Perthshire farmer sells one of top priced gimmers at Carlisle

Sheep: Man behind Texel sire Knap Vicious Sid strikes gold once again

Errol farmer Robert Cockburn, who shot to fame as the breeder of the 145,000gns Texel sire Knap Vicious Sid, sold one of the top priced gimmers at the breed’s Christmas Stars sale in Carlisle.

He took 12,000gns for a Tamnamoney Tuborg Gold daughter out of a dam by Baltier Rascal I.

She was carrying to Clintery Yuag Khan and was knocked down to Keith, Alan and Roy Campbell for their Cowal flock at Lochgoilhead in Argyll.

And it was two daughters of Sid which took the day’s only higher prices.

The top call was 15,000gns from the Boden and Davies consignment.

This one was an ET-bred daughter of Vicious Sid and out of a dam by Milnbank Special One.

She sold with a single ET pregnancy as luck and was subject to a flurry of bids before being knocked down to Jim Innes for the Strathbogie flock at Huntly.

Then at 13,000gns was another Vicious Sid daughter.

This one was ET-bred out of a Tullylagan Tonka dam and sold in lamb to the 52,000gns Clinterty Yogi Bear.

She was bought by Robert Hope Valley, Shropshire.

Another bid at 12,000gns saw Jim Innes recoup some of his earlier outlay when selling his best Aman Vyrnwy daughter.

She was bought by Kenny Pratt for the Hilltop flock, Peterculter. Evans,

The final five-figure bid of the sale came for Robbie Wilson’s best of the day, a Glenside Valhalla daughter out of a dam by Teiglum Tornado and in-lamb to Strathbogie Yes Sir.

Buying this one was WK Brechin.

At 6500gns was another from Robert Cockburn.

This was a daughter of Tullagh Saracen out of an Ettrick Rainbow Warrior daughter.

In-lamb to Clinterty Yuga Khan she sold to Brian Buchan, Fraserburgh. Duthie,

Averages: Sportsmans and Mellor Vale 15 gimmers £3,857, Knap nine gimmers £3,850, Strathbogie 10 gimmers £3,969, Milnbank 17 gimmers £2248.24, Cowal eight gimmers £2,058, Deveronvale nine gimmers £962.50, Clinterty five gimmers £1,050, Eden Valley four gimmers £1,522.50, Annan five gimmers £777,

Fordafourie five gimmers £678.30, Hilltop four gimmers £708.75, Goldies seven gimmers £694.50 (Harrison and Hetherington).

Meanwhile the Twilight Texels sale of in-lamb gimmers and ewe lambs saw a top call of 5,000gns.

Heading up the prices was a gimmer from the Wilkinson family’s Arkle flock.

This Milnbank Van Wilder daughter is out of a dam by Curley Orlando and sold in lamb to the 24,000gns Midlock Yorkie.

She carries an index of 256 and was bought by AE Jones, Llangadog, Dyfed.

Averages: Arkle and Ellenvalley nine gimmers £1,615.83, Loosebeare four gimmers £1,824.38, Plasucha one gimmer £4,200, Halbeath eight gimmers £1286.25, Welsh three gimmers £497, two ewe lambs £2,205, two pregnancies £472.50, Llangwm five gimmers £625.80, two ewe lambs £1,417.50, Procters five gimmers £940.80, Haddo five gimmers £819, Crailloch six gimmers £787.50, Stainton seven gimmers £855, Douganhill seven gimmers £882, Alwent nine gimmers £565.83 (Harrison and Hetherington).

Robert Cockburn took 12,000gns for a Tamnamoney Tuborg Gold daughter out of a dam by Baltier Rascal I.