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THE Solway and Tyne Texel Breeders Club sale at Carlisle topped at 70,000gns for the second prize ram lamb and reserve overall champion, Bradleys Eubank.

Borderway Agri Expo organisers have announced that the best pair of Mule gimmer lamb class will be judged by Val Brown, Leyburn.

A new centre shearling ram record price of 32,000gns was set at the English National Texel sale at Worcester by the Williams family, Lampeter, with Caron Dynamite.

Texel gimmers peaked at 13,000gns at Lanark for Adrian Liggett’s Corbo flock, Omagh, Northern Ireland.

THE Scottish national sale of pedigree Texels at Lanark saw a top price of 100,000gns with 23 lambs trading at five figure prices.

Skiptons opening show and sale of gimmer shearlings saw 4,770 head sell to an overall all-breeds average of £177.43, well up on the previous years £152.05.

A new Valais Blacknose sheep record of 14,000gns was set at the society’s national show and sale at Carlisle for the reserve overall and male champion, Snowdonia Goliath.

The Thainstone Spectacular returned to its usual format at Thainstone where trade peaked at 5,200.

AVERAGES were up on the year across all sections at the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian supported Beltex Sheep Society’s premier sale at Carlisle.

Setting a new breed record of 1,350gns for an Oxford Down at Worcester was Vickie Jones, Lutterworth, with a shearling ram from her Billesdons flock.