2006 English In-Lamb Texel Sale
Saturday
16th December 2006
Glenside lead English In-Lamb Sale at 5500gns
Report by Lynsey MacGregor (Scottish Farmer)
Gimmers from John Forsyth’s Glenside flock,
from Maybole, led the way at the December sale of
in-lamb Texel females, at Carlisle.
Mr Forsyth was the only consignor to hit four-figures,
with four Glenside sheep selling at or above 1000gns.
All were daughters of the 13,000gns Castlecairn Keltic
Star, the ram bought at Carlisle in 2004 that has
already sired sons to 36,000gns.
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| Top price of the day went
to Glenside, FPG05048, a Castlecairn Keltic
Star daughter, who sold for 5500gns. |
Best of the bunch, at 5500gns, was one out of a
ewe by Glenside His Nibs and in lamb to Glenside
Larry Lamb. She sold to Kenny and Karen Irving, for
their Kingfisher flock, at Rigg, Gretna, Dumfriesshire.
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| The Champion, Glenside,
FPG05181, was another Keltic Star daughter – which
this time sold for 2500gns. |
Second-top at 2500gns was the champion, which is
out of a Turin Fantastic-sired ewe. She sold, in
lamb to Watchknowe Lanark Cracker — a 44,000gns
2005 purchase — to Winter Bros Farmers, Clickham
Farm, Apple-in-Westmorland, Cumbria.
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| A third Keltic Star daughter,
Glenside, FPG05138, sold for John Forsyth,
at 1600gns |
Selling at 1600gns to W and C Jones and Son, Foxhall
Farm, Henllan, Denbeigh, was a Keltic Star-sired
gimmer, out of a ewe by Claybury Invader. She sold
due to Glenside Larry Lamb.
Last to hit four figures and also selling to the
Kingfisher flock, was one out of a Tamnamoney Finnegan-sired
dam, in lamb to Watchknowe Lanark Cracker. She reached
1000gns.
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| Reserve Champion came from
the Splash flock of J & M Allen, Splash,
AMS03011, and sold for 680gns |
The reserve supreme champion, from JR and MA Allen’s
Lockerbie-based Splash flock, hit 680gns. Sired by
Tophill Ideal and out of a ewe by Crailloch Golden
Eye, she sold in lamb to Hull House Last Word, to
J Wood, Hilltop Cottages, Colne Road, Trawden, Lancs.
Averages: 47 gimmers, £489.03; 7 ewes, £238.50.
Auctioneers: Harrison & Hetherington
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