IT was the pre-sale champion which topped Dingwall and Highland Marts' sale of 19 Blackface females, last week, when a gimmer from Midlock, Crawford, sold for £1100. 

Selling to JD Davidson, Waterside, Bridge of Alford, was a daughter of a Midlock-bred son of the £50,000 Dalwyne that sold carrying twins to a Midlock-bred son of the £40,000 Dalchirla. 

Judge Phil Stewart, of Bomakelloch, Keith, then bought the reserve champion for £800. That was another from the Wight family at Midlock, this time a daughter of the £40,000 Dalchirla carrying a single to a home-bred son of the £12,000 Aitknehead. 

Midlock also led the Bluefaced Leicester section to £800 with a ewe lamb by H12 Midlock Big Yin out of a ewe by the F27 Midlock Mustang.

In all, eight Blackie gimmers averaged £487.50 with three ewes at £800, and six Bluefaced ewe lambs averaged £463.33.

LEADING prices:

Blackface breeders – In-lamb gimmers – Midlock, £600, £500; Drumgrange, Ayrshire, £320, £240. In-lamb ewes – Balliemeanoch, Dalmally, £900, £800, £700. Ewe lambs – Glenbow, Dingwall, £150, £100.
Bluefaced Leicester breeders – Ewe lambs – Midlock, £650, £400, £350, £280 (x2).