Centre records were smashed at Aberdeen and Northern Mart’s Thainstone sale, when Blackface gimmers from Neil and Stuart Barclay’s Harestone flock from Insch, sold for £520 per head on two occasions.
The sale of breeding and feeding sheep which included store lambs, saw Harestone first sell an individual gimmer at the Michael Fair Blackface sale of 1227 head, at that price, with a pen of three equalling that top bid. 
Ewe lambs (294) peaked at £142 for Texels from Balladrum, Durris, with breeding gimmers and ewes (866) selling to £165 for Texel gimmers from Newton of Crathie, Ballater. 
Store and Island lambs (1033) and (800), peaked at £64 and £78, respectively. The former was paid for Suffolks from Whitefolds, Tomnavoulin, with Island lambs selling to the latter for Texel ewe lambs from Little Howes, Holm. 
Breeding rams (11) sold to £270 for a Texel shearling from Maronwells, Turriff and the sale of 1048 feeding ewes and rams was led by a Beltex ram from Clochnahill, Stonehaven, which made £111.

LEADING prices:

Ewe lambs – Mule - Mains of Glenbuchat, Strathdon £98; Tex – Little Howes £75; Chev – Littlemill, Ruthven £75. 
Store lambs – Suff - Maryculter Organic Farm £62; Tex X – Rickarton House £59.50; Tex – Stillswells £58; Cont X – Grandview £58; Mule – Rickarton House £57.50; Suff X – Grandview, Heughhead £57; BF – Rickarton House, Stonehaven £52; Blk – Whitefolds, Tomnavoulin £52; GF – Chapelton £49; Zwa – Ryeriggs £48.
Island lambs – Down X – Rosebank, Twatt £65; Suff X – Braeview, Gott £63; Tex – Rosebank £60; Suff – Heights, Manor £58; Chev – Braeview £51. 
Breeding sheep – Mule gmr – Whitehouse, Lumphanan £145; Tex X gmr – Delnabo £130; Chev Mule gmr – Denside, Auchenblae £132; Llyn 2yr – Delnabo, Glengairn £108; Mule 2yr – Wardhead, Strichen £102; Suff X gmr – Denside £100; Mule WM – The Byre, Sunnyhill £92; Cont 3yr – Wardhead £85; Tex WM – Wardhead £84; Mule BM – Ruthven, Kirkmicheal £70; Llyn Ewe – Delnabo £64.
Michael Fair – BF ewe lambs – Achdregnie, Glenlivet £85; Newton of Crathie £78. Gimmers – Harestone £320; Marchmar, Lumsden £102; Whitehouse £100; Hindstones £90; Maronwells, Turriff £86. Ewes – BF 2yr – Dalbog, Edzell £55; BF WM – Glenrinnes Estate £55; BF 3yr – Dalbog £50; BF BM – Mains of Glenbuchat £36.
Breeding rams – BF – Beinn Alvinn £90.
Feeding ewes – Tex X – Muir Farm, Alford £104.50; Tex – The Larches Dyce £96.50; Bel – Standingstones, Dyce £93.50; Cont X – Clochnahill £90.50; Bel X – North Lurg, Midmar £84.50; Chev – Thr Larches, Mill of Dyce £69.50; Lleyn – Newton, Cairnie £67.50; Mule – Black Castle, Gollanfield £67.50; GF – Stillswells £65.50; Zwa – Whitefolds £61.50; BF – Mains of Glenbuchat £32.50.