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scotland/
 Sales 2007
LANARK AGRICULTURAL CENTRE
Saturday 8th December 2007
Beltex Scotland In-lamb Female Sale
The collective sale of Beltex females at Lanark on Saturday 8th
December 2007 saw a good clearance of the lots forward. Gwion Morgan,
Ty Y Wern, Fford Corwen, Ruthin, North Wales judged the show, awarding
the championship to local breeder, Andrew Baillie, Callacrag, Carnwath
for his gimmer, Calla Kirsty, a Brickrow Hervey daughter out of
a Coningswick-bred ewe, and in-lamb to Longley Hero. She was knocked
down at 900gns to P Leslie, Horseclose Farm, Annan, Dumfries-shire.
The reserve champion, Clary Lost-Sole, a ewe lamb consigned by
J McMillan, Carse of Clary, Newton Stewart, Wigtownshire sold at
650gns to J Campbell, Carsewalloch, Newton Stewart. She is by Clary
Kaiser Chief out of Clary Jackaroo.
The reduction sale of Brickrow females from John Cowan, 3 Brickrow,
Auchincruive provided the day's top-priced Christmas crackers,
all sired by the Irish-bred ram, Cookstown Hamish, the Brickrow
stock sire. The Brickrow offering comprised 33 in-lamb gimmers
and 30 ewe lambs and leading the way at 4,200gns was this year's
Highland Show champion, the aptly-named Brickrow Kickoff, which
was also this year's reserve champion at the Great Yorkshire Show.
An ET daughter by Cookstown Hamish out of a Glebe-bred ewe, and
carrying twins by the Belgian-bred sire, Mustang, she sold to Kevin
Dempster, Kirklawhill Farm, Broughton, Biggar.
Next in the ring, selling
at 3,500gns and keeping up the family tradition was Brickrow
Kit, whose dam sold at 2,600gns last year. Marshall Farms, Lamberhurst
Quarter, Tunbridge Wells, Kent provided the final bid for this
Hamish daughter out of Brickrow Tracy Howfar. She was scanned
with twins by Mustang. She was followed at 3,200gns by Brickrow
Kossie, a Hamish-sired gimmer out of Brickrow Esprit and carrying
triplets by Mustang. She joins the Tewitt Hall flock of B & F
Staveley, Tewitt Hall Farm, Newby Moor, Clapham, Lancaster. Brickrow
Katriona, a Hamish daughter out of Brickrow Handmade and carrying
twins by Mustang, found a new home in Co Durham when she was
knocked down at 1,800gns to H Jewitt, Gracies Farm, Romaldkirk,
Barnard Castle.
A 1,600gns bid from
Messrs Goodge & Sommerville,
Hillbrae Farm, Newmachar saw Brickrow Knockers, a Hamish-sired
gimmer out of Brockrow Golden Girl heading north to Aberdeenshire.
She scanned with twins by Mustang, also the sire of the single
carried by Brickrow Karrot, a Hamish daughter out of Brickrow
Erica knocked down at 1,100gns to S McCormack, Lugate Farm, Stow,
Galashiels. A second 1,100gns deal saw Brickrow Keyhole, by Hamish
out of Brickrow Dizzy and carrying a single by Mustang, go to
Messrs McInnes, Ruaig, Tiree.
Marshall Farms were back in the bidding for Brickrow ewe lambs,
taking Brickrow Liz at 2,800gns. This Hamish daughter is out of
Brickrow Graceful and stood top of her class at the Highland and
Great Yorkshire shows. Brickrow Lettuce, by Hamish out of Brickrow
Home By Socks, sold at 2,200gns to Mr D Costelloe, West Barn, Bletchley
Court, Market Drayton, Shropshire, while Messrs McInnes took her
half-sister, Brickrow Lala, out of Brickrow Heleanore, at 1,900gns.
Northern Ireland breeder and Society chairman, Colin Barnes, 28
Tullyodonnell Rd, Rock, Co Tyrone, paid 1,00gns for Brickrow Loretta,
a Hamish daughter out of Brickrow Gorgeous.
The part-dispersal of
the Longley flock for D & M Haigh, Longley
Lane, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Yorkshire was topped at 450gns for
Longley Joy, a Beachy Full Throttle-sired gimmer out of Beltex
Viola. Buyer was J Barclay, Mid Brockloch, Maybole, Ayrshire.
Averages:
Collective sale:
51 gimmers £287.10
8 ewe lambs £271.69
Brickrow Reduction:
29 gimmers £1029.72
29 ewe lambs £643.03
Longley Part-Dispersal
8 ewes & gimmers £364.88
6 ewe lambs £143.50
Templand Beltex Flock Dispersal
Christmas came early for Duncan Gill, Easter Templand, Fortrose,
Ross-shire when he dispersed his Templand flock of Beltex at Lanark.
Fierce competition between Beltex breeders, old and new, for progeny
of the legendary ewe, Southholm Carla, led to a top call of 4,000gns
and eight four-figure prices. Southholm Carla was purchased for
3,600gns at the West End flock dispersal in 2004 where a new record
price of 3,700gns was set by her tup lamb, while his twin sister
set a new female record price of 4,600gns. Carla went on to produce
Templand Jupiter, a 4,600gns son of Wonderboy. Southholm Carla
senior ewes sold to a top of 2,700gns for Templand Jenny, a one-crop
daughter by Wonderboy, in-lamb to Airyolland Kingsize. She joins
the Forglen flock belonging to Peter Kenyon, Home Farm, Muiresk,
Turriff, Aberdeenshire. An ET sister, Templand Jewel, in-lamb to
Templand Keith sold at 1,200gns to T. Taylor, Heatheryhall Farm,
Biggar.
A two-crop ewe, Templand Hazel, by Headlind Ee By Gum out of
Brickrow Errant and carrying twins by Templand Lincoln was knocked
down at 1,000 gns to J Campbell, Thrunton, Alnwick, Northumberland.
Marshall Farms, Lamberhurst Quarter, Tunbridge Wells, Kent paid
4,000gns for Templand Kerry, an impressive gimmer by Wonderboy
out of Carla, scanned carrying twins by Templand Keith, while her
ET sister, Templand Kylie, also in-lamb to Templand Keith, went
under the hammer at 2,400gns to Peter Kenyon. A Carla daughter,
Templand Kip, out of Kauwenberg Knockout and in-lamb to Airyolland
Kingsize made 1,400gns to Welsh breeder, Gwion Morgan, Ty Y Wern,
Ruthin, North Wales.
The Templand ewe lambs were topped at 3,200gns by January-born
Templand Laura, a Carla daughter by The Rustler, selling to Alastair
McLean, Heylipol, Tiree, while an ET sister, Templand Lyn, went
at 1,500gns to Ross-shire breeder, Gordon Morris, Kinchyle, Culbokie,
Dingwall. Templand Louise, a Templand Keith daughter out of a Carla
daughter, Templand June, sold at 1,200gns to W Lennox, Netherholm,
Strathaven, Lanarkshire.
Dispersal averages:
8 ewes £929.25
5 Gimmers £1,833.30
8 ewe lambs £1,030,31
Auctioneers: Lawrie & Symington
www.lawrie-and-symington.com
LANARK AGRICULTURAL
CENTRE
Saturday 13th October 2007
Although the shearling class provided the day's champion
at the Beltex Scotland show and sale at Lanark, it was ram lambs
which provided the day's top prices.
The show was judged by Kevin
Buckle, Buckles Farm, Barras, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria and he
chose as his champion, a shearling from Gavin Shanks & Alan
Thom, Bowmanhurst Estate, Carluke which failed to meet its reserve
price and was withdrawn unsold.
However, Gavin's Inveresk pen provided the sale topper
with a ram lamb, Inveresk Loch Long, selling at 2,000 gns to Society
chairman Colin Barnes. The sire, Van't Ophoverveld King Kong, and
the dam of this ram lamb were both bred in the same flock in Belgium.
The ram lamb's twin, Inveresk Loch Fyne, went under the hammer
at 1,500 gns to John Barclay, Mid Brockloch, Maybole, Ayrshire,
who in turn received the same sum for a March-born, first prize
ram lamb, Beachy Lamborghini, from John McIlwraith, Balig, Ayr.
This lamb is by Clary Hope out of Beachy Heather. Alan Jackson,
Covington Mill, Thankerton, Biggar sold Headlind Lampoon to Paul
Slater, Whitley Hey, Macclesfield, Cheshire who paid 1,800gns for
this son of the Belgian-bred Phenomenal V/H Groetenhof out of a
Belgian-bred ewe Flossie Van de Biesheuvel.
John Cowan, 3 Brickrow, Auchincruive,
Ayr topped the shearling rams with a 850 gns sale of a Cookstown
Hamish son out of a homebred ewe. Buyers were J Guild & Sons,
Laight Farm, New Cumnock, Ayrshire.
Averages:
34 Shearlings ………£319.94
38 Ram Lambs……..£447.08
6 gimmers………….£288.75
Show results:
Judge: Kevin Buckle, Buckles Farm, Barras, Kirkby
Stephen, Cumbria
Class 1 – Aged Ram
1st – Lot 1 – J McGarva
Class 2 – Shearling Ram
1st – Lot 45 – Messrs Shanks & Thom
2nd – Lot 65 – J Cowan
3rd – Lot 18 – A & M Dunlop
4th – Lot 13 – J L McMillan
5th – Lot 9 – B Ryder
Class 3 – Ram Lamb
1st – Lot 113 – J Barclay
2nd – Lot 102 – A Jackson
3rd – Lot 120 – J Cowan
4th – Lot 137 – G Shanks
5th – Lot 86 – J L McMillan
Champion – Lot
45 – Shanks & Thom
Reserve - Lot 65 – J
Cowan
Auctioneers: Lawrie & Symington
www.lawrie-and-symington.com
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