BF In lamb Female Show & Sale

Annual Show and Sale of Blackface Females

Lawrie & Symington, Lanark – Friday 21st February, 2025

Blackface females met a steady demand, with many new buyers, ensuring an 85% clearance at the Association’s annual show and sale at Lawrie and Symington, Lanark, where top price was 3600gns and 30 sold to average £1600.45.

Leading the trade, was the champion, a gimmer from the Wight family at Midlock, Crawford, which had earlier been picked out as best in show by judge Hazel Brown, Birthwood, Biggar. A daughter of £75,000 Dyke, this gimmer is out of a ewe by £60,000 Loughash, and sold in lamb to £24,000 Nunnerie, due with a single. She was one of three to sell to Robert and Iain Shaw, Acharonich, Ardfern.

Second top, at 3300gns, was the gimmer that stood second prize to the champion, a daughter of £19,000 Tullykeeran, from the Wights’ Grains consignment. Due with a single to £18,000 Dyke and out of a ewe by £6500 Auldhouseburn, she was knocked down to Alasdair and Andrew Fletcher, Laigh Hatton, Bishopton.

Making 2400gns, was the first prize ewe and reserve overall champion, a two-crop ewe from Aberuchill Estate, Comrie. Sired by £14,000 Crossflatt and out of a ewe by McCoy, she sold carrying twins to £65,000 Auldhouseburn, to online buyer, Ewan Fraser, Balgowan, Laggan.

Robert Cockburn enjoyed a steady trade for his Hill of Errol females, selling to a top of 2100gns for a gimmer by £24,000 Dyke, out of a ewe by a son of £26,000 Dalchirla. Selling to Elliot Bowman, Port Ellen, Islay, she is carrying twins, having been served by £15,000 Dalchirla.

A gimmer from Hill of Errol reached 2000gns, selling to John Robertson, Crosswoodhill, West Calder. She’s by a £5000 Elmscleugh, out of another daughter of the son of £26,000 Dalchirla, and is also due with twins to £15,000 Dalchirla.

Another gimmer from the Grains pen sold at 2000gns, to David Morrison, Dalwyne. She’s by £20,000 Dalwyne, out of a ewe by Stag (a home-bred son of £3000 Dyke), carrying a pair to Cyclone, which is a home-bred son of £90,000 Dalchirla.

Top for the Marshalls’ Gosland pen was 2000gns, for a gimmer by a son of £11,000 Auldhouseburn, out of a ewe by £5000 Loughash. Due a single to £13,000 Dalchirla, she went to Messrs Williams, Bryn Henlli, Bodorgan.

Archie and John MacGregor, Allanfauld, Kilsyth, also received 2000gns for a gimmer, which sold to the judge, Hazel Brown. That one is by £15,000 Nunnerie and out of a daughter of £20,000 Allanfauld. She’s carrying triplets, having been served by £10,000 Elmscleugh.

John Murray’s Crossflatt females, from Muirkirk, topped at 1900gns, for a gimmer by McCoy Lookalike, out of a ewe by Spectre. Carrying twins to the home-bred Titan – who had 10 sons averaging £24,900 last year – this one was another to head to Acharonich, with the Shaws.

Show results:

Class 1: In-lamb aged ewe

1st 1 Aberuchill

2nd 26 Midlock

3rd 11 Crossflatt

4th 43 Orchilmore

5th 19 Hill of Errol

Class 2: In-lamb gimmer

1st 27 Midlock

2nd 7 Grains

3rd 20 Williamhope

4th 12 Crossflatt

5th 28 Midlock

Class 3: Empty ewe hogg

1st 3 Aberuchill 

Champion: Lot 27 (gimmer) from J Wight & Sons, Midlock

Reserve Champion: Lot 1 (aged ewe) from Aberuchill Management Ltd