Shows & Sales

Badger Face Welsh Mountain breeders witnessed a new breed record of 1,700gns for a Torddu ram at Brecon.

A record price for a North County Cheviot Park ram of 15,000 was set at the Farmers Guardian supported sale at Lockerbie.

Texels dominated the top prices and set a new record of 65,000 at what was a very different Kelso ram sale.

As Cumbria enjoyed a two-day heatwave, record numbers of sheep competed at the Westmorland County Show and the cattle rings were graced with the presence of Princess Anne and Sophie Countess of Wessex.

It was a day to remember for the Owens family’s Woodhouse flock, Presteigne, at the Kerry Hill sale at Ludlow.

THE Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders Club sale at Carlisle topped at 70,000gns for the second prize ram lamb and reserve overall champion, Bradleys Eubank.

Borderway Agri Expo organisers have announced that the best pair of Mule gimmer lamb class will be judged by Val Brown, Leyburn.

After a break in 2020 many of the winners at this year’s Edenbridge and Oxted show were out in the ring for the first time, including supreme beef champion, Marne Macckia.

A new centre shearling ram record price of 32,000gns was set at the English National Texel sale at Worcester by the Williams family, Lampeter, with Caron Dynamite.

Texel gimmers peaked at 13,000gns at Lanark for Adrian Liggett’s Corbo flock, Omagh, Northern Ireland.