Shows & Sales

TAKING the supreme title in the sheep ring was a Badger Faced Texel, the champion of the any other pure continental section.

THE Scottish national sale of pedigree Texels at Lanark saw a top price of 100,000gns with 23 lambs trading at five figure prices.

A new Valais Blacknose sheep record of 14,000gns was set at the society’s national show and sale at Carlisle for the reserve overall and male champion, Snowdonia Goliath.

The Thainstone Spectacular returned to its usual format at Thainstone where trade peaked at 5,200.

AVERAGES were up on the year across all sections at the Farmers Guardian supported Beltex Sheep Society’s premier sale at Carlisle.

Setting a new breed record of 1,350gns for an Oxford Down at Worcester was Vickie Jones, Lutterworth, with a shearling ram from her Billesdons flock.

Confidence in the breeding sheep trade looked to be holding up at Thame Summer Sheep Fair, where averages were generally up for most breeds and a clearance rate of 97.3 per cent for the 16,953 sheep penned was achieved.

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The Dutch Spotted breed record was smashed when an imported aged ewe from David Roberts’ Boyo flock at Kenley, Shrewsbury, sold for 20,000gns at the Spotacular sale, held at Worcester.

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