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Kelso report
Right from the ring of the bell starting the Kelso ram sales friday, there was a mood of optimism. This translated into increased prices and high clearance rates.
Some 4,516 rams changed hands at an average of £569.50, a rise of £50 per head on 12 months ago. Some £2.811 million changed hands, an increase of £500,000 on last year. Making his first ever visit to the sale, cabinet secretary Richard Lochhead declared himself to be “gobsmacked” by the spectacle of the event. After spending three hours going around the sale, he described the mood as “buoyant”.
The good prices were very welcome, he said, especially as it came after a very severe winter where the sheep industry had lost stock and where feed costs had rocketed.
The top trade of the day was a £10,000 bid for a Texel shearling from Peter and Lynn Gray, Scrogtonhead, Galston. This was the second year in succession they have topped this massive sale. This year, the joint buyers of the shearling were Jack Arnott, Haymount, Kelso, and the Campbell family, Thrunton, Alnwick. The second top Texel price saw Douganhill farms, Castle Douglas, take a £7,000 bid from Fraser Beard, Dormsteads, Carlisle, to help their average for 20 shearlings sold to £1,235. Read More …
Drinkstone rammen
Tijdens mijn bezoek afgelopen weekend aan Schotland ben ik ook nog even op bezoek geweest bij Arnold en John Park om mijn ram Y68:N11 te bekijken die daar dit jaar is ingezet voorde fokkerij. Arnold gaf me een video die hij heeft laten maken van zijn jaarling rammen. Oordeel zelf.
Kelso 2009
Op 11 september 2009 vond de jaarlijkse rammen veiling in Kelso (Schotland) plaats. In totaal zijn er 4624 rammen geveild, waaronder veel suffolks. Ik probeer ieder jaar wel even te gaan kijken. Het is een fantastisch festijn en je spreekt er altijd een hoop bekenden. Hoewel het weer erge verleidelijk was om wat te kopen, heb ik geen dieren gekocht. Wel was het goed te zien dat er voor dieren met hogere indexen duidelijk een goede markt was! Dat is ook mijn indruk op de Nederlandse markt. Dit jaar verkochten wij immers ook super goed en de aanvragen voor volgend jaar stromen al binnen.
Hierbij de video die ik maakte van de Kelso Ram Sales 2009
Kelso tup sales in het kort
Top call at Friday’s Kelso tup sales was a £12,000 bid for a Texel from Peter and Lynn Gray, Galston. It sold to Angus Kennedy, Mitchelhill and the Carruther family, Silloan.
Next best was a Bluefaced Leicster at £10,000. This one was from first time Kelso vendors John and George Browell, Hexham. Their champion from the pre-sale show is by a Firth tup and sold to John Kerr, Maybole.
Then at £8000 was the best Suffolk of the day from Robbie Wilson, Turriff. This was a son of Strahbeg Stan the Man and sold to Niall Walsh Co Laois, Eire.
Shearling averages; 57 Beltex £573.86, four Berrichon du Cher £430, 517 Bluefaced Leicester £677.21, 44 Border Leicester £599.09, 238 Charollais £446.34, four Dutch Texel £510, 17 Hampshire Down £304.71, 68 Lleyn £434.41, 10 Bleu du Maine £455, 66 North Country Cheviot £422.42, 10 Oxford Down £249, 499 Suffolk £569.50, 1187 Texel £608.58, six Vendeen £511.67.
Lamb averages; three Beltex £840, nine Berrrichon du Cher £283.33, 23 Bluefaced Leicester £517.39, 44 Charollais £371.82, 328 Suffolk £477.61, 91 Texel £373.63.
That’s all I’ve got for now, but more will hopefully follow later….