Scottish-bred sheep fetch top prices at auction

Scottish breeders led the charge at Harrison and Hetherington’s (H&H) online timed auction of Badgerface Texel sheep.

The sale topped at £2,450 for a February-born ewe lamb – Tamtain Betty Boo by a Sunnybank sire – and her recipient dam from John and Briony Macgregor, Allanfauld, Kilsyth. They sold to Messrs Hogan, Bennekerry, Ireland.

Next best at £1,600 was a pair of March-born twin lambs and their recipient dam from Aberdeen breeder Stuart Wood at Woolhillock Croft, Skene.

The Badgerface Texel averages were: pedigree ewes with lambs, five, £970; recipients with pedigree lambs, four, £1,342.50; and empty ewe hoggs, three, £1,333,33.

Meanwhile, H&H’S online timed auction of Beltex sheep topped at £4,300 for January-2019 born ewe hogg Withy Trees Eden from Preston breeders Andrew and Claire Wood. An embryo-bred daughter of the 5,000gn Withy Trees Copper Mountain, she sold to Messrs Hall, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

Next best at £3,000 was a March-born embryo ewe lamb – Aviemore Fabienne 2 by Bailey Brook CR7 – and her recipient dam from Turriff breeders Bruce and Colin Mair. They sold to Gordon Harrison for his Gordy’s Flock near Carnwath, Lanark.

The Beltex averages were: pedigree ewes with lambs, four, £1,005; recipient ewes with lambs, 11, £1,923.63; and empty ewe hoggs, 24, £1,191.87.

H&H’S online sale of Texels topped at £4,100 for a February-2019 born gimmer, by Garngour Bullet, from the Macgregors at Allanfauld, selling to Messrs Coates, Country Durham.

The Texel averages were one recipient with lamb at £500 and 11 empty ewe hoggs at £1,161.45.