Good prices at ram sale 29/10/14
High quality rams lead to high sales in Stornoway when 197 rams of all classes were sold through the mart this month.
Auctioneers Dingwall and Highland Marts said quality rams sold extremely well.
Rams sold to £480 gross for a Suffolk from Peter Maclennan, Laxay while the top ram lamb price was for blackfaces from Graham, Upper Carloway .
Other leading prices per head rams were:
BF – 17 Habost, Ness, 25 Lower Barvas, Stornoway and 6/7Borve, Isle of Harris, £400;
41 Upper Carloway, Isle of Lewis, 40 Crossbost, Lochs and 6 Shulishader Point, £350;
17 Habost and 6 Shulishader, £300.
Cheviot
6/7 Borve, £450;
10 Aird, Point, £350;
1 Portnaguran, Point, 8 Coll, Lewis, Dell Farm, Ness, 7 Fleming Place, Stornoway and Waters Edge, Stornoway, £300.
Texel
8 Sand Street, Stornoway, £300;
2 Lionel, Port of Ness, £250;
2A Tong, Stornoway, £200.
Suffolk
Sheshader (Nicolson), Point, £250;
6 Glen Kyles, Leverburgh, £200
Cheviot
6/7 Borve, £450,
10 Aird, Point, £350,
1 Portnaguran, Point, 8 Coll, Lewis, Dell Farm, Ness, 7 Fleming Place, Stornoway & Waters Edge, Stornoway, £300;
Texel
8 Sand Street, Stornoway, £300,
12 Lionel, Ness, £250,
2A Tong, Stornoway, £200;
Suffolk
Sheshader (Nicolson), Point, £250,
6 Glen Kyles, Leverburgh, £200.