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Registered British Texels supplied in volume to fulfil commercial sheep industry demand

The influence of Registered Texels on the GB Commercial Sheep Industry is clearly shown by the financial performance of the two largest Ram sales operated in Europe. The Ram sales offer a useful barometer for the demand of commercially relevant breeds, NSA Main sale sold £2,208,584.89 of rams, whilst the Kelso sale totalled £2,811,470.00 of rams at their 2010 events, no other ram sales operate on this scale.

Both Sales run in September 2010 showed that Registered Texels were consistently in demand across GB, resulting in 28.1% of the total ring sales income at the NSA Builth Ram sale (£626,071.50) and 30.3% of the sale ring income at the Border Union Kelso Sale (£852,660.00).

Between the 2008 and 2010 sales Texels have remained consistent at the NSA Builth Ram sale with 28-30% of total sales, followed by BFL with 14-15%, Charollais 13-14%, Suffolks 4.5-6% and Beltex with 1.4-1.76% of the total sales income.