower Barvas, Westside, £48.50.