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Sired by the Mellor Vale King Kong ram that bred last year's 50,000gns Lurg ram lamb, it is out of Kingeldores Felicity from the Inverurie-based flock and sold to Charlie and Rosie Boden, Mellor Vale flock, Stockport.

Next at £2,700 selling to an undisclosed buyer was Tywi Keep Calm, a 2024-born Kingledores Engleburt daughter bred by Ioan Jones. Out of Tywi Eve, is scanned withÌý a single to Mellor Vale King Kong.

Another hogg, Woodies Lightening, made £2,600 to an undisclosed buyer. It is also by the King Kong ram but out of Woodies Groovy Baby.

At £2,400 was Woodies Kylie, by Dean V/H Vrijbos, which sold to Shields Farming Co, Morpeth, carrying twins to Mellor Vale King Kong.

Co Donegal's Messrs Robinson paid £2,300 for the 2022-born Lipley Hotstuff, scanned with two to the Mellor Vale ram. It is an Ardstewart Fred Flintstone daughter bred by Liam Swinnerton.

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Two Beltex gimmers sold to Messrs Sinclair, Heriot, for £1,800 and £1,700. Dearest was Woodies Kool Chick, a Heatheryhall Jumanji daughter carrying a single to King Kong, while at £1,700 was the Toddhall Happy Feet-sired Woodies Kimberlee that scanned a pair to Vicky's Gladiator.

Messrs Hunter, Banffshire, paid £2,400 for the dearest Blue Texel, Saltire Blue Just the Job, a gimmer by a Quarry View ram out of Saltire Blue Freestyle. It sold carrying twins to Little Whiskers Knuckles.

Messrs Hunter paid a further £1,300 for Cairnrock Jodie, a Caryl's Blues Cocky Lad-sired Blue Texel gimmer from the guest consignment from Messrs Lammie. It sold carrying twins to Cairnrock Kicking Ass.

Dutch Texels hit £1,500 for a Hercules-sired Woodies gimmer scanned a pair to the Mellor Vale ram. It sold to Shields Farming Co.

Averages:ÌýWoodies flock – Beltex – 9 ewes, £1,812.22; 5 gimmers, £1,232; 3 implanted pregnancies, £1,316.66; 12 ewe hoggs, £1,429.16. Dutch Texel – 3 gimmers, £1,060; 5 ewe hoggs, £710. Blue Texel – 2 ewes, £875; 2 gimmers, £1,800; 1 implanted pregnancy, £1,000; 4 ewe hoggs, £717.50. MV cross-bred females – 25 in-lamb ewes, £298.60; 30 Scotch Mule ewe hoggs, £239.33; 92 Suffolk x Scotch Mule ewe hoggs, £218.69; 20 Suffolk x Cheviot ewe hoggs, £220. Askwith flock – 4 Beltex ewes, £642.50; 2 Beltex gimmers, £390. Cairnrock flock – 4 Blue Texel gimmers, £1,112.50.

Auctioneers:ÌýHarrison and Hetherington.