Texels have doiminated the prime sheep trade again in the last week, with cull ewes in particular setting new highs at many markets in the run up to Ramadam which is expected to run from 2nd April to 1st May.
At Longtown on Thursday Texel ewes peaked at £305 apiece, with others at £302 and cull rams reaching a top of £262 a head.
Prime hoggets, while in the main lacking the shine of earlier in the season, have still attracted strong money for the best, with Texels again at the sharp end, selling to £170/head, with more at £162 and £150 at Longtown.
Further north at United Auctions, Stirling, cull ewes rose to £282 for best quality Texels, while others sold to £260 and £238.
Here the hogget trade saw Texels hitting £158 twice and selling to a high of 351p/kg, while cull rams reached £240.
And at Melton Mowbray Texels again drove the cull ewe trade, hitting £230 a head for the best, with others trading at just shy of £200 too.
Meanwhile, Lanark saw cull ewes hitting £268 apiece, with others at £256 a head, twice.
