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Ram sales Ram sales

Kelso Show and Sale

14th September 2018 | Judge: Raymond Dawson

Sponsor: Harbro

his was the third year of the Kelso Suffolk Show and a big › Lot 3661 Breed Champion and 1st › Lot 3640 top price ram lamb from J Douglas sold for £4,000 › Lot 3840 Ram Lamb from ML Evans sold for £2,400
Lamb Class from GL Stuart & Son
thank you to Harbro for sponsoring this year’s event. There sold for £1,200
Twas once again considerable interest on the eve of the sale
for the show.
Judge Raymond Dawson (Whinbrae Farm, Aberdeenshire) had a
challenge picking the winners with some excellent stock brought
forward in both the Shearling and Lamb classes. Congratulations to G
Stuart (Birness Flock) for winning the Breed Champion with his Ram
Lamb (Lot 3661). D Gilmour (Broomknowes Flock) was runner up in the
Ram Lamb Class and Reserve Breed Champion with Lot 3790. In the
Shearling Class, J Watson (Brijon Flock) lifted the first ticket for Lot
2985 and J & E Campbell (Rosebrough Flock) was reserve.

RESULTS
Breed Champion
Sale › Lot 2875 Shearling Ram from P Gray sold for £3,000 › Lot 3591 Ram Lamb from Gary Beacom sold for £2,800
GL Stuart & Son (Birness) Lot 3661 As the leading domestic terminal sire breed in the UK and

Reserve Breed Champion Ireland, the Suffolk breed has dominated the ram lamb sales at
Kelso in recent years and 2018 continues in this vein. Suffolks
D W M Gilmour (Broomeknowe) accounted for 53% of all lamb sales with 49% of the total lamb
prices. Top price in the lamb ring on the day was J G Douglas
Lamb Class (Cairness) getting £4,000 sold to Irish breeder Mr T Buck. Next
1st G L Stuart & Son (Birness) Lot 3661 was Gary Beacom with £2,800 for his Lakeview ram lamb. There
2nd D W M Gilmour (Broomeknowe) Lot 3790 were 212 suffolk lambs sold at an average of £521. Lilburn Estates
3rd R H Black (Collessie) Lot 3764 (Roseden) achieved the top average of £941 selling six rams with a
4th S Lathangie (Pyeston) Lot 3680 top price of £1,800.
In the shearling ring, A Gray & Sons (Langside) was the top
Shearling Class performer in Ring 8, clearing 13 sheep at an average of nearly
1st J Watson (Brijon) Lot 2985 £1,055 with a top price of £5,000. The MV registered shearlings
2nd J & E Campbell (Roseborough) Lot 2810 in ring 8 cleared 295 sheep with an average of £697. Ring 14,
3rd E A & L Jackson (Rugley) Lot 3135 which is for non MV accredited Suffolks, sold 452 shearlings at an
4th A Gray & Son (Langside) Lot 2954 average of £616. Continued on next page >>

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› Lot 2950 top price Shearling Ram from A Gray and Son sold for £5,000

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