Lewis & Harris Auction Mart -

SALE REPORT THURSDAY 13th OCTOBER 2016

• INTRODUCTION

Lewis and Harris Auction Mart, in conjunction with Dingwall & Highland Marts, held a sale of lambs and sheep on Thursday 13th October. A total of 2299 sheep of all classes were sold with lamb prices topping out at £77, ewes reached £73 and gimmers peaked at £94.

• HISTORIC SALE DATA

Top Lambs Top Lamb Avg Lamb Gimmers Top Gimmer Avg Gimmer Sheep Year Sheep Sold Price Price Sold Price Price Sold Price

Oct 1149 £77.00 £37.42 128 £94.00 No data 1022 £73.00 ’16

Oct 630 £52.00 £32.36 68 £74.00 £45.09 1003 £80.00 ’15

Oct 565 £60.00 £36.37 54 £84.00 No data 710 £85.00 ’14

Oct 1213 £59.00 £33.13 82 £80.00 £51.04 1091 £70.00 ’13

Oct 950 £59.00 £31.85 124 £64.00 £49.65 790 £100 ‘12

Oct 877 £60.00 £34.07 80 £88.00 £61.15 955 £138.00 ‘11

Oct 1311 £57.00 £28.79 21 £70.00 No data 1099 £71.00 ‘10

Oct 1599 £47.50 £30.32 35 £68.00 No data 810 £56.00 ‘09 • TOP MARKET PRICES

Store lambs (1,149) sold to £77 gross for a pen of Blackface ewe lambs from 17 , Ness.

Ewes (926) sold to £73 gross for Blackfaces from 7 Ivorhill, Stornoway.

Gimmers (128) sold to £94 gross for a pen of Cheviots from 32 , Point.

Rams & feeding sheep (96) sold to £70 gross for a Cheviot ram from 8 Sand Street, Stornoway.

• OTHER LEADING PRICES

Lambs: Cheviot – 8 Sand Street, £74, 1 Cameron Terrace, , £60, 1 Coll, Back, £55; Blackface – 13 Crowlista, Uig, £72, Cloverdale, 25 Lower , £70, 7 Cleur, Harris, £46; Texel X – 1 Habost, Ness, £62.50, 28 South Dell, Ness, £54.50, 1 Lionel, Ness, £51; Cross – 9A Ranish, £56, 11 Mangersta, , & 2 Scaladale, Harris, £55.50, 57 Upper , Point, £52.50; Suffolk X – 20B Newmarket, , £55.50, 28 South Dell, Ness, £50, Cloverdale, £48.50.

Ewes: Blackface – Ivorhill, & 22 Lower Barvas, £70, 20 Ranish, £51, 2 Dalbeg, £50; Cheviot – 32 Garrabost, £68, £58, 1 , Point, £59, 30 , Lochs, £58; Texel X – 43 North , £57, 22 , £55, 24B Lionel, Ness, £51; Cross – 11 Upper Barvas, £55, 13 Crowlista, £53, 20B Newmarket, £50; Suffolk X - 22 New Tolsta, £51, 3 Strond, , £46.

Gimmers: Blackface – 7 Ivorhill, £80, 7 Hacklett, Uig, £73, 22 Lower Barvas, £70; Cross – 7 Hacklett, Uig, £80, 30 Balallan, £76, 6 Tobson, Bernera, £70.

Rams & feeding sheep: Cheviot Wedder – 3 Knock, Point, £54; Cheviot Ram – 30 Balallan, £52, 11 Garyvard, & 8 Sand Street, £50; Blackface Wedder – 10 Sand Street, £52, 11 Garyvard, £50; .

Sale data kindly provided by Dingwall & Highland Marts LTD