RIBBLE Valley father and son, Richard and Mark Ireland, Heys Farm, Whalley, are currently firing on all cylinders with their top-notch prime lambs, when, and for the second consecutive month, consigning both the champion and reserve champion pens of five at CCM Skipton Auction Mart’s October show and sale. (Mon, Oct 7)They again clinched leading honours with lambs by home-bred Shamrock Beltex rams themselves sired by the prolific Scottish-bred Clary Fantastic. The 43kg victors, out of Texel-cross ewes, sold at £172 per head, the 47kg reserves, out of Rouge-cross-Texel ewes, at £160 to Halifax wholesalers J&E Medcalf. The horned show class was won by a 38kg Dalesbred pen from Nidderdales’s Keith Verity, Lofthouse, selling at £97 each and again to the Calderdale Medcalfs. In addition, the ‘live’ Autumn sale of working sheepdogs attracted a catalogue entry of 39, comprising 26 fully-broken field-run dogs and 13 in the unbroken pen.

Source: The Herald October 09, 2024 14:59 UTC