For all Beltex Sheep Society enquiries please contact secretary:
Barbara Huddleston,
Beltex Sheep Society,
Lane Farmhouse, Crooklands,
Milnthorpe,
Cumbria, LA7 7NH
T/F: 015395 67973
M: 07918 638197
E: beltex.sheep@beltex.co.uk
©Beltex Sheep Society 2020
A busy few days of sales starts at Dungannon tomorrow where the entry of 24 will go under the hammer at 12noon #sheepshopping
Did somebody order (what looks very much like) a Beltex on room service??
Sheep baffles staff after being spotted ‘waiting for lift’ at Premier Inn's Holyhead hotel
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A SHEEP stunned staff at a hotel in Wales after it was spotted apparently waiting for the hotel lift.Hot off the Press - Beltex Calendars for 2021 (A3 size) Diary dates already noted ie "Birth Notifications due" and space to add your own special events. £10.00 plus £3.00 p&p or email society on beltex.sheep@btconnect.com to pre-order and Kayley will take to the following sales: Worcester - Sat 4th Dec, Welshpool - Mon 7th Dec and Carlisle - Fri 11th Dec.
William and David Moir claimed the championship at the Christmas show and sale at Huntly and took the top price outwith the show 🏆🏵Huntly, United Auctions held their annual Christmas Show & Sale of 2608 prime sheep on Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Judging proceedings this year lay in the capable hands of Mr AJ Jamieson of AJ Jamieson Butchers, Fochabers. Another outstanding turn out of quality sheep were presented to our Judge who had the unenvious task of trying to place them. After much deliberation our Judge awarded the champion ticket to show scene regulars W&D Moir, Newmil of Rathen, Fraserburgh. This home-bred pen of 3 BeltexX’s scaled 48kg and realising £210 or 437p per kg to regular Huntly Christmas Show purchasers Forbes Raeburn, Butchers, Huntly. Our judge then awarded the Reserve Champion ticket to a pen of TexelX lambs from regular consignor W Stephen, Balquindachy, Turriff. Another home-bred pen scaling 58kg realised £155 being knocked dawn to the Judge Mr AJ Jamieson, Butchers, Fochabers and S A Mackie Butchers, Fochabers.
The inaugural Christmas Show of cull ewes saw the champion ticket awarded to single Texel ewe from W&C Ingram, Logie Durno, Pitcaple which realised £170 being knocked down to the judge Mr Colin Simpson, Insch.
Texel
1st Balquindachy 58kg £155
2nd Hilton of Culsh 53.6kg £114
3rd Brae Edge 50.6kg £98
Beltex
1st Newmill of Rathen 48kg £210
2nd Sheep Park 49kg £115 to John Stewart Butchers, Banff
3rd Lythebrae 39.3kg £104
Suffolk
1st Hilton of Culsh 54.6kg £107
2nd Chapelpark 59kg £101
3rd Chapelpark 56.3kg £99
Mule
1st Hillhead of Mornish 45kg £95
2nd Dualts 57.6kg £106
3rd Allaloth 47kg £93
Blackface
1st Hillhead of Mornish 45.6kg £93.50
2nd Auchnascraw 48.6kg £94.50
3rd Hillhead of Mornish 46.6kg £93.50
New Season Lambs (1979) averaged 203p and sold to 274ppkg for 41.6kg Beltex from Newmill of Rathen, Fraserburgh and to £114 gross for 41.6kg Beltex from Newmill of Rathen, Fraserburgh.
Out with the show a grand show of lambs was forward however plenty of weight was around again. Export sorts were in seriously short supply and many more could have been sold. In the ewe ring a lot of BF and Mule type ewes were forward today. All classes were privy to a rise in values and heavy sorts were in seriously short of requirements yet again.
Leading prices per head and per kg
NSL: Suff – £103 Mains of Tillymorgan, 238p Greenland Mains; SufX - £102.50 Newton of Haddo, 223p Holly Cottage; Tex - £110 Hilton of Culsh, 224p Allaloth; TexX - £109 Balquindachy/Hilton of Culsh, 223p East Mey; Cont - £106 Hilton of Culsh, 235p Sheep Park/Greenland Mains; Chev - £102 Hilton of Culsh, 215p East Mey; Mule _ £96 Dualts, 210p Hillhead of Mornsih; BF - £93, 248p Croft of Clune; Bel - £114 Newmill of Rathen, 265p Lythebrae; Ch/M - £102 Brideswells, 218p Hilton of Culsh; Lleyn – £104 Inverlochy, 220p East Murkle/Greenland Mains; Char - £103 Allaloth, 258p Logie Durno; CharX - £102.50 Newton of Haddo, 237p Logie Durno; BDM - £108 Craiglewie, 231p Sheep Park
EWES (629) – Suf – £123 Logie Durno; SufX - £119 Tillyminate; Tex - £146 Logie Durno; TexX - £141 Tillyminate; Cont - £132 Logie Durno; Chev - £111 Dwarwick; Mule - £99 Allaloth; GF - £98 Newton of Haddo; BF - £79 Hillhead of Mornish, £76 Ryeriggs (Moir), £70 Auchnerran; Cross - £110 Laighmuir; CHM - £107 Tillyminate; Swale - £69 Croft of Clune; Char - £113 Logie Durno; HillChev - £87 Balavil Est
Beltex lambs led the Christmas show at Melton Mowbray today, well done to the Geary Family and the Morris Family 🏆🏵
