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Ram lamb Haymount Junior from Jack Arnott topped the prices at the Scottish Texel Club sale, Lanark, when making 3800gns. Sired by Rue Wood Indiana and out of a dam by Strathbogie Gladiator, he found…
Read moreTop call at the Ruthin Texel Breeders Club Sale was a 4000gns bid for Cambwell Jed from Robert Laird and family. This son of Walston Hard Ass is out of a dam by the homebred…
Read moreMike Turner’s Okehall flock scooped both the championship in the pre-sale show and the top price in the sale ring at the Derbyshire Texel Club’s sale, Leek. Taking the tickets and the money was ram…
Read moreYoung members are invited to hone their prime lamb selection skills with a Texel Youth Development Programme ‘Livestock Selection and Carcass Grading’ event at Kepak’s Methyr Tydfil facility, south Wales. This event, being staged exclusively…
Read moreThe Texel breed dominated this year’s Kelso Ram Sales in both numbers sold and prices, achieving the day’s top of £45,000 and the leading average. Overall, 613 registered shearling rams sold to average £2438, an…
Read moreRobbie Wilson’s Milnbank flock has clinched its second Texel People’s Champion title in a row having been voted this year’s winner with the Royal Highland Show championship title winning gimmer, LYM2505767. Sired by the 30,000gns…
Read moreTrade in the shearling ram section at the Northern Ireland Texel Club’s sale at Rathfriland reflected strong confidence in the breed. Topping the shearling ram trade and the top price of the evening with competitive…
Read moreShearling ram Belsize Invincible from the Jarvis family lived up to his name when topping the ram trade at Melton Mowbray. Selling at 1120gns, Invincible is a son of Knockem Heartbreaker out of a dam…
Read moreNorthern Ireland Texel Breeders Club members and friends enjoyed a great open night event earlier this summer, hosted by Alan and Rachele Glendinning’s Lylehill flock. The evening combined viewing high‑quality stock, stock judging and genuine…
Read moreTopping the trade at the Shropshire and Borders Texel Club’s sale, Shrewsbury, was the champion from the pre-sale show, shearling ram Cressage Infinity from Neil and Matthew Ellis. This one, by Maerdy Extra Special, is…
Read morePhil and Helen Weaver’s Empire flock took a top call of 1550gns at its second production sale at Melton Mowbray. Topping the sale was WPU2532727, a Whitehart Game Changer daughter out of a dam by…
Read moreTop call of 80,000gns at the Solway and Tyne Texel Club’s sale, Carlisle, came for ram lamb Hilltop Jewel from Kenny Pratt, Aberdeenshire. This son of Duncryne I Catcher is out of a dam by…
Read moreLeading the ram lamb trade at the English National Texel Sale, Worcester, was a 7800gns bid for Robert Cockburn’s Knap Jingle Bells. This first prize winner and reserve male champion from the pre-sale show is…
Read moreRecord £3594 average 88% clearance Two at 11,000gns Shearling rams recorded a new centre best average of £3594 at the English National Sale, Worcester, with two hitting 11,000gns, another at 9500gns and a further three…
Read moreTopping the gimmer trade at the English National Texel Sale, Worcester, was the female and overall champion from the pre-sale show from Robert Cockburn’s Knap flock. On a trade which saw a 91% clearance and…
Read moreMark Priestley’s Seaforde flock cemented its reputation as one of the leaders in the Texel breed in Northern Ireland when it took the top call of 30,000gns at the Northern Ireland National Texel Sale, Ballymena.…
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