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Lanark Blackface rams sell to £65,000 twice

Ram lambs sold to £65,000 at Lanark's two-day sale of Blackface rams where 98 ram lambs averaged £7,938, up more than £3,000 on the year, with 273 shearling rams averaging £2,648

Angela Calvert
Head of Livestock, Shows and Sales
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Crossflatts ram lamb
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Crossflatts ram lamb

John Murray, Muirkirk, Ìýsold four lambs from his Crossflatt flock, to average £41,500. All four were by Titan, a home-bred son of £160,000 Dyke. The pen leader, out of a home-bred sister to £34,000 Crossflatt Ayr Raid, made £65,000 to Hugh and Alan Blackwood, Auldhouseburn, Muirkirk, and Jimmy and Donald MacGregor, Dyke, Milton of Campsie.

Its twin brother then made £60,000 to the Dunlops, Elmscleugh, Dunbar, and the Campbells, Glenrath, Peebles. The third Crossflatt lamb sold at £40,000 to Eoin Blackwood, Dalblair; the Dunlop family, Upper Wellwood; Donald McVicar, Lephinchapel, and Colm McAteer, Drumboy.

Matching the top price of £65,000 were the Blackwoods with a son of an £18,000 Craignell which went to Thomas Muirhead, Blair Atholl; Aberuchill Estate, Comrie; Jim Burns, New Galloway and Mitchellslacks Farm, Thornhill, with Auldhouseburn retaining a fifth share.

Auldhouseburn ram lamb

The Wight family, Midlock, Crawford, sold seven lambs to average at £22,314, with a top of £60,000 twice. First was a son of the home-bred Emperor, which went to Auldhouseburn, Glenrath and Elmscleugh. Also making £60,000, was one by a £26,000 Gass, which went to John Murray, the Kays, Gass, Ìýand Andrew Cullens, Dollar.

Shearling rams peaked at £35,000 Jimmy and Donald MacGregor. Like their ram lamb, it was a son of £160,000 Dyke ram and sold to Ian Hunter, Dalchirla, Crieff; Allan Wight and Malcolm Coubrough, Lammington.

ÌýThe Campbells sold a son of the £16,000 Blackhouse ram at £16,000 to Burncastle Farming, Lauder; Billy Renwick, Blackhouse, Yarrow, and Derek Redpath, Kelso.

Auctioneers: Lawrie and Symington.

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