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Beltex Scotland In-lamb Female Sale
Saturday 8th
December 2007
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.
Templand Dispersal averages:
8 ewes £929.25
5 Gimmers £1,833.30
8 ewe lambs £1,030,31
Auctioneers: Lawrie & Symington |
