Northern Ireland Texel Sheep Breeders Club

Brague Texel Flock Success at Hilltown

The long established Brague flock, bred by Robbie Mulligan, Banbridge was triumphant at the 2010 NI Texel Club Show and Sale held in Hilltown Sale Yard. Kindly sponsored by Norbrook the judge Elliott Bell, Rathfriland chose his Champion from the Brague pen a smart late February lamb this Brague Nelson son realised second highest price of the evening selling to £672. This lamb joins the Clanrye flock bred by local man Herbie Magowan. For his reserve Champion Elliott picked his first placed shearling bred by Harry & Paul Brown Hilltown, which later sold to £325.

Champion

Reserve Champion

Highest price on the night went to the Milestonehill pen of Murray Annett for a strong Milestonehill Outlaw shearling which sold to £683 having been placed second in his class earlier in the evening.

Second place in the ram lamb class went to Kilkeel breeder Ciaran Cunningham for Brackney Romeo, sired by a Ballydesland bred ram. Romeo went on to sell for £326 while the third placed lamb shown by Mrs Edna Corbett, Banbridge, changed hands for £357.

With almost 90% clearance and prices well up on last year this further endorses the popularity of the Texel as a terminal sire keeping it in the number one position.

22 shearling rams sold to an average of £363, while 23 ram lambs averaged £255 and 5 ewes averaged £225.

Show Results

Champion: - R Mulligan, Banbridge
Reserve Champion: - H & P Brown, Hilltown

Shearling Rams
1st H&P Brown, Mount View
2nd M Annett, Milestonehill
3rd R &S Walmsley, White Water Far
4th Mrs J Burns, Longbeech

Ram Lambs
1st R Mulligan, Brague
2nd C Cunningham, Brackney
3rd E Corbett, Laganbann
4th Mrs J Burns, Longbeech

Top Prices

Shearling Rams
M Annett; 650, 450gns
S&J Burns; 480, 400 gns
B Bell & Sons 450, 360gns
I Skillen; 390,380,310gns

Ram Lambs
R Mulligan; 640,260,250gns
Mrs E Corbett; 340gns
C Cunningham; 310, 300gns
M Coburn; 300, 260gns