Fife breeder, John McHardy of the Endrigs flock, secured the pre-sale championship with a ewe lamb at a show and sale of Dyed-in-the-Wool Wensleydale Longwool sheep, at Skipton.

His winner, a daughter of Princethorpe Schoolmaster, out of a home-bred Endrigs Comet dam, sold for the second top price of 500gns to the Parker and Bird Farming Partnership in Aylesbury.

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It was a ram lamb from Ernie Sherwin, of the Nosterfield flock near Bedale, that topped the trade at 600gns. A Nosterfield Survivor son bred from a Brooklyn dam, he also sold to Parker and Bird Farming Partnership.

averages: Shearling rams, £303; ram lambs, £169; aged ewes, £247; gimmers, £328; ewe lambs, £297.

Auctioneers: CCM Auctions.

averages: Shearling rams, £303; ram lambs, £169; aged ewes, £247; gimmers, £328; ewe lambs, £297.

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