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| pedigree sheep / BELTEX |
PEDIGREE
BELTEX INLAMB SALE Friday 5th December 2003  The
Beltex breed once again broke its own UK record at the in-lamb
ewe sale at Carlisle on Friday December 5th 2003 which also met
a high clearance and a shearling gimmer average of £822.It was Gavin Shanks and Alan Thom who dominated the Beltex Sheep Society’s premier in-lamb ewe sale conducted by Harrison & Hetherington and earned not only the new record price of 5,000gns but also had most of the leading prices. The scrapie genotype one female which is in lamb with twins to the record breaking ram Tullygarley Elite, which sold in Carlisle for 34,000gns in August, sold to James McGarva and his son James, of Horseclose, Annan for their Horseclose flock. The previous record for an in-lamb female was set at 3,600gns at a private sale in Lanark last year. Beltex Sheep Society president Tom Ashton, was vindicate in his selection of the gimmer shearling as his supreme champion when he judged the pre-sale show. He had not been aware that the gimmer shearling was carrying twins by Tullygarley Elite nor that she was a group one scrapie genotype female. “ She was outstanding in the show. She has superb muscling and is a big powerful ewe,” said Mr Ashton. “This has been a great sale to round off the year for the breed.”  The McGarvas, who have re-stocked their pedigree flock after losing
their bloodlines established eight years previously during foot
and mouth, bought the ewe to breed a good ram lamb for their own
use. Lot 201 ewe from Shanks and Thom made 1,000gns.Shanks and Thom sold a total of 23 in-lamb females at the sale, achieving their best price yet for a female. They also had the next leading price of 1,000gns twice, both of which are in-lamb to Elite. Their first was for an imported ewe which was the first into the ring and was chosen as reserve champion. She sold to T Hunter, Newtown Farm, Bridlington Road, Yorkshire.It was another shearling gimmer again carrying twin lambs to Elite, a scrapie genotype two, which sold to prime sheep showman John Hall, of Inglewood Edge, Dalston, Carlisle. The parthership sold gimmer shearlings at 950gns, 850gns and 800gns. Also in the leading prices were father and son John and Nick Frazier, of Coningswick Farm, Rock, Kidderminster with a shearling gimmer in lamb to Van Korenhof Calvados which sold for 850gns to GR Barrett, Salt Pie Farm, Sutton in Craven, Keighley. Leading prices: Lot 251 Shanks and Thom, Bowmanhurst, Brownlee Estate, Carluke, Lanarkshire shearling gimmer, 5,000gns to JA McGarva, Horseclose Farm, Cummertrees, Annan, Dumfriesshire. (1st in class 2 and overall champion). Lot 201 Shanks and Thom, 1,000gns to T Hunter, Newtown Farm, Bridlington Road, Yorkshire. (1st in class 1 and reserve overall champion) Lot 264 Shanks and Thom Garrion Foxylady shearling gimmer, 1,000gns to R Hall & Son, Inglewood Edge, Dalston, Carlisle, Cumbria. Lot 252 Shanks and Thom shearling gimmer, 950gns CM Jennings, Crake Hall, Selside, Cumbria. Lot 240 HS Frazier and Son, Coningswick Farm, Rock, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, shearling gimmer, (2nd in class 2) Lot 254 Shanks and Thom, shearling gimmer, 850gns to G & J Belcher & Sons, Lilliehurst Farm, Sheriffhales, Shifnal, Shropshire. Lot 263 Shanks and Thom Garrion Fern, shearling gimmer, 800gns to K MacPherson, Dulse Farm, Glenferness, Nairn. Averages: 26 shearling gimmers £822.63; 24 ewes £393.31; 2 ewe lambs £5 |
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