High of 21,000gns for Beltex at Lanark

The centre record for a Beltex ram lamb was broken at Lanark when the pre-sale show champion, Faughhill Kealey, from Grant and Katie Maxwell, Melrose, sold for 21,000gns

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Faughhill Kealey
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Faughhill Kealey

 The sale topper by 11,000gns Kingledores Godzilla, out of Faughhill Full Swing, a Faughhill Elephant In The Room, daughter, sold to Alan and Ellie Millar, Lurg flock, Inverurie.

Just minutes previously, the Millars took 10,000gns for Lurg Knockout, male champion at Beltex Scotland's Scottish National Show in July. By 14,000gns Pager Jackpot, Knockout's dam is the 11,000gns Buckles Gem by 45,000gns Buckles Dark Dawn.

Lurg Knockout

It sold in a three-way split with Messrs Buckle, Kirkby Stephen, taking a half share with Messrs Pedley, High Ploughlands, Kirkby Stephen, and Louie Van Geffen, Geffens, North Yorkshire, both taking a quarter share.

The Maxwells then sold Faughhill Journeyman, a shearling ram by Faughhill Hector, for 4,400gns to Ed Page, Ripon, for the Rookwith flock.

Alistair Meikle's, Helentongate flock, Symington, achieved a personal best of 3,400gns for Whindyke Jack Frost, by Loandhu Elmo, which sold to Robert, Maime and Robert Paterson Jnr, Dunblane.

Topping the females at 2,000gns was the section champion, a shearling gimmer by Curwen Hill George, from the Gray family's Ettrick flock, Selkirk, which had been breed champion at Kelso Show and any other breed champion at Duns Show. The buyers were Neil and Mark Wattie, Alford.

The dispersal of the adult portion of the Cochrane's flock on behalf of Judith, John, Ewan and Craig Cochrane, Darvel, topped at 1,000gns for the females, Osprey Gucci seling to Messrs Hammond, Darvel and Cochrane's Honeysuckle, which went to Messrs Haigh, Slaidburn.

Averages - 4 aged rams, £826.88; 112 shearling rams, £1,018.13; 18 ram lambs, £2,741.67; 14 gimmers, £716.25; Cochrane's flock – 10 aged ewes, £661.50; 10 gimmers, £530.25.

 Auctioneers: Lawrie and Symington.

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