Albert and George Howie’s Knock pen was the one to be seen in at Saturday’s Select Seven Sale, Lanark, with three of the top four prices all coming from this consignment.
Heading up the price list at 20,000gns on a day which saw a 91% clearance rate was HAK1801328 from the Howies, with this being an Allanfauld Am The Man daughter out of a dam by Tophill Wall St and in-lamb to Sportsmans Chieftan. She was bought by Alan Blackwood, Auldhouseburn.
Second best at 15,000gns was another from the same home and heading to the same buyer. This was HAK1801319, another by Am The Man and this time out of a Sportsmans Supreme daughter. She was again carrying to Sportsmans Chieftan.
Then came the top from Messrs Cullen’s Craighead pen, CMC1801761, a Hartside All Star daughter out of a dam by Tullagh Saracen. Sold carrying to the homebred Craighead Crusader, she was knocked down to Myfyr Evans, Rhaeadr, at 13,000gns.
The Howies then took 11,000gns for another by Am The Man, HAK1801282. She’s out of a dam by Tophill Wall St and aain sold carrying to Sportsmans Chieftan. This one was shared by Archie and John MacGregor, Allanfauld and Stuart Barclay, Harestone.
The Clark family then took 7000gns for one from the Teiglum flock. This was CFT1805749, an Ettrick Yom Kippur daughter out of a dam by Teiglum Windfall, herself a full sister to the 70,000gns Teiglum Younggun. This gimmer, a full sister to Teiglum Braveheart, sold in-lamb to Procters Chumba Wumba and with an index in the top 10% of the breed. Buying her was David Morrison, Dalwyne.
The Morgan family, Blaencar, Sennybridge, then spent 6500gns on another Knock gimmer, HAK1801287, an ET bred Allanfauld Am The Man daughter out of a dam by Tophill Wall St and again in-lamb to Sportsmans Chieftan.
At 5500gns Alan Blackwood, Auldhouseburn, sold his best of the day, with this being BYZ1820648, a daughter of the 125,000gns Sportsmans A Star and out of a dam by Garngour Vodka. She sold carrying to the homebred Auldhouseburn Corky and was bought by the Carmavy flock of the McCollam family, Northern Ireland.
Gordon Gray, Ettrick, then took 5000gns for a gimmer by Hartside All Stat and out of a dam by Sportsmans Unimog. This one, GGH1808131 sold in-lamb to Brackenridge Commander and was bought by David MacArthur, Biggar, for the Daer flock.
Two then sold at 4000gns, with the first of these being another from the Knock pen, HAK1801285. Sired by Allanfauld Am The Man, she is out of a dam by Garngour Vintage and sold in-lamb to Garngour Alabama. This one was the pick of Hartside Farms, Biggar.
The other to make this money was PFD1802378 from the Procters Farm pen. This daughter of Milnbank American Sniper is out of a dam by Llangwm Wario and sold in-lamb to the 100,000gns Sportsmans Batman and with an index in the top 5% of the breed. This one sold to the Campbell family for the Cowal flock, Argyll.
Just shy of that at 3800gns was one from the Clarks’ Garngour flock, CJN1805575. Sired by Ettrick Yon Kippur and out of a Knock Yardsman-sired dam she was offered in-lamb to Procters Chumba Wumba and with an index in the top 10% of the breed. Buying this one was Archie Hamilton, Smyllum.
Two then changed hands at 3500gns, with the first being an Auldhouseburn gimmer from Alan Blackwood. This was BYZ1820779, a Sportsmans A Star daughter out of a dam by Clinterty Yuga Khan. She sold in-lamb to Auldhouseburn Crackpot and heads across the water to Gary Beacom’s Lakeview flock.
And matching this price was one from Teiglum, CFT1805752. Sired by Ettrick Yon Kippur and out of a Knock Yardsman dam, she is in-lamb to Craighead Crusader and was bought by Ruaridh and Isla Graham for the Craigdarroch flock.
Averages; 69 gimmers £2344.65, five ewe lambs £1344 (Lawrie and Symington).
