This year’s Select Seven Sale, Lanark, saw another flying trade for Texel females, with a new 46,000gns record price set for an in-lamb Texel.
Taking the day’s top call and setting this new mark was Procters Farm, Lancashire, when selling a daughter of the 100,000gns Sportsmans Batman which was carrying twins to the 350,000gns Sportsmans Double Diamond.
This gimmer, PFD1903130, is out of a dam by Strathbogie Ya Belter and sold with an index in the top 10% of the breed. She sold in a split deal to the Boden family’s Sportsmans flock, Cheshire and the Barclay family’s Harestone flock, Aberdeenshire.
Second best of the sale was a 32,000gns for one from Hugh and Alan Blackwood’s Auldhouseburn flock. This was BYZ1922968, a Rhaeadr Best of the Best daughter out fo a dam by Strathbogie Untouchable and again in-lamb to Double Diamond. Sold carrying twins she was knocked down to the Boden family again.
Then at 17,000gns was one from Gordon Gray’s Ettrick flock, GGH1909043. Sired by the privately purchased Midcombe Brigadier, she is out of a dam by the homebred Ettrick Yager Bomb and sold carrying to Claybury Dunkirk. Buying this one was Malcolm Coubrough, for the Hartside flock.
Following that cam another from Auldhouseburn at 13,000gns, BYZ1922916. This ET-bred gimmer is by Rhaeadr Best of the Best and out of a dam by Clinterty Yuga Khan. Going back to the flock’s noted Cowal ewe, she is in-lamb to Bellefield Double Dutch and was taken by Rob Evans for the Hope Valley flock.
At 10,000gns was the best of the sale from George Howie’s Knock flock, HAK1901389. She’s by the homebred Knock Banker and out of a Cowal Vogue-sired dam. In-lamb to Castlecairn Double Diamond, she is a full sister to the 30,000gns Crackerjack and found a new home with James Theyer for the Clanfield flock.
Two then followed at 9000gns, with the both of these coming from the Procters pen. First at this money was PFD1903234, a Batman daughter out of a dam by the 65,000gns Teiglum Younggun and in-lamb to Double Diamond. Carrying twins she was the pick of N Gill, Keswick.
The other at this level was PFD1903139. Again by Batman and out of a Younggun daughter she headed to Aberdeenshire with the Knox family for their Haddo flock and is in-lamb to Llyfni Droog.
No fewer than four then sold at 8000gns, with the first if these coming from the Tima flock of David Gray. This was GCT1910414, a twin-born daughter of Batman out of a Youngun daughter. She sold in-lamb to Hope Valley Dazzler and with an index in the top 10% of the breed when bought by previous buyer Rob Evans.
Second at 8000gns was George Howie’s HAK1901422 from the Knock pen. This Knock Banker daughter is out of a dam by Glenside Razzle Dazzle and is in-lamb to Castlecairn Diamond Vision. She headed south to Co Durham with Geoff Teward, New View.
Next to make this money was a Garngour gimmer from Alan Clark, CJN1906243. This one is by the former sire of the year Knock Bantastic and iout of a dam by Knock Yardsman which was first as a lamb at the Royal Highland and resertve champion at the Great Yorkshire.
She has an index in the top 10% and sold carrying to Procters Chumba Wumba when bought in a shared deal by Kerr Jarvie, Duncryne and Cammie Gauld, Cairnam.
And it was back to the Procters pen for the final 8000gns call in the form of PFD1903197. This Batman daughter is out of a Younggun dam and sold scanned a single to Llyfni Droog. Buying her was David Morrison, Dalwyne.
At 7500gns was a Teiglum gimmer from Andrew Clark, CFT1906388. She’s another by Bantastic and out of a Knock Yardsman daughter. Carrying to Chumba Wumba, she sold to Archie and John MacGregor, Allanfauld.
Close to at 7000gns was GGH1909023 from Gordon Gray, with this Midcombe Brigadier daughter being out of an Ettrick Yager Bomb daughter and in-lamb to Claybury Dunkirk. She was bought by David Morrison, Dalwyne.
Averages; Auldhouseburn five gimmers £12,180, Garngour, Clarks and Teiglum 12 gimmers £3596.25, Craighead four gimmers £1299.37, Ettrick and Tima nine gimmers £5670, Knock seven gimmers £3697, Boghouse seven gimmers £945, Cambwell 13 gimmers £1768, Grougfoot 11 gimmers £1121.59, Procters six gimmers £13,685, Usk Vale five gimmers £2268, Watchknowe nine gimmers £519 (Lawrie and Symington).
