Registered Texels dominate at Border Union Kelso and NSA Builth Ram Sales!

Registered Texels at Border Union Kelso

At Kelso Ram sales a total of 1,272 Registered Texels were sold to average £670.32 showing a very satisfactory increase of £80 per head on the previous year. Gordon Gray Texel Breed President said that there was a tremendous demand for the top quality Shearlings on offer i.e. those with length, tight fleeces and good back ends. No fewer than 10 Shearlings sold in the £4,000 - £10,000 range, with Texels showing dominance on rival breeds in that they gained 5 of the top 7 leading individual prices.

SCROGTON POWERHOUSE GLH09039– Sold by Mrs L Gray for £10,000 to J Arnott, Kelso and Messrs Campbell, Thrunton

The following table highlights the leading 20 flock averages for Texel Shearlings with no fewer than 9 flocks breaking through the £1000 barrier. The majority of the 20 flocks highlighted specialise in the Shearling market, but several also enjoy success at the Annual Society Premier Ram Lamb sales, thus maximising annual income on the two fronts. Such flocks include Cambwell, Crookholm Ettrick and Cowal, all of which are fully Performance Recorded with Signet Breeding Services, an area growing in popularity with the Breed.

Average: £686.40 - Texel Clearance 90%

Kelso prices and averages

Registered Texels at NSA Builth

The NSA event at Builth attracted both vendors and purchasers from a large geographical area covering from as far afield as Devon to the Scottish Borders. With Shearling, SCOLTON PASSPORT – RWS091007, Messrs WO & PE Reed, SCOLTON flock selling for 8200gns to F H Chave, PEACEHAY flock, E Probert & Sons , MORTIMER flocks Ram Lamb, MORTIMER RAMPANT I – PGM1000125 selling for 2100gns to Hughes, MARLSBROUGH flock and Gordon Grays ETTRICK flock Shearling Ewe GGH09240 selling for 750gns to Adams, Tymedi.

Gareth Griffiths of auctioneers Clee, Tompkinson & Francis stated “This was a very pleasing sale with commercial buyers out in force purchasing big strong Texel Shearlings with good conformity to enable them to produce quality Lambs for the Prime Lamb market”. Society Chairman, Gordon Gray said he had been impressed with the quality of the stock at the sale overall, in particular with the standard of the Shearling Rams - evident in the prices achieved. Purchasers had dug deep for quality lots, he added there at been quite considerable interest in Performance Recorded lots.

Registered Texels heavily influenced the NSA Sale, clearly shown by the financial income. All Breeds / Ring income totalled £2, 208, 584, 89 with Texels taking £626, 071, 50 (28.1% of sales income) with registered Blue Faced Leicester £328,104 (15%), Registered Charollais £305, 077, 50 (14%), Registered Suffolk’s, £129, 822 (6.1%) and Registered Beltex £29, 253, 4 (1.3%).

Builth Wells prices and averages