Sale Report for Monday 30th September 2024 - Rams

Sale data kindly provided to us by Dingwall & Highland Marts
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The 2024 show and sale of breeding rams took place on Monday 30th September. An excellent show of rams were met with very strong prices and a record high price for the Stornoway mart with a two-shear cheviot achieving £1200. A total of 116 rams were sold.


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Photo 1: Ram Show Prizewinners: 3rd - Suffolk Shearling; 1st - Blackface Shearling; 2nd - Cheviot Shearling

​Ram Show Prizewinners: There was an excellent display of rams for this year's show. The mart committee were delighted to welcome Fiona Maciver as judge and she had an unenviable task of breed judging and then selecting a champion, a reserve and a third placed tup. The eventual prizewinners were as follows.  

Blackface Shearling
  • 1st - 17b Habost, Ness
  • 2nd - 6/7 Borve
  • 3rd - 2 Tong

Cheviot Shearling
  • 1st - 15 Vatisker
  • 2nd - 1 Portnaguran
  • 3rd - 6/7 Borve

Any Other Breed Shearling
  • 1st - 30 Balallan
  • 2nd - 2 Tong
  • 3rd - Broadbay View

Supreme Champion: Blackface Shearling from MF Morrison, 17b Habost, Ness - Sold for £1000
Reserve Champion: Cheviot Shearling from A Maciver, 15 Vatisker, Back - Sold for £500
Photo 2: Supreme Champion ​
​ Photo 3 : Reserve Champion
The top price on the day was £1200 for a two-shear cheviot from Inverbroom Farm, Ullapool. As well as seeing record top prices, the averages achieved at the sale were also very strong. For breeding rams, Blackfaces averaged £370; Cheviots averaged £447 and other breeds averaged £222. Overall, rams sold for breeding locally in Lewis and Harris averaged £352. 

Summary of Top Prices by Class:
Lambs (14) sold to £220 gross for a Swaledale from 14A West Tarbert 
Shearlings (60) sold to £1,000 gross for a Blackface from 17B Habost, Ness
Two Shear (18) sold to £1,200 gross for a Cheviot from Inverbroom Farm, Ullapool
Three Shear (14) sold to £450 gross for a Cheviot from 43 Swainbost.
Aged (10) sold to £350 gross for a Blackface from 26A Back. 

Other leading prices per head:
Lambs
Suffolk- 30 Balallan, Lochs, £200; Blackface - 25 Lower Barvas, £200; Texel Cross - 30 Balallan, £200, 5 East Street, £200.

​Shearlings
Cheviot - Inverbroom, £900, £500, 15 Vatisker, £500, 6/7 Borve, £450, £400, £350, 1 Portnaguran, £300, (twice); Blackface - 17B Habost, £900, £400, £300, 6/7 Borve, £650, 53 Balallan, £400, £350, 1 Tarbert, £350; Texel - 9 Broadway View, £500; Suffolk - 30 Balallan, £350

Two-Shear
Blackface - 6/7 Borve, £900, £800, 22 North Street, £450; Cheviot - Inverbroom, £800, £700, 15 Vatisker, £500, 43 Swainbost, £350, (twice)

Three-Shear
Texel - 8 Sand Steet, £300, (twice), 24B Lionel, £250.