A PEN from Professor Penny, Harehead, claimed the champion ticket before selling for the top price at a show and sale of Blackface wedder lambs at Harrison and Hetherington’s St Boswells centre. 
They topped the Blackie section at £61 when sold to the judge, Paul Proudley, of Proudley Farms, while the second prize pen from Kirktonhill made £55 and the third pen from Upper Hindhope realised £53.50. 
Blackies met a two-tier trade as strong, forward lambs averaged £48.09 with longer keep lambs at £30.20. 
It was, however, Beltex lambs from Edston that topped the store lamb trade, and breed averages included Beltex at £66.50; Suffolk, £56.94; Texel, £62.77; Mule, £53.92; North Country Cheviot, £50.03; South Country Cheviot, £54.


LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Belt – 66.50 Edston. Suff – £64 Bowershields; £55.50 Chapelhill, Hwk; £55 Monklaw. Tex – £64 Ruletownhead; £63 (x2) Mervinslaw; £62.50 Kilnknowe. GF – £61, £54 Kirktonhill; £53 Edston. NCC – £60.50 Philiphaugh; £59 Humbleheugh; £55.50 (x2) Attonburn. SCC – £54 Langhope, Whitefield, Earlston. BF – £61, £54 Harehead; £55 Kirktonhill; £53.50 Upper Hindhope; £46.50 Huntershall.