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Robbie Wilson’s Milnbank flock achieved a rare triple success at the Royal Highland Show, taking three of the four top tickets, including the female and overall championship with his gimmer, the male and reserve overall…
Read moreThe Society’s Southern Feature Show at Royal Three Counties Show, Malvern, saw a strong turnout of sheep, with the jointly owned shearling ram Mellor Vale I Spy from Eamonn Vaughan, Partridge Nest, and Nick Legge,…
Read moreTexels once again met a buoyant trade at Kelso ram sales, hitting the top price of the day, the highest average and the most sold of all breeds. In all, 593 registered shearling rams sold…
Read moreThe latent demand for quality Texels continued at the Solway and Tyne Texel Club’s first sale of the season, split between Carlisle and Lockerbie markets, with a top call of 80,000gns coming for ram lamb…
Read moreOwen and Liam Donhoe’s Derryvore flock took the top call of 5500gns in the gimmers at the Northern Ireland National Texel Sale, Ballymena which saw an average of £1503.08 for 20 sold. Topping the sale…
Read moreJohn Waton’s Duvarren Houston saw lift off in the shearling ram trade at the Northern Ireland National Sale, Ballymena, taking the day’s top call of 4800gns on a trade which recorded a 96% clearance and…
Read more32,000gns centre record ram lamb £2003.49 sale record average 90% clearance A new centre record for a ram lamb and a sale record average and a 90% clearance were the standout features of the Northern…
Read moreIt was another sale topping day for Robert Cockburn’s Knap flock when his ram lamb, Knap Inspector Gadget led the trade at the Texel Sheep Society’s Welsh National Sale, Welshpool, at 2000gns. Inspector Gadget, sired…
Read moreRecord £1450.82 ram lamb average 20,000gns Knap Impact tops trade A record breaking ram lamb trade at the English National Sale saw a new best ever average set when 98 lambs levelled at £1450.82. Helping…
Read more20,000gns Loosebeare Hardcore leads trade Record £3068.66 shearling average 84% clearance The Quick family, Creidton, Devon, led the shearling ram trade at the Texel Sheep Society’s English National Sale, Worcester, with a 20,000gns sale for…
Read moreA strong demand for Texel females saw the breed register a second best ever centre average for gimmers when 47 sold to level at £1413.03 on an 87% clearance. Topping the trade at 9000gns was…
Read more82% ram lamb clearance £4798.84 ram lamb average 110,000gns top call A robust demand for the best of the ram lambs on offer saw the opening Texel Sheep Society National Sale, the Scottish National Sale,…
Read moreA Mellor Vale Huntsman-sired ram lamb from Nick Legge’s Thornbury flock, Bromyard, took the championship at the Society’s Southern Feature Show, Royal Three Counties Show, Malvern. This lamb, LEN2502485, which had earlier in the day…
Read moreThe Texel Sheep Society is a key partner in a new international research project aiming to find ways to incorporate genetic merit for low environmental impact into national breeding schemes for sheep. Together with New…
Read moreSociety members are encouraged to sign up to be part of a research project looking at livestock breeding strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The project ‘Breeding Better Beef and Sheep’ in which the Society…
Read moreInternational vistors from Uruguay, Chile and The Netherlands will head to the UK to see British Texels as part of the Texel Sheep Society’s 50th anniversary celebrations. Society chief executive John Yates said the International…
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