Burnton lamb leads CD at £2500
REDUCED numbers for the Bluefaced Leicester Association’s show and sale at Castle Douglas, saw shearling ram averages fall by more than £26 on the year while ram lambs jumped in excess of £220.
Sale leader at £2500 was the reserve champion, selected by pre-sale judge, Finlay Robertson of the Beeches flock. This ram lamb from Steven and Trevor Fallows of the Burnton flock, New Cumnock, is a son of the 8000gns Midlock P3 bought at Carlisle last year, bred from a ewe by Carry House K11, a son of Jackpot. Champion at New Cumnock and Stewartry and reserve at Dumfries, he sold jointly to R Jardine, Upper Hardland and W Lockhart and Co, Culdoach, Kirkcudbright.
Shearling rams from the Lockhart’s, Laggan Park flock from Moniaive, Thornhill, proved popular with sales at £2100 and £2000. The dearest, by a home-bred son of a Firth ram, that had been used as a lamb to produce Scotch Mule ewe lambs up to £158 at Castle Douglas, was snapped up by Messrs Bradwell.
Selling at £2000 was a son of the N11 Steel purchased at Carlisle.
Robert McKie, Finniness, Balmagie, enjoyed a good trade selling a shearling at £2000. He is by the M3 Branshangan.
The pre-sale champion, a shearling from Alex and Anders Brown’s Macqueston pen from Tynron,Thornhill, made £1800 to R and M Dunlop, Pinvalley. He is by the Marriforth N2.
LEADING prices
Shearling rams – Laggan Park, £2100, £2000, £1250, £1150; Finniness,£2000, £1500, £1150; Forbrae, £1800, £1100; Macqueston, £1800, £1100; Culdoach, £1650, £1500, £1250, £1000; Barlaes, £1600; Irongray, £1350, £1100, £1050, £1000; Cairn Smiddy, £1250; Drumhumphry, £1150; Sauchrie Mains, £1150, £1000; Hardland, £1100; Mid Knockglass, £1100, £1000; SP Dalpeddar, £1050; Mossyard, £1000.
Ram lambs – Burnton, £2500, £1000.
Auctioneers: Wallets Marts