A GOOD entry was forward for the 60th anniversary show and sale of registered Bluefaced Leicesters at Hexham, where a top price of £7000 was achieved for the champion, a ram lamb from Kirkstead.

The lamb from Alan McClymont, Kirkstead, Yarrow, is sired by an E+ Cocklaw ram, out of a home-bred ewe and sold to A Carr, Burton Meadow, Bentham.

Kirkstead genetics were also behind the second top price of £2000 paid for the second prize lamb from Lisa Fleming, Falnash, Teviothead. He is a son of Kirkstead Impeccable, bred from a Kirkstead ewe and to a repeat customer from Aberdeenshire.

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Judge Jodi Shadforth of the Amerston flock found her reserve in a shearling from Peter Forster, Lowes Fell, Hexham, which made £1200 to W and R Hall, Hexham. It is by the N13 Lowes Fell.

Another from Lowes Fell made £1350 selling to JT Nixon and Sons , Hexham.

Top price for AG and D Bisset, Middle Dukesfield was £1300 paid for a shearling ram by the N14 Bonvilston, purchased by Jimmy Walton, Flotterton.

The second Top price on the day was £2000 for a Ram Lamb from the flock of Mrs L Fleming, Falnash. Her lamb 5121/T002 stood second in the pre-sale show, he was sired by 2625/S001 Kirkstead Impeccable and out of a Kirkstead Ewe, 2625/M052. This was sold to C and K Stuart, Ballindalloch .

* Omitted from United Auctions’ multi-breed ram sale at Stirling, Obie Sharp, Newbigging Walls, Lauder, sold a Bluefaced Leicester shearling son of the £65,000 Riddings ram for £5200 to Jack and Sheila Kay, Hartside, Oxton, Lauder and Graeme and Jimmy Sinclair, Crookston, Heriot.

Averages: 20 shearling rams, £982.50; five ram lambs, £2214.00