Cattle
6 Prime cattle, 7 Store cattle, and 42 Over Thirty Month cattle, were sold on Mondy, 8 th August.
Prime cattle sold to 180p/kg for a Charolais x heifer from Hatston Farm, St Ola, which scaled
580kgs and realised £1044 to a South buyer.
Other leading heifer prices:- Vinbrake, Birsay (550kg) 179p (£984.50)
Prime steers sold to 173p/kg for a Limousin x, from Moar, Vinbrake, Birsay, which scaled 590kg
and realised £1020.70.
Store cattle (All steers), sold to 184.9p for a 365kg Limousin, from Tait, Rosemount, Sandwick,
which realised £675.
Other leading prices:- Rosemount, Sandwick – 440kg (177.3p) £780; Brough, South Ronaldsay
– 370kg (170.3p) £630; Lower Bu, Holm – 415kg (169.9p) £705.
Over Thirty Month cows sold to 172.4p for a Limousin x cow from Gullion, Warthill, Holm, which
scaled 580kg and realised £1000.
Top price per head was £1195 for a 815kg Aberdeen Angus cow from Hay, Berriedale, Twatt.
(146.6p/kg)
OTM bulls sold to 122.2p for a Charolais, from Burgher, Ness, Westray, which scaled 1105kg
and realised £1350.
Other leading OTM prices:- Upper Linklater, Twatt - 700kg (150p) £1050; Rennibister, Firth 770kg (147.4p) £1135; Berriedale, Twatt - 815kg (146.6p) £1195; Withaquoy, Holm - 695kg
(142.4p) £990; Newhouse, Swannay 720kg (142.4p) £1025; Branstane, Westray - 630kg
(141.3p) £890; Brockan, Stromness - 660kg (140.9p) £930; Garbo, Sanday - 755kg (132.5p)
£1000; Beaquoy, Dounby - 610kg (131.1p) £800.