Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders Association

The Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders Association show and sale at Hawes drew visitors from all parts of the country who witnessed a new breed record of £88,000 set

In this latest series of Sale Ring Stories series, Angela Calvert visits Hawes for the Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders Association sale

Texels dominated the top prices at Kelso Ram Sales selling to £45,000 with the 3638 rams sold averaging a record £1,584.10, a rise of £157.08 on the year with a 92.17% clearance rate

Lisa Fleming established her Falnash Bluefaced Leicester flock in 2021, winning a major Royal Highland Show award the following year which ignited her passion for showing

The Aberdeenshire-based Seed family use performance recording to back up visual appraisal in order to best meet the demands of their pedigree breeding stock customers

A new crossing-type Bluefaced Leicester female record was set at the Hawes Honeys sale when a gimmer hogg from Messrs Lord's Hewgill flock was knocked down for £22,000

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Gisburn, Leyburn, Hexham and J36

NO fewer than five rams sold for five-figure price tags at the Bluefaced Leicester sale at Carlisle, where a crossing ram from the Wight family's Midlock flock topped at £20,000

A top price of £32,000 for a Texel and a record average £1,427.02, up £97.84 on the year for the 3,411 rams sold with a clearance rate of 87.10% were highlights of Kelso ram sales

In what is thought to be the first time at the show, it was the commercial champions which claimed the sheep supreme