Blue Texel Festive Fireworks In Lamb Sale

The Society In-Lamb Sale certainly went off with a Bang this year! This was only the fourth Society in-lamb sale to be held at Borderway Mart, with the largest ever Blue Texel In-Lamb entry to date. The sale was extremely well supported with buyers and vendors in attendance from all over the UK, and an exceptional amount of people using the online bidding system.

Trade was exceptionally buoyant from start to finish with a superb standard of sheep throughout, many new purchasers investing into the breed and other potential purchasers going home disappointed with empty trailers.

Ewe Lambs were very much ‘the leading ladies’ for the sale and the demand for young genetics ensured these topped the trade.

Top price was achieved once again for notable breeders Steve & Sara Gibbons from the Whatmore Flock, selling lot 269 WHATMORE EPIC, a stylish ewe lamb with a depth of pedigree to match, she is sired by Whatmore Bentley and out of Whatmore Bumble B, she sells for 6500gns to breed enthusiast Henry Jewitt.

[caption id="attachment_31773" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Whatmore Epic - 6500gns[/caption]

Lot 254 DERG ELLE a ewe lamb from Allen Short & Samantha Allen was next to peak the trade, this ewe lamb is sired by import ram Derg Cracker out of 2019 Balmoral Blue Texel Champion Derg Coco Chanel, she eventually got knocked down at 5000gns to online bidder Nigel Hogan Co. Carlow.

[caption id="attachment_31774" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Derg Elle - 5000gns[/caption]

Henry Jewitt also achieved 5000gns for his ewe lamb, lot 287 SUNNYBANK ELEGANCE sired by Belgium Import ram Sunnybank 1408-0247 out of Sunnybank Caramel Sensation, she heads home with Matthew Jones to join the Glan-Y-Mor Flock.

[caption id="attachment_31775" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Sunnybank Elegance - 5000gns[/caption]

Shearling ewes having a solid trade throughout, reaching 3500gns for lot 222 SALTIRE BLUES (IMPORT) 3182-0642 from consistent breeder Stasa Moyse, she sells in lamb to Hulk (Import) and heads home with James Hamilton, Strathaven.

Breed stalwarts David & Jennifer Alexander taking the next 3 top spots for their pen of shearling ewes. Lot 212 JONSLAND DEMI bred by Dan & Janine Jones sired by Jonsland Aero out of Jonsland Bounce she sells scanned in lamb to Barallan Eagle and sells 2500gns to Neil Campbell, Perthshire.

Also achieving 2500gns from the same pen, Lot 213 MILLSIDE DJA/19/02262 sired by Beili Blues BBD/15/02194 out of an import ewe, scanned in lamb to Barallen Eagle heads home with R & M Cumming, Gretna.

Top Price aged ewe was 2600gns for lot 160 from Stasa Moyse, SALTIRE BLUE A TOUCH OF CLASS, sired by C.Js Will-I-Am out of Jonsland Xtrovert a Whatmore Siren ewe, in lamb to import ram Hulk, she sells to C & C Cormack, Jedburgh.

[caption id="attachment_31777" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Saltire Blue A Touch of Class - 2600gns[/caption]

Henry Jewitt sells lot 152 TIMA BLUES BELL an aged ewe bred by William Timms sired by Sunnybank X-Factor out of an import ewe, sold scanned with a single to Pen-y-Bec Dusty, she sells for 1500gns to I & S Clough, Pickering.

[caption id="attachment_31778" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Tima Blues Bell - 1500gns[/caption]

Giles Hardman achieved 1100gns for aged ewe lot 159 FARM MILL BLUES FMB/18/00278, a Solway View Barney daughter out of a homebred Midnight Wicked Will daughter, she sells scanned with twins to Sams Blue Jay bought by A Lloyd, Gwynedd.

[caption id="attachment_31779" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Farm Mill Blues FMB1800278 - 1100gns[/caption]

Stasa Moyse having a tremendous trade with a Recipient Ewe carrying twin embryos, these embryos are sired by Caryls Blue Captain and out of the flock best breeding ewe Saltire Blue A Beauty. These embryo lambs full siblings have achieved up to 6000gns. This recipient sold for 1900 gns to F Baird, Wiltshire.

Huge thankyou to H & H auctioneer David Fearon for doing a sterling job selling, all office and yard staff at

Harrison & Hetherington

SALE AVERAGES

16 AGED EWES - £950.25 (905gns)

57 SHEARLING EWES – £1185.40 (1129gns)

62 EWE LAMBS - £956.68 (911gns)