Blackface Sheep Breeders Association

Blackface rams sold to £70,000 at Dalmally sale with a record turnover for the sale of £1.34 million.The 193 ram lambs averaged £2774.92, while 476 aged rams and shearlings levelled at £1,690.90

Ram lambs sold to £65,000 at Lanark's two-day sale of Blackface rams where 98 ram lambs averaged £7,938, up more than £3,000 on the year, with 273 shearling rams averaging £2,648

Trade for Blackface rams at Stirling peaked at £60,000, a centre record for the breed, with 587 selling to average of £1,393, an increase of £272 per head on the year

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