Harrison & Heatherington Livestock auctions Carlisle hosted an online pedigree sheep sale late last month with entries from across the UK and Northern Ireland for a number of breeds.
One breed which garnered a lot of attention was the Blue Texel, proving to be in high demand throughout the sale. Most of the top lots in the section came from Northern Irish breeders, who led the way in the shearling ewe, ram lamb and ewe lamb sections.
Topping the sale were A and J Carson with their shearling ewe Fyfin Blue Diamond, a Hackney Xrated daughter bred off the 2019 reserve Balmoral champion imported ewe from Koen Ryckaert. This powerful ewe sold for £5,400 to establish a new flock for D and R McFarland in Co Tyrone.
Next best was Derg Emerald from Samantha Allen and Allen Shortt. Topping the ewe lamb section, she sold for £3,800, again to D and R McFarland. This February 2020 ET lamb is by the flock’s jointly owned stock sire Saltire Blue Derek and out of a homebred ewe, Derg Beyonce, that previously bred ewe lambs to 2,700gns and 1,600gns in 2019.
Derg Emerald who sold for £3,800. \ Alfie Shaw
Ewe lamb Matts Ella was next in the money from Matthew Burleigh, Co Fermanagh, selling for £2,500 to David Roberts, Shrewsbury. This was the first offering of lambs from the recently established Matts flock. Another lamb sired by jointly owned Saltire Blue Derek, she was out of last year’s purchase Derg Cindy, a full-sister to Derg Churchill, the top-priced ram lamb at Dungannon in 2018 when he sold for 3,100gns.
The Carsons then sold Little Whisker Enya for £2,250. This ewe lamb was sired by Hackney All Gold, the record-priced aged ram which sold for 6,000gns, and out of Little Whisker Corra, the reserve champion at the NI National Show 2019. Purchasers were D and R McFarland.
Little Whisker Debbie was next best selling for £2,200 to CJ’s Blue Texels, owned by C and G McDowell Leicestershire. This shearling gimmer was sired by stock ram Pistyll Arfon and of an imported ewe.
Topping the ram lamb section was Derg Excalibur from Samantha Allen and Allen Shortt, selling for £1,700.
Sired by Saltire Blue, Derek he is out of the homebred Derg Beyonce and finds a home in Sussex with the pedigree flock of Mark Collinson.
Harrison & Heatherington Livestock auctions Carlisle hosted an online pedigree sheep sale late last month with entries from across the UK and Northern Ireland for a number of breeds.
One breed which garnered a lot of attention was the Blue Texel, proving to be in high demand throughout the sale. Most of the top lots in the section came from Northern Irish breeders, who led the way in the shearling ewe, ram lamb and ewe lamb sections.
Topping the sale were A and J Carson with their shearling ewe Fyfin Blue Diamond, a Hackney Xrated daughter bred off the 2019 reserve Balmoral champion imported ewe from Koen Ryckaert. This powerful ewe sold for £5,400 to establish a new flock for D and R McFarland in Co Tyrone.
Next best was Derg Emerald from Samantha Allen and Allen Shortt. Topping the ewe lamb section, she sold for £3,800, again to D and R McFarland. This February 2020 ET lamb is by the flock’s jointly owned stock sire Saltire Blue Derek and out of a homebred ewe, Derg Beyonce, that previously bred ewe lambs to 2,700gns and 1,600gns in 2019.
Derg Emerald who sold for £3,800. \ Alfie Shaw
Ewe lamb Matts Ella was next in the money from Matthew Burleigh, Co Fermanagh, selling for £2,500 to David Roberts, Shrewsbury. This was the first offering of lambs from the recently established Matts flock. Another lamb sired by jointly owned Saltire Blue Derek, she was out of last year’s purchase Derg Cindy, a full-sister to Derg Churchill, the top-priced ram lamb at Dungannon in 2018 when he sold for 3,100gns.
The Carsons then sold Little Whisker Enya for £2,250. This ewe lamb was sired by Hackney All Gold, the record-priced aged ram which sold for 6,000gns, and out of Little Whisker Corra, the reserve champion at the NI National Show 2019. Purchasers were D and R McFarland.
Little Whisker Debbie was next best selling for £2,200 to CJ’s Blue Texels, owned by C and G McDowell Leicestershire. This shearling gimmer was sired by stock ram Pistyll Arfon and of an imported ewe.
Topping the ram lamb section was Derg Excalibur from Samantha Allen and Allen Shortt, selling for £1,700.
Sired by Saltire Blue, Derek he is out of the homebred Derg Beyonce and finds a home in Sussex with the pedigree flock of Mark Collinson.
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