Monday 12th December 2011
UA Concludes 2011 Sales on Islay on a High
United Auctions held their last sale of the year at Islay Auction Mart when they held their Annual Christmas Sale of all classes lambs & sheep. 3365 all classes were sold to a good ringside of buyers and prices realised recorded the highest levels ever recorded at this centre. Cast Ewes from Craigens sold to £126 per head for Charolais. Texel lambs from Carrabus Farm sold to £95. Leading the day’s trading per kilo was M/s Johnstone, Balaclava when their consignment sold to 234pence per kilo for Texel Crosses. Blackface Lambs sold at record levels, with Keppols Farm ( Mr Walker) leading the day’s top price at £75.50 for an exceptional pen whilst Kilchiaran Farm’s consignment of over 400 head led the top price per kilo at 194pence.
Blackface Riggs from Cladville sold to £85.50. Overall, the 3093 Lambs sold to average £65.82 per head or 196.4 pence per kilo against £56.77 or 159.2pence at the corresponding sale last year.
PRINCIPAL LOTS & PRICES
TOP PRICES PER HEAD
LAMBS
SUFFx: £86.50 – Octofad : £83.50 – Coille Farm : £80.50 – Corrary : £80.00 – Octofad : £79.50 – Kilchiaran : £78.50 – Duich : £78.00 – Coull : £76.50 – Octofad : £75.00 – Ardbeg, Island & Coille : £73.50 – Coille : £72.50 – Octofad : £71.50 – Kintra : £70.50 – Kilchiaran & Duich: £70.00 – Corrary : £69.50 – Coull & Duich: £69.00 – Coillabus : £68.50 – Ballinaby : £64.50 – Duich : £64.00 – Kilchiaran : £62.50 – 7 Shore Street : £60.50 – Ballinaby.
TEXx: £95.00 & £94.50 – Carrabus : £93.50 & £92.50 – 6 Bayview : £92.50 – Windyedge : £90.50 – 6 Bayview : £90.00 & £89.00 – Carrabus : £87.00 – Ballimartin : £86.50 – 6 Bayview & Balaclava : £86.00 & £85.50 – Carrabus : £84.50, £83.50 & £81.50 – 6 Bayview : £81.00 – Dunlossit – Lossit : £80.00 – Balaclava : £76.50 – Lossit & Balaclava: £75.50 – Octofad : £74.50 – 6 Bayview : £73.50 – 7 Claddach : £72.50 – Balaclava : £71.50 – Coull : £69.50 – Carrabus : £68.00 – Coull (D Jones) : £67.50 – Ardbeg : £66.50 – Mulindry : £65.00 – Ballinaby : £64.00 – Kintra : £63.50 – Coille : £61.50 – Coull(D Jones) : £60.00 – 7 Claddach.
CHEVx: £81.50 – Windyedge
CROSS £74.50 – Island : £66.50 – Coillabus : £63.00 – Coull (D Jones) : £61.00 – Coille.
MULE £75.50 – Rockside : £68.50 – Corrary : £67.50 – Rockside : £64.50 & £63.50 – Coille.
BF £75.50 – Keppols : £70.00 – Kilchiaran : £68.50 – Duich : £68.00 – Lossit : £66.50 – Keppols : £66.00 – Kilchiaran : £65.50 – Cladville : £66.00 – Kilchiaran : £65.50 – Cladville : £64.50 – Carn : £60.50 – Duich.
EWES
SUFFx: £104.50 & £100.50 – Stanalane.
TEXx: £86.50 – Octofad : £71.50 – Dunlossit Lossit : £70.50 – Duich.
CHARx: £126.50 – Craigens.
CROSS £76.50 – Kintra & Lossit : £73.50 – Octofad.
BF £65.50 – Lossit : £60.50 – Kilchiaran.
BLUE LEIC: £92.50 – Coille
RIGGS
TEXx: £74.50 – Coull : £64.50 – Dunlossit Lossit.
BF £85.50 – Cladville.
TOP PRICES PER KILO
LAMBS
SUFFx: 227p & 225p – Octofad : 216p – Coille : 215p – Duich : 214p – Island : 210p – Kintra : 209p – Ballinaby : 205p – Octofad : 204p – Coull, Octofad & Duich : 203p – Coille : 201p – Duich : 200p – Coull (D Jones).
TEXx: 234p – Balaclava : 231p – Coull : 231p – Dunlossit Lossit : 230p – 7 Claddach : 229p – Octofad : 219p & 216p – Balaclava : 214p – 6 Bayview : 213p – Stanalane, 6 Bayview& Lossit : 212p – Carrabus : 210p – Windyedge : 207p – Octofad & Balimartin : 206p – Kintra, 6 Bayview & Coull (D Jones) : 205p – Carrabus & Coull : 204p – Carrabus : 201p – 6 Bayview : 200p – Carrabus & Balaclava.
CHEVx: 206p – Kilbride : 194p – Windyedge.
CROSS 198p – Keppols : 191p – Coull.
MULE 213p – Coull : 201p – Corrary : 198p – Coille : 193p – Rockside.
BF 194p – Kilchiaran : 190p – Cladville : 189p – Lossit : 188p – Tarbert Estate : 186p – Coull (D Jones) : 185p – Kintra