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An entry of 710 Bluefaced Leicesters went under the hammer at the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian supported sale at Hawes with ram lambs averaging 2,373, just less than 40 up on last years record breaking sale.

The breed record for a Badger Face Welsh Mountain was smashed five times at Brecon.

The 19,434 gimmer lambs on offer at the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian supported North of England Mule Sheep Association show and sale at Hawes averaged 122.35, down 7.69 on the year.

Trade peaked at 52,000 with a record average of 999.39, up 29.30 on the year and an 81.12 per cent clearance rate for the 3626 rams sold at Kelso, achieving a turnover of 3,623,799.

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THE online sale of working sheep dogs hosted by ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Marts, R.G. Jones, Dolgellau, topped at 25,500 setting what is thought to be a new record for a male dog.

Having set a new breed record for the Kerry Hill breed last year, the Owens family of John, Philippa and daughters Hannah and Ellie, topped that this time at Ludlow when selling a shearling ram for 10,500gns.

It was the Charollais champion, a shearling ewe from Ben and Gemma Hinton’s Furrow Hill flock, Silverstone, which claimed the inter-breed title at Bucks Co Show.

Two new records were set at the Blue Texel Northern Supreme sale at Carlisle with a new breed record of 30,000gn paid for the shearling ram, Sunnybank Fergus from Henry Jewitt, Barnard Castle.

A new breed record of 28,000gns was set at the Dutch Spotted Sheep UK Society show and sale at Carlisle for the male and overall champion, Diamond Fireball, a ram lamb from Emma and Allen Shortt, Co Tyrone.