Kelso tup sales

[Northeastfarmer]

Never been in my life

 

[Nithsdale]

Not been for 2 years but for years before you could only drive on.late in day for, I believe, health & safety reasons. Most people followed the rules at least until sale finished as far as I could see as always long wait for taxi.
Doesn't matter to me now as would never go back there for a tup after 40 years of attending.

That was the old free for all where you could drive up between the tents etc. You can't do that and haven't been able to for since about 2004...


But you can still park in the car park across the road. Buy a tup at 11am, get it paid for straight away then go get your jeep and drive in. Just say to the guys on the gate and stick to the outer tar road, drive to the tent your tup is in and load at the 'loading bay' at the outside end of the tent (opposite end from the ring). I've done it many times

 

[Gedd]

Never been in my life

Likewise

 

[andybk]

squeeky bum time , all the feed the potential kelso rams will be burning through atm , i cant see how hereford or lanark is going to be any safer than a huge show field , did i read will be held over numerous days for different breeds ?

 

[neilo]

squeeky bum time , all the feed the potential kelso rams will be burning through atm , i cant see how hereford or lanark is going to be any safer than a huge show field , did i read will be held over numerous days for different breeds ?

Builth’s not been in a field for a few years now so, as far as distancing is concerned, Hereford mart need be no different to holding it at Builth, apart from the expensive venue rent of course.
I guess Kelso doesn’t normally have those high site rental costs though.

 

[neilo]

Never been in my life

You should do so at least once, assuming it gets going again, if only for the experience. Heading up the day before, booking a B&B, then spending the evening/night/early hours in Kelso town is a real eye opener, if only to savour the craic, and to witness the obscene amounts of feed some pens take along for a 24 hour stay.? I had never seen such big heaps of cabbages before, which were mostly cleared up by the time the majority of buyers arrived of course.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

I said months ago, Kelso wouldn't happen, but any tup sale is going to be difficult, hundreds of folk milling about, very difficult to manage. Unless lanark etc have more sale days.

 

[Bury the Trash]

I was only wondering at the weekend, whether or not it'd go ahead - and how they'd manage it, if it did.

I presume the individual markets will sell the rams farm to farm, or hold sales, themselves...


Just confirming more that I did the right thing keeping some select tup lambs entire. I'm not needing to buy anything in this year.

Same I just happen to have kept a few Shedders from last yr will use on anything not related , cant beat sheep that are used to the land you farm and management.

 

[Nithsdale]

Same I just happen to have kept a few Shedders from last yr will use on anything not related , cant beat sheep that are used to the land you farm and management.

I've bred 3 pure Texel tups this year and I've 3 pure Lleyns and another 2 or 3 NCCxLleyn lambs running too... along with 2 homebred Texel shearlings and a NCCxLleyn shearling.

15 adult rams and maybe 9 lambs for 600 ewes
I'm seriously over tupped. But I can afford to be hard and kill anything I don't like

 

[Bury the Trash]

I've bred 3 pure Texel tups this year and I've 3 pure Lleyns and another 2 or 3 NCCxLleyn lambs running too... along with 2 homebred Texel shearlings and a NCCxLleyn shearling.

15 adult rams and maybe 9 lambs for 600 ewes
I'm seriously over tupped. But I can afford to be hard and kill anything I don't like

Yeah Ideal, to have spare capacity.

 

[andybk]

I've bred 3 pure Texel tups this year and I've 3 pure Lleyns and another 2 or 3 NCCxLleyn lambs running too... along with 2 homebred Texel shearlings and a NCCxLleyn shearling.

15 adult rams and maybe 9 lambs for 600 ewes
I'm seriously over tupped. But I can afford to be hard and kill anything I don't like

what about your suffolks ?

 

[Nithsdale]

what about your suffolks ?

Her lamb died. Try again next year

 

[neilo]

Her lamb died. Try again next year

Lucky escape??

Didn’t you have some Suffolk rams already, or have they gone too?

 

[Nithsdale]

Lucky escape??

Didn’t you have some Suffolk rams already, or have they gone too?

Still got the 2 tups. 3 shear and 4 shear now

She had a SufTex (was always the plan!). Cracking lamb but wasn't to be this time. Sh*t happens as they say.

 

[ISCO]

You should do so at least once, assuming it gets going again, if only for the experience. Heading up the day before, booking a B&B, then spending the evening/night/early hours in Kelso town is a real eye opener, if only to savour the craic, and to witness the obscene amounts of feed some pens take along for a 24 hour stay.? I had never seen such big heaps of cabbages before, which were mostly cleared up by the time the majority of buyers arrived of course.

I really enjoyed the day at Kelso on a lovely Autumn morning, the drive up A68 and across to Kelso was stunning. Never went the night before so seems like I missed out there.
The tups on the other hand I do not miss at all, the last few years we went couldn't get them to live past 2 shear. Far too much feed and bought one that died with OPA.