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Saturday 4 February 2012
Breed records were smashed at Hawes, when a Bluefaced Leicester ewe hogg from Messrs Lord’s noted Heygill flock from Stainmore, Kirkby Stephen, sold for £11,000.
In-lamb females and breeding sheep met a strong trade at Carlisle, with a Blue Texel ewe from Messrs Bailey, Wyvill Grange Farm, topping the sale at £450.
A Clougher President-sired gimmer shown by Charlie Boden, she sold to Hampshire breeder, David Bradley-Farmer.
No fewer than 12 lots sold at four-figure prices complete with a lead call of 4000gns for the champion – a gimmer from Angus Kennedy and son Angus’ Mitchellhill flock from Broughton, Biggar, purchased by Graham Morrison, Banff.
The recent show and sale of MV accredited Texel and Beltex females at Dingwall and Highland Marts, was judged by David Clark, North Garngour, Lesmahagow.
THE BREED female record was smashed at Carlisle when a Texel gimmer from John Forsyth’s Maybole-based Glenside flock reached the dizzy heights of 32,000gns, at the Christmas Crackers’ sale.
TEXEL FEMALES met a huge demand at Lawrie and Symington’s Select Seven sale at Lanark, last weekend, with 112 gimmers levelling out at £1440 and selling to 26,000gns – a centre record for a female sheep and the second top price ever paid for a Texel female, following the 32,000gns sale the previous evening at Carlisle.
Breed female records were smashed at Carlisle, last week, when a Texel gimmer from John Forsyth’s Maybole-based Glenside flock reached the dizzy heights of 32,000gns, at the Christmas Crackers sale.
Huntly-based Texel sheep breeder, Jim Innes, who owns the Strathbogie Texel flock at Dunscroft, came home in style from Christmas Stars Sale at Carlisle, having sold not only top priced gimmer but also three of the top five sale leaders at 8000gns, 6500gns and 4500gns.
One of the best bred females forward from the Quick family’s Loosebeare flock from Devon, attracted the lead price of 6000gns at the Twilight Texel Sale at Carlisle.
A steady trade prevailed at a joint sale of Texel females at Shrewsbury, which included a major reduction of James and Hannah Draper’s Claybury flock plus drafts from the Quick family’s Loosebeare flock and Trinidad Investments’ Colwood and High Weald flocks.
Trade peaked at £32,000 at last week’s second sale of Blackface rams at Lanark – a new record price for this sale.
One of the oldest sheep forward went on to attract the day’s lead price and a new centre record of £9200, at Dingwall and Highland Marts annual show and sale of North Country Cheviot rams at Dingwall, last week.
Blackface tup lambs sold at Lanark, always make a flying trade, but they excelled themselves this year with overall averages soaring by almost £1900 per head to produce a record breaking average of £4659.
BLACKFACE SHEEP breeders met a disappointing trade for their hill tups at Dalmally, last weekend, as averages fell significantly in both shearling and lamb sections and for fewer sold.
THE WERE back on the year allowing Blackface ram lambs and shearlings to enjoy a steady sale at Newton Stewart last week, with increased averages and a top price of £19,000 for both age groups.
Despite increased entries, Blackface rams sold well at United Auctions, Stirling, last weekend, where a catalogued entry of 1158 south-type sheep sold within the nine-hour selling stint to a top of £8000 twice for ram lambs and £7000 on two occasions for shearlings.
The premier sale of Bluefaced Leicester crossing sheep saw averages rise in the tup lamb section by some £43 on the year and a massive £447 in the aged tup section, whilst the shearlings saw a drop of £221.
AVERAGES ROSE by £168 on the year, at the United Auctions sale of North Country Cheviot rams at Lairg, on Tuesday, where trade peaked at £12,000, matching last year’s record.
AVERAGES FOR hill Cheviot shearlings rose on Monday at the annual show and sale at Lockerbie, with trade peaking at £12,000 on two occasions, for the second year running. The 299 rams sold averaged £876.88, up £22.09 on the year.
A new Scottish record was set at Wallets Marts, Castle Douglas, last week, when a Bluefaced Leicester ram lamb from Stewart Park and Eunice Mills’ Dalpeddar flock from Auchens, Mennock, Sanquhar, went under the hammer for £18,000.
North Country Cheviot breeders enjoyed a flying trade at Lockerbie, last week with both park-type and hill-type rams witnessing significant improvements on the year while the demand for females soared to new heights.
MALE AND female breed records were smashed at the show and sale of Lleyn sheep at Carlisle last week, when a shearling ram reached 18,000gns and a pen of gimmers hit £500 a head.
The champion at the pre-sale show – a gimmer from Elizabeth McAllister – went on to top the trade at last week’s Lanark Beltex sale, selling at 4000gns.
Trade held up to last year’s levels at the Scottish Texel Sheep Breeders’ show and sale at Lanark last week, where prices peaked at 4000gns.
Trade picked up towards the end of the Solway and Tyne Breeders’ Club sale of Texels, at Carlisle, with five ram lambs and one shearling eventually hitting the five-figure mark.
A NEW record was set this week at United Auctions’ sale of 13,740 Scotch Mule and Blackface ewe lambs and gimmers, when a pen of 10 Blackface ewe lambs from Hugh Blackwood, Auldhouseburn, Muirkirk, sold for £580 a head, to Messrs Loughery, Ireland.
The average increased and more rams were sold compared to last year, at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of North Country Cheviots, at Quoybrae, recently.
DESPITE a 46,000gns lead bid and a further 15 five-figure prices, overall averages fell £100 on the year at last week’s Scottish National show and sale of Texel ram lambs, at Lanark.
ZWARTBLES sheep led the way at a joint sale of sheep breeds at Carlisle, last week, producing the majority of top prices including one of two equal top bids at 1600gns.
SCOTTISH Texel breeders led the way at the English National at Worcester, on Tuesday, securing the majority of lead prices while a strong local commercial demand bolstered trade and helped bump up both the tup lamb and shearling averages.
WALLETS Marts annual show and sale of Scotch Mule gimmers and Scotch Mule ewe lambs staged over two days, last week, proved a huge success with averages soaring in both sections and by more than £10 per head.
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