A TEXEL shearling from Messrs Smith, Crumhaughhill, made £3000 at C and D Auction Marts’ Great annual ram fair at Longtown.

The Texel judge, Zoe Hall, Horsley Hill, awarded her champion to the first prize ram lamb from Gordon and David Gray, Sunnycroft, which later topped the lamb section at £2200.

Traditional Bluefaced Leicester shearlings from Messrs Anderson, Parkhill reached £1800. The pre-sale show was judged by David Bryson, Grassmillies who awarded his champion to a shearling from Messrs Roskell, Laverhay, which later £1400.

The champion among the Suffolk selected by Thomas Hird, Westray, made £1600 in the form of a shearling from Messrs Smith, Crumhaughhill.

The same money was paid for the cross bred champion, a Beltex cross shearling from KD and DE Millar and Partners, Crookholm, which was tapped out by judges Steven and Rachel Richardson, Low Moor Hill.

LEADING flock averages

Flock (No.) Avg (£)

Texel shearlings

Kinninghall (8) £1112

Becks (7) £1107

Crumhaughhill (14) £1075

Skelfhill (9) £1066

Cornhills (8) £1050

High Brae (8) £966

Bank Top (15) £826

Commonside (13) £819

Texel ram lambs

Sunnycroft (5) £1000

Kirkton (8) £919

Arkleby (10) £633

New View (6) £603

Raefield (7) £571

Auchenbart (6) £500

West Park (6) £438

Cross-bred

Crookholm (7) £1021

Middle (10) £930

Allanshaws (3) £740

Bogrie (7) £642

Hundalee (5) £590

Cavers Lea (4) £587

The Hagg (8) £575

Mayholm (3) £560

Whitstonehill (15) £556

LEADING prices

Aged rams – Tex – £550, £450 Springfield; £550 Raggetsyke; £550 Ward Hall Guards; £450 Streethead. Tex X – £520 Low Longlands. Char – £450 Springfield. Belt X Tex – £380, £280 Whitstonehill. Char X – £380 Leapsrigg. Bleu Du Maine – £380 High Dovecote. Hill Chev – £350, £300 High Dovecote.

Shearlings – Tex – £3000 Crumhaughhill; £2800 Kirkton; £2000 Crumhaughhill and Bank Top; £1800 High Brae; £1600 Cornhills; £1500 Skelfhill, Raefield and Crumhaughhill; £1400 (x2) Kinninghall, Crumhaughhill, Becks and Skelfhill; £1300 (x2) Becks; £1200 Kinninghall, Commonside, Cornhills, Kerfield and Allanshaws. BFL – £1800 Parkhill; £1400, £1100 Laverhay; £1100, £1000 Parkhill; £1000 Rowanburnfoot and Burgh Head. Suffolk – £1600 Crumhaughhill; £1500 Allanshaws; £1250 (x2), £1100 Crumhaughhill; £1100, £1050 Allanshaws; £1000 Guardsmill and The Land. Belt X – £1600, £1100 (x2), £900, £800 Crookholm; £1400 Bogrie; £750 Whitecairn. Belt X Tex – £1250, £1100 (x3), £1050, £1000 Middle; £1100, £900 Whitstonehill; £700 Blackadder. Belt – £1000 Corstane; £950 Fowrass; £680 Maryholm; £600, £550 Linnhead. Tex X Belt – £800, £700, £650, £600, £550 Parknook; £600, £580 Heddon View. Tex X £750 Allanshaws. Char X Tex – £750, £700, £500 Hundalee. Suff X – £750, £720 Allanshaws. Belt X Suff – £700, £650, £600 Cavers Lea. BFl X Tex –£600, £550 Bank Top; £500 Duke Street; £400 Howard House. Belt X Char – £600, £550 Springfield; £550 (x2) Thackwood. Blue Tex – £550, £500 Sunnycroft. Char – £550, £450 Hundalee; £550, £450 Lesson Hall; £500 Archerbeck; £500 (x2) Maryholm. Char X Belt – £500 Lesson Hall. Bleu Du Maine – £420, £380 Ward Hall. Roussin – £300 East Foreshield.

Lambs – Tex – £2200 Sunnycroft; £1300 Kirkton; £1200 Sunnycroft; £1100, £1000 Arkleby House; £1000 (x4) Kirkton. BFL – £700 (x2) Glenlaugh; £650 Halkburn; £580, £520 Burgh Head. Suff – £750 The Snab; £650 Corrie Mains and Burgh Head; £550 Studholme and Corrie Mains; £500 The Snab and Corrie Mains. Belt – £500, £480 Burgh Head. Blue Tex – £300 Millside; £300 Blackcleugh. Tex X BFL – £250, £200 Peela Hill. DS – £200 Chestnut Cottage. Roussin – £380, £320 (x2) Chestnut Cottage.