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High of £28,000 for North Country Cheviots

A centre and joint breed record of £28,000 was set at the sale of North Country Cheviot Hill rams at Lockerbie

Angela Calvert
Head of Livestock, Shows and Sales
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Whitehope Dark Knight
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Whitehope Dark Knight

ÌýThe sale topper was Whitehope Dark Knight, a two-shear ram by Whitehope Batman from W.N. Douglas, Yarrow. It sold to Messrs Cook, Caithness.
Two rams sold for £12,000. The first was Gillesbie Dilema by a home-bred ram from Gillesbie Farms, Lockerbie, which was knocked down to Bridgewater and Wood, Langholm, Dumfriesshire.

Gillesbie Dilema

The other at this money was Benger Dambuster, a son of Attonburn Apollo consigned by J.F. Irving and Son, Yarrow, which went to D. and I. Walker and Son, Girvan.

Benger Dambuster

Making £10,000 was Calla Donald, a ram by Hownam Grange Almighty from David Baillie, Carnwath, which sold to Messrs Craig, Biggar. At the same price were Attonburn Dynamic and Attonburn Draco, both by Hethpool Xceed from Bowmont Farming, Yetholm, which sold to Messrs Elliot, Galashiels, and Messrs Hepburn and Co, Hawick, respectively.

The final ram to sell for £10,000 was Alticane Dynomite, a son of Attonburn All Night Baby from Messrs Walker, which sold to Rock Farming Co, Wooler.

Topping the ewe section was W.D. Allen, Stoophill, with a pen of drafts which sold for £242/head to C. Lewis, Brynowen.

Gimmers sold to £295/head for R.J. Tweedie, Buchtrig, to Messrs Sevenoaks, Abergavenny, and to £290 for Messrs Flintoff, Cocklawfoot, to Messrs Meiklam, Kelty. Ewe lambs topped at £380/head for Messrs Allen.

ÌýAverages – 378 rams, £1,579.89 (+£85.89 on 2023); 1,911 ewes, £182.92 (+£30.09); 1,365 gimmers, £219.35 (+£11.52); 767 ewe lambs, £122.55 (-£5.52).

ÌýAuctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.

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