A Blackface ram lamb from Auldhouseburn by Muirkirk in Ayrshire sold for £150,000 on Friday at Lanark. The lamb went to Crossflatt and High Staward, with a third share retained. The lamb was just £10,000 short of the current breed record of £160,000, which was paid for his father from Elmscleugh by Dunbar.
Overall, 152 lambs sold to average £5075.
Leading prices and buyers
£150,000 – Auldhouseburn (by £160,000 Elmscleugh) to Crossflatt and High Staward (third share retained).
£38,000 – Crossflatt (by £32,000 Dalchirla) to Dalwyne, Crammie and Lurgan
£35,000 – Crossflatt (by a 7,000gns McCurdy tup) to Auldhouseburn and Hartside.
£35,000 – Auldhouseburn (by £160,000 Elmscleugh) to Messrs Harkin, Devine and Grant, NI.
Yesterday Alastair and David MacArthur of Nunnerie at Elvanfoot, sold a shearling tup for £100,000 to Iain Campbell, Glenrath, Peeble.
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Irish judge taps forward Ampertaine bull as champion in Carlisle
A Blackface ram lamb from Auldhouseburn by Muirkirk in Ayrshire sold for £150,000 on Friday at Lanark. The lamb went to Crossflatt and High Staward, with a third share retained. The lamb was just £10,000 short of the current breed record of £160,000, which was paid for his father from Elmscleugh by Dunbar.
Overall, 152 lambs sold to average £5075.
Leading prices and buyers
£150,000 – Auldhouseburn (by £160,000 Elmscleugh) to Crossflatt and High Staward (third share retained).
£38,000 – Crossflatt (by £32,000 Dalchirla) to Dalwyne, Crammie and Lurgan
£35,000 – Crossflatt (by a 7,000gns McCurdy tup) to Auldhouseburn and Hartside.
£35,000 – Auldhouseburn (by £160,000 Elmscleugh) to Messrs Harkin, Devine and Grant, NI.
Yesterday Alastair and David MacArthur of Nunnerie at Elvanfoot, sold a shearling tup for £100,000 to Iain Campbell, Glenrath, Peeble.
Read more
Irish judge taps forward Ampertaine bull as champion in Carlisle
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