Lanark Shearling Sale

LANARK SALE OF SHEARLING RAMS

Averages:

248 shearling rams, £3987.90 (+£1339.90 for 25 fewer sold).

A record-breaking average at Lanark’s bumper two-day sale of Blackface rams saw 248 shearlings level at £3987.90 on the first day of the sale which saw 81% of rams find new homes.

Not one but two lots sold for the top price of £80,000 with another 21 realising five-figure prices.

First of which was the pen leader from Willie and sons William and Quintin Dunlop, Elmscleugh, Dunbar. Fresh from their success at Stirling the previous week, they led the Lanark sale with a son of a £4000 Nunnerie – a purchase here at Lanark in 2023 – and out of a £24,000 Darchirla bred dam. He was marked down to the Campbell family, Glenrath, Peebles.

The Elmscleugh team saw their next shearling take home £14,000 when selling in a split to Malcolm Coubrough, Hartside, Lamington and James Wallace, Fingland, Dalry. For their money, they got a £14,000 Cuil son bred from a ewe by a £13,000 Loughash sire.

Matching the leading price at £80,000 was the pen leader from the Rochester based Dudlees flock from Steven Mackay and Jimmy Walton. Their sale leader is sired by an £11,000 Craigdarroch tup purchased at Lanark in 2023, and bred from a ewe by a £3000 Glenrath. He sold in a split shared between Allan and Ben Wight, Midlock, Crawford and the Campbell family at Glenrath.

Second top price from the Dudlees pen was their third shearling in the ring at £12,000. Another son of the Craigdarroch sire, he is out of a different ewe by the £3000 Glenrath. He was marked down to Angus Kennedy, Mitchellhill, Biggar.

Next in the money at £48,000 was the pen leader from Yarrow breeder Sam McClymont’s Tinnis flock. Sired by a £9000 Hartside, Lammermuir and out of a daughter by a £30,000 Dyke, he sold in a split between the Ramsay family, Milnmark and Malcom Coubrough,

Hartside, Lamington.

Top price for Allan and Ben Wight’s Midlock flock based at Crawford, Biggar went to £42,000 for a shearling by a £90,000 Darchirla and out of a ewe by a home-bred grandson of a £24,000 Connachan. He is headed to Muirkirk to join Hugh and Alan Blackwood’s Auldhouseburn flock.

At £40,000, Kilsyth’s Archie and John MacGregor were next with their pen leader from their Allanfauld flock. A son of the £48,000 Midlock bred sire Kolisi, this shearling is bred from a £200,000 Darchirla bred daughter. He was knocked down to the MacArthurs, Nunnerie, Elvanfoot; John and Iain Finlay, Blackcraig, Corsock and Sanny Blackwood, Greenside, Muirkirk.

The Glenrath team had to good day when their top shearling took home £35,000 selling to Alan McClymont, Kirkstead, Yarrow. For the money Mr McClymont got a son of a £4200 Elmscleugh sire and a £75,000 Darchirla bred ewe.

Also sired by the £4200 Elmscleugh, the Campbell’s next two top prices realised £28,000 and £17,000. First at £28,000 was bred from a £48,000 Blackhouse daughter and sold to John and Iain Renwick, Corsebank, Sanquhar. Next at £17,000 was a son of a £100,000 Nunnerie bred ewe, he went to Willie and Euan Bennie, Merkins, Gartocharn.

Leading price from Jimmy and Donald MacGregor’s Dyke flock, Milton of Campsie went to £30,000. Selling to Andrew Kay, Gass, Straiton this son of a home-bred £160,000 Dyke is bred from a £1500 Midlock daughter.

At £20,000, Alan McClymont, Kirkstead, Yarrow was next with a shearling by a £32,000 Dyke sire and out of £14,000 Glenrath bred dam. He sold to Stewart and Katherine McIntosh, Borthwickshiels, Hawick.

Second top from the Kirkstead was a £7500 Parkhall son bred from a £9000 Milnmark dam. He was knocked down at £11,000 to the Hamiltons at Crosswoodhill, West Calder.

Lanarkshire breeder Ben Cluckie’s Waterhead pen leader realised £16,000 when selling to Willie Graham, Craigdarroch and Una Hodge, Kirkland, Sanquhar. For their money they have a son of a £3000 Darchirla, out of a ewe by a home-bred son of a £13,000 Elmscleugh.

On the other side of the coin, the Graham family’s Craigdarroch pen took home a top of £15,000 for a shearling by a £4500 Darchirla sire. He sold in a split with Glenlivet based breeders Stephen Duncan, Livet and the Shearer’s, Croughley.

Realising £14,000 was the pen leader from Andrew Provan’s Parkhall flock, Lanark. This shearling sired by a £2800 Aikengall and out of a £5800 Wester Crosswoodhill bred dam is headed to Yarrow to join Alan McClymont, Kirkstead and Sam McClymont, Tinnis.

Also taking home £14,000 was second in the ring for John and Iain Renwick’s Corsebank flock, Sanquhar. Sired by a £5200 Dalblair and out of a £10,000 Glenrath bred ewe, he is head to Perthshire to join Mairi and Robert Paterson’s Dunruchan flock, Crieff.

At £12,000, the Ramsay family, Milnmark, Dalry were next with a shearling son of a £30,000 Elmscleugh out of a ewe sired by a home-bred son of a £16,000 Dyke. Buying back their own genetics, he sold to the Dunlop family, Elmscleugh.

The Burncastle pen took £12,000 twice with shearlings Alan Rogerson and James Brady, Lauder. First of which was a son of a £36,000 Darchirla bred from a £70,000 Easter Happrew sired dam. He sold to Colin Campbell, Easter Happrew, Stobo.

Second at £12,000 for Burncastle was a £7000 Blackhouse son out of a £15,000 Merkland bred dam. He is headed to Yarrow with Sam McClymont, Tinnis.

Last to achieve five figures was the pen leader from Tom Renwick’s Williamhope flock based at Clovenfords. Realising £10,000, this shearling is by a £38,000 Allanfauld and out of a £60,000 Glenrath bred dam. He also sold to Sam McClymont, Tinnis.

Other leading prices:

Shearling rams – £9000 – Burncastle Farming Co, Burncastle to A Kennedy, Mitchellhill. £7500 – Dudlees Partners, Dudlees to J Kay and Sons, Hartside, Lammermuir. £7000 – Kirkland to DC and JJ Marshall, Gosland. £6500 – S McClymont and Son, Tinnis to A Paton and Co, Craig; R and S Lambie, Ashcraig to W Walton and Sons, Tofthouse and G and S Paxton Greenleighton. £6000 – Hartside Farms, Hartside, Lamington to W Ramsay and Sons, Milnmark; W Dunlop, Elmscleugh to T Renwick and Sons, Blackhouse.

Flock averages

LEADING PRICES:

£80,000 ELMSCLEUGH (by £4000 Nunnerie) to Glenrath

£80,000 DUDLEES (by 11k Craigdarroch) to Midlock & Glenrath

£48,000 TINNIS (by £9000 Hartside Lammermuir) to Milnmark & Hartside

£42,000 MIDLOCK (by 90k Dalchirla) to Auldhouseburn

£40,000 ALLANFAULD (by Kolisi) to Greenside, Blackcraig & Nunnerie

£35,000 GLENRATH (by £4200 Elmscleugh) to Kirkstead

£30,000 DYKE (by 160k Dyke) to Gass

£28,000 GLENRATH (by £4200 Elmscleugh) to Corsebank

£20,000 KIRKSTEAD (by 32k Dyke) to Borthwickshiels

£17,000 GLENRATH (by £4200 Elmscleugh) to Merkins

£16,000 WATERHEAD (by £3000 Dalchirla) to Craigdarroch & Kirkland

£15,000 CRAIGDARROCH (by £4500 Dalchirla) to Livet & Croughly

£14,000 ELMSCLEUGH (by 14k Cuil) to Hartside & Fingland

£14,000 PARKHALL (by £2800 Aikengall) to Kirkstead & Tinnis

£14,000 CORSEBANK (by £5200 Dalblair) to Dunruchan

£12,000 MILNMARK (by 30k Elmscleugh) to Elmscleugh

£12,000 BURNCASTLE (by 36k Dalchirla) to Easter Happrew

£12,000 BURNCASTLE (by £7000 Blackhouse) to Tinnis

£12,000 DUDLEES (by 11k Craigdarroch) to Mitchellhill

£11,000 KIRKSTEAD (by £7500 Parkhall) to Crosswoodhill

£10,000 WILLIAMHOPE (by 38k Allanfauld) to Tinnis

£9000 BURNCASTLE (by 32k Glenrath) to Mitchellhill

£9000 WESTHILLS (by £6500 Livet) to Cuil

£7500 DUDLEES (by Yatesfield sire) to Hartside Lammermuir

£7000 KIRKLAND (by h-b son 16k Kirkland) to Gosland

£6500 TINNIS (by 10k Mitchellslacks) to Craig

£6500 ASHCRAIG (by 16k Elmscleugh) to Tofthouse & Greenleighton

£6000 HARTSIDE (by 48k Allanfauld) to Milnmark

£6000 ELMSCLEUGH (by £4000 Nunnerie) to Blackhouse