Hartside Hill Commando
The first to sell at this money was Hartside Hill Commando, a two-shear ram by a home-bred ram from Linhope Farming Partnership, Powburn, which sold in a two-way split to Messrs Baillie, Lanark, and Bennett Partners, Powys.
The other ram making 拢16,000 was Sorbietrees Captain, a two-shear son of North House Reliant consigned by Sorbietrees Farms, Newcastleton, which was knocked down to Bowmont Farming, Kelso.
Next, at 拢12,000, was Whitehope C 30679, a two-shear ram by Suisgill Vanguard from W.N. Douglas, Yarrow, which sold to Messrs Craig, Biggar.
Two rams sold for 拢10,000, with the first being Gillesbie Crackpot, a two-shear son of Hownam Grange Xackery from Gillesbie Farms, Lockerbie, which went home with Messrs Elliot and Partners, Kelso.
The other, from Linhope Farming Partnership, was Hartside Hill Cracker by Hartside Hill Alonso, which sold to Sorbietrees Farms.
Bowmont Farming then sold Attonburn Classic, a son of Badanloch Wildfire, for 拢9,000 to Eskdalemuir Forestry, Langholm, and paid the same money for Carruthers Crusader, a Hownam Grange Xpert son consigned by C.R. Graham and Sons, Lockerbie.
FEMALES
In the female section, ewes sold to 拢260 for W.D. Allan, Stouphill flock, Alnwick, with the stock ewes from Sorbietrees Farms selling to 拢215 for a pen of 100 four-crop five-year-old ewes.
R.B. and C. Flintoft, Yetholm, sold pens of shearling gimmers from their Cocklawfoot flock at 拢260, 拢255 and 拢235 twice. Ewe lambs sold to 拢240 for Messrs Allan.
Averages - 368 rams, 拢1,494; 1,651 ewes, 拢152.83 (+拢11.62 on 2022); 1,196 gimmers, 拢207.83 (+拢27.38); 681 ewe lambs, 拢128.07 (+拢17.83).
Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.
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