The production sale of the Valais Blacknose Alpine flock, on behalf of Richard Pilkington and Steve Jones, sold to a high of 3,100gns at Chelford this week (30 May).
Leading trade was Alpine Candy Cane, a yearling ewe born in May last year and out of the brood ewe Zara. Buyers were Thomas and Isla Goldie, Mouswald, Dumfries.
They also bought the Swiss import ewe Yasmine for 2,700gns and paid 2,500gns for another potential donor ewe, Angelina, a Swiss import which lambed twins in October and had been left open and ready to flush.
The February-born ewe lamb Alpine Dior, out of the stock ram Toby (Blairmore Ben Lomond) and another Swiss imported ewe, Zara, caught the eye of Messrs Dace, Mellor, Stockport, who paid 3,000gns. They also paid 2,600gns for Daisy, again by Toby but this time out of the 2,700gns Yasmin.
Young lambs topped at 1,450gns for the May-born ewe lamb Daffodil, by the imported ram Rambo and out of Yasmin. She sold to S Coombes, Urmston, Manchester. Leading trade for ram lambs was Alpine Doc Holiday, by Toby and out of Yasmin, which made 1,400gns selling to Messrs Dace.
(Wright Marshall)