Scottish National In-Lamb Show & Sale tops at 2,300gns Trade held up well at the Scottish National sale of in-lamb Texels at Lanark, despite the fact that the ringside was quieter and two consignors failed to make it to the market due to the continuous cold weather.
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alcolm Coubrough, of Hartside, Lamington, Biggar, judged the pre-sale show, his choice of champion went on to make the day’s top price of 2300gns. That was the best from John and Lucy Stuart’s Denty flock from Castle Douglas, brought out by grandsons John and David Kerr. Their sale leader was a gimmer by Glenside King II, out of an Alticane Glory sired ewe which was also the mother of the 9000gns Denty Lodestar. Carrying a single to the Milnbank Lyon King son Humeston Outback, she sold to farrier Alistair Smith and his father Ian, for their newly established flock at Greenloaning, Perth. Next best for the Denty flock was an ET sister of the pen number one, carrying twins to Humeston Outback. She sold at 1000gns to Champion from DENTY flock of Mrs L Stuart, Alasdair Beaton, Wester Crosshill, Slamannan. Second Castle Douglas – sold for Top price of 2300gns top price was 1600gns, paid by Andrew Struthers, Boyleston, Cumnock, for the reserve champion, a gimmer from Robert Cockburn, Connachan, Crieff. Top female price so far for the 30-ewe flock, this Tamnamoney Navvy daughter is out of a Springwell-bred gimmer that was bought for 4800gns jointly with Gordon Gray, Ettrick, at the 2007 Select Seven sale. She was in lamb with twins to the Tamnamoney Lynbrook son, Garngour Onyx, bought at Kelso. Selling at 800gns was the pen number one from Kerr Jarvie’s Tapanui flock from Muthill, Crieff. A Hull House Nijinsky daughter, out of a ewe by Baltier King, this gimmer was in lamb to Garngour Onyx. She sold to Ian Graham, Killochries, Kilmacolm. Matching the 800gns price tag was the sole entry from Gordon Graham’s Strathaven-based Kypeview flock. Sired by Durisdeer Nimrod and out of a Carran Jackie Chan daughter that stood inter-breed champion at Stonehouse Show in 2007, she sold in lamb to the 8000gns Procters Playboy, to Scott Rorison, Dallowie, Patna, on behalf of his father John’s business, Euroscot Engineering Ltd. All the proceeds of that gimmer went to the Help for Heroes fund, along with another £400 raised by the sale of a complete set of Texel journals, donated by Laine Daff, Greenside, Uplawmoor. They sold to John Howard, of the Quercus Texel flock in Northallerton.
Auctioneers: Lawrie and Symington Averages: 40 Gimmers
£479.85
Pictures and report courtesy of Patsy Hunter & Scottish Farmer
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