• Ewe hoggs to be major feature of NSA Highlandsheep

    A UNIQUE multi-breed show and sale of pairs of breeding ewe hoggs will be a novel feature of the National Sheep Association's Highlandsheep event to be held at Dingwall Mart on Thursday, May 30.

  • Bentham hoggs reach £138

    SELLING for the top price of £138 or 353p per kg at Bentham Auction Mart's annual Easter spring lamb show and supreme hogg competition was a Beltex cross hogg from Andrew Rigby, Slaidburn, purchased by Vivers Scotlamb of Annan.

  • Ewe hogg tops Cheviots at £520

    The champion Cheviot in the main register show, a ewe hogg from Jim Farquhar, Smiddyquoy, Watten, topped the trade at a show and sale of 28 registered Cheviot females at Dingwall, last week, which included the dispersal of 89 in lamb females from WR Cameron's Amat flock.

  • Buoyant demand for Blackface females

    Blackface sheep breeders and enthusiasts were out in huge numbers for the association's annual female show and sale at Lanark, where a top bid of 6500gns was achieved complete with a further 26 lots selling at four-figure prices.

  • Smearsett tops Skipton sale

    The sole entry from David and Robin Booth's Smearsett flock secured the overall championship and the lead price of £1250 at a Bluefaced Leicester female show and sale at Skipton last week.

  • Lleyns to £2100 at Worchester

    A major reduction sale of Dai and Cynthia Morris' Penywern Lleyn flock, at Worcester, proved successful, when the flock sold a two-year-old daughter of Ballylinney Action Man, in lamb carrying twins to Bronalt Alwyn, for 2100gns to Welsh breeders, DN Bennett and Son, Meiford, Powys.

  • Smearsett tops Blues

    A HEALTHY crowd of buyers and enthusiasts braved the wintery weather at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, on Monday, for the annual sale of Bluefaced Leicester females, where a top price of 4800gns was achieved for the first prize ewe from Robin Booth's Smearsett flock.

  • BFL ewe hogg makes £6800

    Despite bitterly cold conditions and a covering of snow, the show and sale of pedigree Bluefaced Leicester females at Hawes, last weekend, met a healthy demand with the 53 sheep forward cashing in at £1047 per head.

  • Borders to 850gns

    Trade peaked at 850gns at a show and sale of pedigree Border Leicester females at Carlisle on Monday, when the reserve champion, a gimmer from Jim Brown's Eildon flock from Mindrum Mill, Northumberland, was bought by Jasmine Hine, High Stowbank, Kirkland, Frizington.

  • Logie Durno tops Shrewsbury

    A PAIR of Charollais females from the Ingram family's Logie Durno flock from Pitcaple, Inverurie, proved the star attraction at a breed sale at Shrewsbury, last week, selling for top two prices of 850gns and 800gns.