Simmental cross cows with calves at foot from Graham Morrison, Inchbruich proved the star attraction at Aberdeen and Northern Marts' sale of 64 head of adult breeding cattle securing most of the lead prices.
Top price was £2750 paid for a Simmental cross with bull calf, while those with heifer calves peaked at £2500 from the same home.
An added feature of the sale was the dispersal from Caplich, Alness, which hit a top of £1550 for a British Blue cross cow with bull calf at foot.
LEADING prices
Cow with bull calf – Sim X – Inchbruich, Cornhill £2750; Sim – Inchbruich – £2700; BB X – Inchbruich £2700; Lim X – Inchbruich £2650 (x2); Lim – Inchbruich £2500.
Cow with heifer calf – Sim – Inchbruich £2500; Char X – Inchbruich £2450; Lim X – Inchbruich £2250; AAX – Inchbruich £2100.
Bulls – Lim – Milton, Glenbuchat 2900gns.
Dispersal sale – Cow with bull calf – BB X – £1550; Short – £1300; Char X – £1280; A-AX – £1250.
Cow with heifer calf: Sim X – £1080.
Heifer with bull calf: Sim X – £1000.
Heifer with heifer calf – BB X – £900; A-A X – £700.
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