At the sale of North Country Cheviot Park sheep at Lockerbie rams sold to £12,000 and averaged £1,207.43.
Last year’s record average was broken once again at this year’s Kelso ram sales, where the 3,444 rams sold averaged £1,056.35; up £57 on the year with an 81 per cent clearance and a turnover of £3,638,070
Native champion goes on to take inter-breed title
THE pre-sale show champion, the ram lamb Hilltop Goliath, led the trade at 90,000gns at the Solway and Tyne Texel Club sale at Carlisle.
The Heathbrow Simmental herd has enjoyed tremendous show and sale success with its progeny also having a lasting influence on many other herds
All things sustainable are a hot topic and while reducing emissions is just the tip of the iceberg, a sustainable industry balances its economic development, environmental impact, and social responsibility.
Having envolved a management strategy to achieve the best prime lamb returns throughout the season from their 950-ewe flock, the Musgrave family, Dalston, Carlisle adhere to it from year to year
A record entry of 376 sheep at the 2023 Ryeland Flock Book Society main sale at Ludlow saw a new breed record of 1,500gns set for a Coloured Ryeland female
It was Robert Cockburn’s Knap flock, Crieff, which led a flying trade at the Scottish National Texel Sale, Lanark.