Leading the trade at Saturday’s North West Texel Club Sale, J36, was an outstanding ewe hogg, Kaker Mill Mollie, from James Robinson, Carnforth. This first prize winning lamb was sired by Knock Yankee and out of a Sportsmans Tremendous Dam, after spirited bidding the hammer fell at 4000gns to Messrs Barlow Bros, Preston.
Taking the overall championship under judge Anna Minnice-Hughes of the Penparc Flock, was Charlie Boden with an outstanding Garngour Alabama daughter from the Mellor Vale Flock.
This gimmer, with a depth of breeding, was out of a Knap Vicious Sid ewe and in-lamb to the 65,000gns Garngour Craftsman. Taking this one home at 3200gns was Crossfield Texels, Macclesfield.
Staying within the same pen, however, under the Sportsmans prefix, Kevin Cochran, Darwen paid 1000gns for a Deveronvale Aerostar daughter and in-lamb to Auldhouseburn Crackpot.
At 900gns and this time from Mellor Vale, A K Belfield, Buxton purchased an outstandingly well bred gimmer, sired by the renowned Teiglum Young Gun out of a Knap Vicious Sid daughter and carrying lambs to Garngour Craftsman.
Local breeder Peter Woof sold his pen of gimmers to 1400gns, sired by Eden Valley A1 and, again, out of a Sportsman Tremendous ewe, in-lamb to Stainton Conrad, this was the pick of W Napier, Coalville, Leicestershire. Straight after, and again, from Stainton Messrs R G & B Lewis, Carnforth, paid 1000gns for a Gyrhos Andy daughter in-lamb to Auldhouseburn Bolt.
Procters Farm enjoyed a tremendous trade for their pen of gimmers selling to a top of 1400gns for a Procters Abracadabra daughter scanned with triplets to the 100,000gns Sportsmans Batman. Taking this one home was Messrs Highfield Farming, Duns, Berwickshire.
From the same pen and heading to High Peak, Derbyshire was the choice of M Radcliffe, another Procters Abracadabra daughter and this time carrying a single to Batman, the hammer fell at 900gns. Staying with Sportsman Batman, Procters Farm sold a ewe hogg out of an Anglezarke Uno daughter at 1000gns to E Davis, Powys.
Myfyr Evans created much interest with his Rhaeadr pen of ewe hoggs selling his lead lamb at 1100gns to N Hulse, Slindon, sired by Garngour Alabama and out of a Clinterty Yuga Khan daughter. By the same sire, N Pagett, Tarleton took the next at 700gns, however, this time out of a Glenside Whizkid Daughter.
Averages; 83 gimmers averaged £525.63, eight ewe hoggs averaged £1056.56
