51AVÊÓÆµ

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

clock • 1 min read
Whitehope Dark Knight
Image:

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.

For more shows and sales: Click here

More on Shows & Sales

Sales round-up: Dorsets hit 6,000gns, Limousins to 14,000gns at Ballymena, breeding sheep records

Sales round-up: Dorsets hit 6,000gns, Limousins to 14,000gns at Ballymena, breeding sheep records

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Bishops Castle, Hawes, Exeter, Ballymena and Hailsham

clock 13 May 2026 • 6 min read
Busy day for pedigree beef breeds at Borderway

Busy day for pedigree beef breeds at Borderway

clock 13 May 2026 • 8 min read
British Blue heifer reigns supreme at Nottinghamshire County Show

British Blue heifer reigns supreme at Nottinghamshire County Show

A big crowd enjoyed the sunshine at Nottinghamshire County Show where there was a strong turnout of livestock

clock 12 May 2026 • 7 min read