Scottish National In-Lamb Sale
9th January 2010

Trade held up well at the Scottish National sale of in-lamb Texels at Lanark, last week, despite the fact that the ringside was quieter and two consignors failed to make it to the market due to the continuous cold weather.

Malcolm Coubrough, of Hartside, Lamington, Biggar, judged the pre-sale show and it was his choice of champion which went on to make the day’s top price of 2300gns.

Champion from DENTY flock of Mrs L Stuart, Castle Douglas – sold for 2300gns

That was the best from John and Lucy Stuart’s Denty flock from Castle Douglas, brought out by grandsons John and David Kerr. The Stuarts have gradually been reducing their flock and following last weekend’s sale, they’re now down to just a handful of ewes.

Their sale leader was a gimmer by Glenside King II, out of an Alticane Glory-sired ewe which was also the mother of the 9000gns Denty Lodestar. Carrying a single to the Milnbank Lyon King son Humeston Outback, she sold to farrier Alistair Smith and his father Ian, for their newly established flock at Greenloaning, Perth.

Next best for the Denty flock was an ET sister of the pen number one, carrying twins to Humeston Outback. She sold at 1000gns to Alasdair Beaton, Wester Crosshill, Slamannan.

Reserve Champion from CONNACHAN flock of Mr Robert Cockburn, Crieff – sold for 1600gns

Second top price was 1600gns, paid by Andrew Struthers, Boyleston, Cumnock, for the reserve champion, a gimmer from Robert Cockburn, Connachan, Crieff.

Top female price so far for the 30-ewe flock, this Tamnamoney Navvy daughter is out of a Springwell-bred gimmer that was bought for 4800gns jointly with Gordon Gray, Ettrick, at the 2007 Select Seven sale. She is due with twins to the Tamnamoney Lynbrook son, Garngour Onyx, bought at Kelso.

Selling at 800gns was the pen number one from Kerr Jarvie’s Tapanui flock from Muthill, Crieff. A Hull House Nijinsky daughter, out of a ewe by Baltier King, this gimmer is also in lamb to Garngour Onyx. She sold to Ian Graham, Killochries, Kilmacolm.

Matching the 800gns price tag was the sole entry from Gordon Graham’s Strathaven-based Kypeview flock. Sired by Durisdeer Nimrod and out of a Carran Jackie Chan daughter that stood inter-breed champion at Stonehouse Show in 2007, she sold in lamb to the 8000gns Procters Playboy, to Scott Rorison, Dallowie, Patna, on behalf of his father John’s business, Euroscot Engineering Ltd.

All the proceeds of that gimmer will go to the Help for Heroes fund, along with another £400 raised by the sale of a complete set of Texel journals, donated by Laine Daff, Greenside, Uplawmoor. They sold to John Howard, of the Quercus Texel flock in Northallerton.

OTHER LEADING prices:
700gns – Connachan gimmer by Hull House Nijinsky, to I Graham, Killochries, Kilmacolm; Grougfoot gimmer, to W Boyd, Dechmont, Cambuslang.
600g Averages:
40 gimmers, £479.85. Netherkeir dispersal – 16 gimmers, £313.03.
ns – Douganhill gimmer by Glenside King II, to A Struthers, Boyleston, Cumnock.

Charity Ewe from KYPEVIEW flock of Gordon Graham, Strathaven – sold to Scott Rorison of Ayr for 800gns, proceeds donated to the ‘Help for Heroes’ fund