Greythundercloudys
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First big texel sale tomorrow, anyone going and l wonder if there will be a 200 grand+ tup lmb. Archie will be giving his voice arrest today.
Who is of to lanark tomorrow.
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The commercial trade was reasonable enough I thought, but in the absence of any real buying power from the Irish I think lambs in the lower end of the 'breeders market' didn't make as much as they normally would. Was definately a quiet enough atmosphere and the auctioneers seemed to have to work harder than normal. Clearance rate should still have been decent enough.
My picks were Midlock at £5200, Garngour at £10k and Ettrick at £17k.
Sportsmans/AHB/Proctors lambs weren't for me. I was amazed at some of the (mainly young/newish) breeders pushing lambs into the £10s of thousands, when they were getting £350-500 for their own. Absolute lunatics. I wouldn't fancy the paying the fees on their finance arrangements
. Definitely a lot of ego massaging going on.That’s the “Magic of the Roundabout”….The commercial trade was reasonable enough I thought, but in the absence of any real buying power from the Irish I think lambs in the lower end of the 'breeders market' didn't make as much as they normally would. Was definately a quiet enough atmosphere and the auctioneers seemed to have to work harder than normal. Clearance rate should still have been decent enough.
My picks were Midlock at £5200, Garngour at £10k and Ettrick at £17k.
Sportsmans/AHB/Proctors lambs weren't for me. I was amazed at some of the (mainly young/newish) breeders pushing lambs into the £10s of thousands, when they were getting £350-500 for their own. Absolute lunatics. I wouldn't fancy the paying the fees on their finance arrangements
Greythundercloudys
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It did seem kinda quiet in the ring l just watched abit on the camera.
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I watched Cammy from the sheep games video of it. I wasn’t convinced the sportsman’s lamb could walk the length of himself, but hey ho. The merry go round has started spinning for another year !
bobajob
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It's a bit of a nonsense headline though isn't it.
The breeder retained a half share in it. So it 'only' made 50k
The breeder retained a half share in it. So it 'only' made 50k
It`s a personal view but to my mind they either want to sell it or they don`t - this "retaining a part share" thing always makes me wonder what an animal would have made without this type of "arrangement" in place. The big price always looks very impressive though...
Went for just a sweeper. Got a tidy one cheap. Happy enough.
Overall impression was of a lot of huge lambs with slack coats. Given the prices some of them made to big consortia, possibly due to limited choice, this may become a trend not a blip.
Overall impression was of a lot of huge lambs with slack coats. Given the prices some of them made to big consortia, possibly due to limited choice, this may become a trend not a blip.