18 SEPTEMBER 2019 – Show & Sale of Border Leicester sheep

BORDER LEICESTER SHOW AND SALE

JUDGE – Tom Nelson, Kilphin Flock

CLASS 1 – GIMMER

1^st prize – Lot 5 Lyham

2^nd prize – Lot 1 Alticane

3^rd prize – Lot 2 Alticane

4^th prize – Lot 8 Rockvilla

CLASS 2 – EWE LAMB

1^st prize – Lot 24 Knockglass

2^nd prize – Lot 42 Didcot

3^rd prize – Lot 40 Didcot

4^th prize – Lot 41 Didcot

CLASS 3 – SHEARLING RAM

1^st prize – Lot 52 Rosenga

2^nd prize – Lot 53 Rosenga

CLASS 4 – PROGENY GROUP (3 LAMBS PROGENY OF SAME SIRE)

1^st prize – Lot 93, 94 & 95 Alticane

2^nd prize – Lot 1, 2 & 3 Muirmouth

3^rd prize – Lot 3, 4 & 5 Drennans

4^th prize – Lot 149, 150 & 152 West Forth

CLASS 5 – RAM LAMB

1^st prize – Lot 110 Clola

2^nd prize – Lot 118 Intock

3^rd prize – Lot 71 Knockglass

4^th prize – Lot 60 Didcot

5^th prize – Lot 153 West Forth

6^th prize – Lot 101 Drennans

Lawrie & Symington conducted the Annual Show and Sale of Border Leicester Sheep on behalf of the Border Leicester Sheep Society. At the show prior to the sale the judge Tom Nelson, High Kilphin awarded the championship to a Ram Lamb consigned by Jimmy Douglas, Clola Flock who was sired by Alticane Hitman and was later sold for £2,100 to F & R Farms, Piper Hole, Kirkby Stephen. The reserve overall was awarded to a Ewe Lamb from John Barrowman, Knockglass which was sold for £1,100 to A.L.Lyth, Mount Pleasant, Lealholm, Whitby. Top price was £2,700 from the Knockglass flock for a son of Didcot Duster with Tom Nelson, Kilphin buying him.

Other Principal Prices -:

RAM LAMBS

Intock - £1,700. £1,600, £1,000

Muirmouth - £1,400, £1,100

Alticane - £1,400 (twice), £650

Clola - £1,400

Kilphin - £900 & £620

Drennans - £1,500, £1,400, £800

GIMMERS

Lyham - £620, £420, £300

Alticane - £450 (Twice), £350, £300

EWE LAMBS

Knockglass - £550

Didcot - £650, £520, £500, £400

West Forth - £320 (twice)

Rockvilla - £300

AVERAGES –

71 Ram Lambs av £487.86

16 Gimmers av £271.53

25 Ewe Lambs av £311.20