United Auctions – Islay
Friday September 29: sold 6309 Feeding and Breeding sheep. 4351 lambs sold to Average £84.58 (+£1.78). At the pre-sale show, the judge, Mr R Wilkie, Tillyboy, Echt, selected a Blackface Shearling, from Mr Alan Orr, 13, Dail Na Mara as his champion which later sold for £1000 to S & P Heads, Aitkenhead and his reserve champion was a Suffolk Ram Lamb from James Bignal, Smaladh. A large show for numbers and outstanding quality sold well to a large ringside of buyers from Aberdeenshire down to Oswestry.
Top price of the store sheep went to Jack McDonald, Bayview at £146.
Leading Lots & Prices
Lambs – Suf – Keills £119; Octofad £118; Cladville £116.50; Keppols £108.50; Kilchiaran, Coultorsay £108; Ardbeg £107; Islay Estate £106; Ballachlaven £104.50; Auchnaclach £102; Cladville £101; Craigfad £100; Lossit £99.50; Keills, Knocklearach £99; Knocklearach (J Morris) £98.50, £98; Octofad, Coultorsay £97.50; Knocklearach £97; Kilchiaran £96; Craigfad, Kilchoman £95.50; Ballachlaven £95; Finlaggan, Octofad £94.50; Coultorsay £94; Tallant, Duich £93; Ardtalla £92; Islay Estate £91.50 x3; Knocklearach £91; Finlaggan £90; Craigfad £89.50; Coille £89; Kintra £85; Woodend £83; Knocklearach £82.50; Islay Estate £81. BFL – Ballachlaven £105. Beltex – Ballachlaven £96, £94, Blackrock £87.50, £86. Tex – Bayview £146, £136, £124; Lossit £118; Starchmill £112; Ballachlaven £110.50; Lossit £105.50; Starchmill £105; Keills £104; Daill £100; Grunlinbeg £98; Leorin, Ardbeg £96; Ardbeg, Islay Estate £95; Tallant, Ballimartin £94; Ballimartin £93.50; Cornabus £93, £92, £91.50; Conisby £91; Coultorsay £90.50; Ballachlaven £90; Ardtalla £89.50; Islay Estate £89; Leorin £88; Ballinaby £87.50; Keills, Auchnaclahc £87; Conisby £86; Keppols £84; Cornabus £82; Ballinaby £80.50. Chev – Grunlinbeg £90; Bunanuilt £80; Duich £79; Ardfarnal £76; Duich £73; Coillabus, Ballytarsin £72. Cross – Kilchiaran £99; Ardtalla £97; Lower Cragabus, Ballachlaven £95; Corrary £94; Finlaggan £91; Kindrochaid £90; Auchnaclach, Glenegedale Lotts £84. Mule – Ballachlaven £104; Ballytarsin £98; Octofad £97.50; Craigfad £97, £96.50; Knocklearach £95.50; Bola-Na-Traigh £93.50; Keppols £93; Corrary, Ballachlaven £91.50; Island, Islay Estate £89; Keills £87; Kintra £83; Knocklearach £82; Islay Estate £81; Smaladh £80.50; Bola-Na-Traigh, Craigfad £80. BF – Lossit £102, £93; Ballachlaven £85; Keills £81; Islay Estate £79.50; Duich £77; Ceannacroic £76; 9 Cnoc Na Faire, Ballytarsin £73; Finlaggan £72.50; Lower Cragabus, Finlaggan £72.
Rams – Suf – Smaladh £950. BFL – Ardchatten HF £600; Ballachlaven £550; Ronnachmore £500. BF – 13 Dail Na Mara £1000; Ballachlaven £450, £400; Upper Cragabus, Keppols £300 .
Gimmer – BFL – Ballachlaven £130. Mule – Windyedge £165; Ballachlaven £130; Coille £120. Tex – Daill, Kirkby £125; Bayview £120. Chev – Keppols £100. BF – 13 Dail Na Mara £360, £280, £250. BF Correct – 13 Dail Na Mara £300, £200, £190, £160, £120, £100; Lower Cragabus £96; Kelsay £83. Mule Correct – Starchmill £100.
Ewe Lambs – Bel – Carrabus £104. Mule – Smaladh £125; Ballytarsin £122; Daill £120; Bayview £118; Smaladh £108; Bola-Na-Traigh £105; Smaladh, Bola-Na-Traigh, Ballytarsin, Carrabus £100. BF – 13 Dail Na Mara £340, £180; Newton Cottage £100, £88; 13 Dail Na Mara £84; 9 Cnoc Na Faire £82; Lower Cragabus £80.
Feeding Ewes – Suf – Daill (J Rountree) £148; Cladville £104; Knocklearach (J Morris) £84. BFL – Ballachlaven £125. Bel – Blackrock £126; Bayview £112; Blackrock £93. Tex – Bayview £130, Daill £125; Grunlinbeg, Ballachlaven £114; Grunlinbeg £109; Duich £107; Ardbeg £103; Blackrock £100; Bayview, Starchmill £96; Bayview £95; Auchnaclach £90; Conisby £86; Auchnaclach £85. Chev – Island £79; Duich £70. Cross – Sannaigmore £92; Kintra £90; Grunlinbeg £84; Ballinaby £81; Ardfarnal, Coille £78; Glenegedale Lotts £76; Leorin £75; Keppols £74. Mule – Ballytarsin £100; Duich £90; Islay Estate, Kilchoman £85; Ballachlaven £84; Finlaggan, Ardtalla £80; Smaladh £79; Sannaigmore £77; Octofad £76; Kintra £75; Islay Estate £73, £71. BF – Keppols £84; Duich £80; Lower Cragabus £78; Kintra, Mid Cragabus £76; Islay Estate £74; Ballinaby £72; Islay Estate £69.50; Hawthorn Terrace £69; 9 Cnoc Na Faire £67; Bayview, Kelsay £64; Keppols £63.
Top Prices Per Kilo
Lambs – Suf – Islay Estate 277p, 276p; Knocklearach 269p; Islay Estate 268p; Coultorsay, Islay Estate 262p; Craigfad 261p; Islay Estate, Finlaggan, Ardtalla 258p; Duich 257p; Knocklearach 253p; Coille 250p; Octofad, Coultorsay 245p; Keills 243p; Woodend, Sannaigmore, kilchoman 242p; Octofad 241p; Ardbeg, Kilchiaran, Ballachlaven, Kintra 240p. Bel – Blackrock 265p, 251p. Tex – Auchnaclach 266p; Islay Estate 262p, 259p; Cornabus 253p; Coultorsay, Cornabus, Bayview 247p; Ballinaby, Tallant 245p; Ballachlaven 243p; Conisby, Ardtalla 241p; Ardbeg 239p; Keills, Bayview, Daill 238p; Ardbeg, Conisby 236p; Ballimartin, Bayview 235p. Chv – Grunlinbeg 249p; Bunanuilt 246p; Ardfarnal 244p; Grunlinbeg 240p; Ardfarnal 235p. Cross – Glenegedale Lotts 240p; Kilchiaran 235p; Auchnaclach 233p; Blackpark 232p. Mule – Islay Estate 248p, 245p; Islay estate, Duich 243p; Knocklearach 242p; Corrary, Knocklearach 233p; Smaladh, Island, Ballachlaven 232p; Craigfad 231p; Ballachlaven 229p; Keills, Craigfad, Knocklearach 228p; Knocklearach 227p; Ballachlaven 225p; Octofad 224p; Bola-Na-Traigh 223p; Keppols 222p; Bola-Na-Traigh, Keills, Hawthorn Terrace 221p. BF – Keppols 236p; Lossit 234p; Coille 233p; Smaladh 232p; Keills 221p; Islay Estate 217p, 213p; Ballachlaven 210p; Kintra 207p; Finlaggan 205p; Ceannacroic 204p; Islay Estate 202p; Duich 201p; Keills 200p.