:: H i s t o r y ::

July 10, 1884 Dingwall Town Council discuss proposal for auction mart by Mr D. Mackintosh of Inverness, on site adjacent to Gas Works and Shambles.

August 5, 1884 First auction sale in new mart built by D. Mackintosh and advertised in the Ross-shire Journal dates July 17, 1884.

December 10, 1884 First Christmas show and sale

July 10, 1891 Announcement by D. Mackintosh that Mr P. W. McCallum, who had worked for him for the past three years, no longer represents.

July 15, 1891 Announcement by P. W. McCallum that he and his brother, Mr G. McCallum, have leased land known as Drynie Park at rear of Commercial Hotel for the purpose of conducting weekly sales.

July 17, 1891 First weekly sale of livestock in McCallum's Auction Mart.

Pre 1904 Site of McCallum's transferred to area of land at bottom of Church Street. Sales now advertised as McCallum Brothers Ltd.

December 1918 Takeover of McCallum Brothers Ltd by Hamilton's Auction Marts, Inverness.

 

1924 D. Mackintosh & Co. taken over by Reith and Anderson Ltd., Aberdeen, under the management of D. McCallum.

1928 Dingwall operation of Reith and Anderson formed in to separate company called Reith and Anderson (Dingwall and Tain) Ltd.

1947 Reith and Anderson (Dingwall and Tain) Ltd. formed in to local farmer's co-operative.

March 1992 Amalgamation of Reith and Anderson (Dingwall & Tain) Ltd. and Hamilton's Auction Marts in to one company, Dingwall Auction Mart Ltd.

May 1, 1995 Further amalgamation to form Dingwall & U. A. Partnership Ltd. following closure of mart in Inverness.

2000 Dingwall Auction Mart purchase United Auction's 50% shareholding in Dingwall & U. A. Partnership Ltd.

2002 Dingwall & U. A. Partnership Ltd. change name to Dingwall & Highland Marts Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dingwall Auction Mart Ltd.

July 2003 Move from Tulloch Street/Church Street premises to new auction complex at Humberston Farm on the south side of Dingwall