First early breeding sheep sale off to a flying start

The sale of 1082 breeding sheep also saw Northumberland-bred Mule gimmers from Moir Livestock sell at £228 and £220, with one and two-crop Mules from the same home selling to £228 and three and four-crops to £212 on two occasions.

Texel gimmers sold to £235 for entries out of Cheviot Mule ewes from R Smith, Glenzier Farming, Canonbie, who also topped the English Mule section at £208 and and the Cheviot Mules at £205. Glenzier Farming averages were up £25 per head on the year.

The sale also saw 6075 store lambs sell to a top of £148 for Texel cross ewe lambs from MJ Irving, Braehead Farm, with a pen of 111 Suffolk crosses from LM Laing, Tarrasfoot, selling £135.

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Leading Prices

Breeding sheep – Ewes – Mules – £228, £212 x 2, £210, £208 x 3, £205 Home Farm. Tex – £210, £200 Rhoin; £210, £202 Cochranes Nurseries; £200 East Field; £200 Catlins. Chev Mule –£165, East Field. NCC – £140 East Field .

Gimmers – Mule – £250, £228, £220, £210 Home Farm; £208, £205, £190 Glenzier. Tex – £235 Glenzier; £210 Rhoin; £200 Catlins. Chev Mule – £205 Glenzier.

Store lambs – Tex – £148, £138, £135 Braehead; £138, £132, Whitstonehill; £136 Church view, £132, Berach Estate. Cross – £142, Ragithwhaite; £111 Bayldon. Belt – £136, £135, £116 Southwoodhead; £134, £123, £121, £116 x2 Kilnford Croft, £130 The Hagg, £122, £118 Monk, £119 Heddon View. Suff – £135, £119 Tarrasfoot; £130 Kilnford Croft; £129 Burdonside; £128 Ragithwhaite; £125 Burdonside; £123, £120 Fauld o Wheat, £122; £119 Cumstone; £119 Hepplehill, £117 Meikle Whitriggs; £117 Mouldyhills. NCC – £126 Kilnford Croft,; £110 Hownam Grange; £110, £107 x2, £100 Kelsocleugh. Char – £112 Knock, £105 Monk. Chev – £104 Kilnford Croft; £98 Bloch. BF – £86, £74, £67 Kirkton Drive; £82 The Row; £69 Embley; £67, Saulmore.

Auctioneers: C and D Auction Marts.