UNITED Auctions held the last sale of cattle for the year on November 25 at Islay Auction Mart when 440 head were sold.
All classes sold at levels achieved at the corresponding sale last year. Bullocks averaged 224.1 pence per kilo or £682.93 per head whilst heifers levelled out at 209.07 pence per kilo or £603.88 per head.
Dunlossit Farms, Lossit, led the prices per head with a British Blue bullock selling at £1,340 whilst Dunlossit Farms, Knocklearach led this section per kilo at 267 pence. Heifers from Uiskentuie sold to £940 per head and Knocklearach Heifers sold to 238 pence per kilo.