At Lawrie and Symington’s annual show and sale of Beltex-sired lambs on Monday, 11 November, it was the winning pen in the Beltex cross any other breed 43kg and under from A & D Murray, Calton, that went on to
READ FULL STORYHexham Mart Beltex x Store Lambs – 10 August 2018 Judging this tremendous show of lambs this year was Mr K Harryman, Keskdale who placed M/s CA&JG Skidmore, Needless Hall first in the Other Continental class and Overall Champions. This
READ FULL STORYEarly wedding present for farming couple at Skipton Beltex show There was an early wedding present for soon-to-be-married farming partners Ian Moorhouse and Laura Hammond when they secured first prize in the annual Beltex-cross lambs show at Skipton Auction Mart.
READ FULL STORYBuyers travelled to Hopes Auction Wigton to secure Beltex commercial shearling gimmers. The trade exceeded expectations for an excellent selection of Beltex x shearling gimmers, the champion pen making £300 per head with the reserve champion pen at £250 per
READ FULL STORYButchers prefer to buy Beltex Lambs which means that consumers are guaranteed a consistent product Due to the high heritability of the double muscling traits of the breed Beltex rams have the ability to pass these characteristics on to commercial
READ FULL STORYHarrisons Butchers Wigton use Beltex Lamb to meet customers requirements Paul Harrison of Harrison butchers Wigton uses Beltex x carcasses to meet customers requirements – Paul said “our customers really appreciate the texture and flavour of the Beltex lamb we
READ FULL STORYThe Beltex Sheep Society has a membership of 800 and continues to grow – the society deals with registrations and promotes the breed with the production of a year book and members directory. Social media is used to promote the
READ FULL STORYHoggs with Beltex sired lambs at NSA Scotsheep 2018 held on 30th May, at Kings Arms Farm, Ballantrae. Beltex Society Chairman John Harbinson commented “the sheep on the farm were outstanding and it was particularly pleasing to see an exceptional
READ FULL STORYBeltex Hoggs lead the trade at Hopes Auction Wigton on March 6th 2018
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The Scottish sale season continues at Stirling on super Saturday (phew, try saying that seven times in a row).
The offering of 55 will take to the sale ring at 10am, please make sure you wear your face covering and abide by UA’s covid guidelines.
Thanks to the MacGregor team for today’s photos at Lanark, check ‘em out 👀
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A steady trade peaked at 4500gns at the Beltex Scotland sale at Lanark. Overall, 118 shearling rams averaged £704.03; 25 ram lambs levelled at £1068.90 and 22 gimmers averaged out at £667.70. Below...Beltex x lambs from Shap Abbey a fantastic trade - 682 lambs averaged £117.63 per head at Hopes Auction Wigton today 16 September 2020 (Red Circle) Beltex wether store lambs selling to £136 and (Blue Circle) are a run of gimmer lambs selling to £155.
The whole run of 682 lambs averaging £117.63 per head
💥 Lanark leading prices 💥
Shearling Ewes
513, K O’Connor, Kenny’s Extra Special ET, 1550gns
512, K O’Connor, Kenny’s Elegant ET, 1450gns
Ram Lambs
504, JL McMillan, Clary Fly-Guy ET, 1100gns
503, JW Cowan, Brickrow Flyer ET, 1100gns
496, T & A Taylor, Heatheryhall Famous Grouse ET, 4500gns
487, RH Black, Collessie Foreman Eat, 1350gns
467, S & J Hammond, Tullylaggan Ferrari ET, 1200gns
466, S & J Hammond, Tullylaggan Figo ET, 2200gns
Shearling Rams
444, B Ryder, Ryder Ezra ET, 2100gns
438, IA Wainwright, Todhall Eddie ET, 3200gns
431, T & A Taylor, Heatheryhall Extra ET, 2400gns
429, T & A Taylor, Heather Edmond, 1300gns
427, T & A Taylor, Heatheryhall Ezra, 1200gns
407, C Currie, Corbelly Electron, 1350gns
357, J & JM Cochrane, Cochrane’s Extreme, 1250gns
355, J Hamilton, Mid Shawtonhill Eclipse, 1450gns
324, G & L Carroll, Edendiack Eerie, 1250gns
314, A MacLean, Vicky’s Excaliber ET, 2000gns
Aged Rams
301, W Lennox, Osprey Candyman, 1600gns
After hump day at Ruthin it’s Thirsty Thursday at Lanark where 242 makes and females will be on offer at the Beltex Scotland sale which starts at 10.30am 🐑
