The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Scotsman flock leads the way at Texel club’s sale
Lanark: Avicii attracts top price of 5,200gns – with Apollo and Ace also in demand
Ram lamb averages were up by £133 on the year, for 20 more sold, at the Scottish Texel Club’s sale at Lanark on Thursday.
It was a day to remember for Aberdeenshire’s Scott Michie, who works for the Howies at West Knock Farm, Stuartfield, Peterhead.
He owns just one ewe in his Scotsman flock, which he flushed successfully last year, producing, among others, his three Lanark entries – Scotsman Avicii, Scotsman Apollo and Scotsman Ace.
AI sons of the £60,000 Strathbogie Terminator, out of an Oberstown Usain Bolt daughter, they sold at 5,200gns, 4,500gns and 3,200gns, all heading across the water to Northern Ireland.
Avicii and Ace both sold to the same consortium, including Paul O’connor, Drumgooland; Alistair Gault, Forkins; Rodger Strawbridge, Tamnamoney; and Sam Mcauley, Whitepark; while Apollo was knocked down to Stewart Ferris, Dromore, Co Down.
Achieving the day’s second top price of 4,600gns, was Ettrick Above And Beyond, from Gordon and David Gray’s Selkirk-based flock.
A son of the 60,000gns Clinterty Yuga Khan, out of a ewe by Knock Topaz, his full brother stood champion at the Carlisle sale earlier this month, and sold for 6,000gns.
This one sold in a two-way split to Iain Minto, Townhead, Dolphinton, and Meikle Jackson, Wolfclyde, Biggar.
The Clark family’s Garngour consignment, from Lesmahagow, topped at 2,600gns, with Garngour Alladin selling to Cameron Gauld, Cairnam, Auchterarder. A Halbeath VIP son, he is out of a ewe by the home-bred Teiglum Windfall.
Garngour Ambitious, another by the same sire, and out of a ewe by the 38,000gns Castlecairn Vavavoom, sold at 2,100gns, to Willie Shaw, West Lethans Farm, Saline, while the Knock Yardsman-sired Garngour Alexander reached 1,700gns, selling to Angus Mccolm’s Crailloch flock at Newton Stewart.
Best for David Preacher, Holylee, Walkerburn, was a 2,500gns bid for Holylee Anchor Man, a full brother to the 9,000gns champion at the first Lanark sale, in August.
This Millar’s Windbrook son, out of a ewe by Llangwm Rocky, sold to the Leggates at Silverrig, Chapelton.
Robbie Wilson, North Dorlaithers, Turriff, achieved a top of 1,700gns, for Milnbank Ally-cat, a Strathbogie Yes Sir son which sold to N Myles, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal.
Meanwhile, Graham Morrison’s Deveronvale lambs, from Cornhill, Banff, sold to 1,500gns, for another Strathbogie Yes Sir son, Deveronvale Areo, which went to Richard Currie’s Tullagh flock at Ballymena.
Texel averages – 23 shearling rams, £495.78; 156 ram lambs, £634.17; 13 gimmers, £530.65.
Beltex averages – Four aged rams, £420; 124 shearling rams, £681.31; 59 ram lambs, £661.32; 47 gimmers, £462.67; five ewe lambs, £537.60.