Shield Winners 2019 Graeme Knox presenting Carole Ingram, Loge Durno, with the NSA Builth Wells Main Ram Sale shield
Jeff Aiken, proudly showing the Kelso Shield awarded to Proctors Farm Ltd.
Shield Winners 2019
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This year’s Texelplus Shields for the highest average for pens of performance recorded shearling rams at Kelso Ram Sale and the Main NSA Ram Sale, Builth Wells, have been won by Procters Farm and the Ingram family, respectively. At Kelso the Procters flock of Procters Farm, Clitheroe, Lancashire, recorded an average price of £1850 for eight shearling rams sold on the day. Meanwhile, at the Main NSA Sale, the Ingram family’s, Logie Durno flock, Aberdeenshire, sold six shearling rams to average £2532.60. This is the second time the Ingram family have won this award at
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Builth, having previously taken the honours in 2015. Society chairman Roy Campbell said both flocks were to be congratulated on their success at these major commercial sales. “Both Kelso and Builth attract a high number of good quality tups and these awards are a great way of recognising the success of Texelplus breeders. “Performance recorded rams were clearly in demand at both sales, with buyers willing to dig deep to secure the sires they needed to drive their flocks forward and deliver premium quality lambs in 2020.”