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| Top price lambs £94
Midtodhills |
Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart P.L.C. had forward 3,927
head at their Annual Ewe Lamb Sale.
All lambs forward were extremely well presented, and a credit to
their owners. Mule Ewe Lambs sold to a top of £94.00 for a
wonderful pen from Messrs J.T. James, Midtodhills, with an overall
average of £55.71.
Cheviot Mule Ewe Lambs also attracted keen interest selling to
£70 from Messrs R. & T. Dun, Gilston, levelling at £53.68.
Texel crosses saw best sorts in demand to £70 from T. Carruthers,
Peela Hill.
Blackfaces sold to £40 from Dunblane with Suffolk crosses
to £40 from Commonside.
Prior to the sale a show sponsored by the Skelton Horticultural
& Agricultural Show Society was judged by Messrs Lane, Raeburnhead,
whose awards were as follows:-
Pen of 20 Greyface Ewe Lambs (ex Blackface)
1st prize – A. Carruthers & Sons, Peela Hill - £73
2nd prize – L. & H. Kennedy, Barron House - £66
3rd prize – R. & M. Carruthers, The Pike - £70
Pen of 20 Greyface Ewe Lambs (ex Swaledale)
1st prize – W.M. & C. Wallace, Gapshield - £84
2nd prize – Messrs J.T. James, Midtodhills - £94
3rd prize – W.M. & C. Wallace, Gapshield - £72
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| photo Jean James |
CHAMPION PEN – W.M. & C. Wallace, Gapshields - £84
OTHER LEADING PRICES:-
Mule Ewe Lambs
£78 Midtodhills; £69 Allensgreen; £68 Midtodhills,
Gapshield; £67 Midtodhills; £66 Midtodhills, Allensgreen,
Peela Hill; £65 Peela Hill, Greensburn, Showden Close, The
Row; £64 Midtodhills; £63 Stockasteads; £62 Allensgreen,
Gapshield, Snowden Close, Hole of Lyne; £61 Midtodhills, High
House; £60 Baron House, Snowden Close, Stockasteads, Hole
of Lyne, Bankshead, Bateyshield; £59 Baron House, Gapshield,
Snowden Close, Stockasteads, Hole of Lyne, Bankshead, The Pike,
Greenside Lodge; £58 Hole of Lyne, The Pike, Settereth Park;
£57 Peela Hill. Greensburn, The Pike, Rotherhope; £56
The Row, High House, Townfoot (Rutter), Bayldon; £55 The Row,
High House, Barkbeth; £54 Bankshead; £53 Bush of Ewes.
Cheviot Mule Ewe Lambs
£67, £66 Barnglies, £55 Milsington.
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