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Kelso Ram Sales 2021

Border Livestock Exchange sold 308 Texel Shearling Rams in Ring 18 to average £811 ( increase of £211 on 2019 ) to a top of £2,100 .

This was for an outstanding ram from Mr Glen Wilson, Hawthornside Farm , Hawick .

Trade was fast from lot 1 from Hawthornside to the final lot from Lynn Gray Unthank who had a top of £1,300 and a very respectable £880 average .

The overall quality of naturally brought out rams was clearly reflected with over 30 rams passing the £1,000 mark .
Regular buyers many of them local were met with fierce competition from enthusiastic purchasers who had travelled from Orkney , the Midlands , Yorkshire and a very strong representation from Wales .

Mr Paul Slater Cheshire our “Border Livestock Best Pen” judge awarded – 1st prize : Rennie Livestock , 3 Attonburn Farm Cottages , Kelso ( ave £1,122 ) 2nd Prize : Sharplaw Farms , Sharplaw , Kelso ( £1,009 ) 3rd Prize : A & HC Smith , Crumhaughhill, Hawick ( £992 )

Top Prices :

£2,100 Hawthornside, Hawick; £1,900 Falla , Jedburgh; £1,900 3 Attonburn Farm Cottages , Kelso; £1,800 Crumhaughhill, Hawick; £1,700 3 Attonburn Farm Cottages , Kelso; £1,500 Headshaw Lauder; £1,400 Sharplaw , Kelso; £1,300 Rawburn, Duns £1,300 Unthank , Alnwick; £1,200 Catslackburn, Selkirk; £1,120 Skelfhill , Hawick; £1,000 Commonside, Hawick.

Leading averages :

£1,122 3 Attonburn Farm Cottages Kelso ( 17 )
£1,055 Headshaw Lauder ( 9 )
£1,009 Sharplaw Farm Kelso ( 22 )
£992 Crumhaughhill, Hawick ( 25 )
£987 Hawthornside, Hawick ( 10 )
£954 Skelfhill , Hawick ( 5 )
£880 Unthank , Alnwick ( 14 )
£858 Commonside, Hawick ( 6 )
£813 Falla Farm , Jedburgh ( 50 )
£800 Rawburn , Duns ( 21 )

 
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Ram Sale 2020
 

C & D Auction Marts in conjunction with Border Livestock Exchange Ltd held their rescheduled Kelso Ram Sale for Rings 18 & 19 with 244 Texel Shearlings at Longtown Mart in a new purpose-built ring on Monday 7th September.

With buyers taking advantage of this terrific facility trade was satisfactory with an 89% sold ratio from 244 forward the overall average returned a healthy £600.45 for 219 head.

Joint top was £1350 from W N Douglas Catslackburn & W J and J G Bell, Kinning Hall.

Other leading Prices

£1100 – W J and J G Bell, Kinning Hall

£1050 – J Runciman & Sons, Allanshaws

£1050 – Sharplaw Farms

£1000 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£1000 – Rennie Livestock, Sydenham

£1000 – W N Douglas, Catslackburn

£1000 – J Robertson & Son Becks

£950 – Sharplaw Farms

£950 – WN Douglas, Catslackburn

£950 – J Robertson & Son Becks

£950 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£920 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£920 – G D Wilson, Hawthornside

£920 – Sharplaw Farm

£900 – J Runciman & Sons, Allanshaws

£900 – W N Douglas, Catslackburn

£900 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£880 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£880 – J Runciman & Sons, Allanshaws

£850 – J Robertson & Son, Becks

£850 – W J C & S J Weir, Mainside Farm

£850 – W N Douglas, Catslackburn

£850 – Sharplaw Farm

£800 – W N Douglas, Catslackburn

£800 – C D Scott, Falla

£800 – J Runciman & Sons, Allanshaws

£800 – A J Lambie, Acreknowe Cottage

£800 – W J and J G Bell, Kinning Hall.

£800 – Floors Farming, Rawburn

£800 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£800 – W N Douglas, Catslackburn

£780 – J Runciman & Sons, Allanshaws

£780 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£780 – J Robertson & Son, Becks

£750 – W N Douglas, Catslackburn

£750 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£750 – W J and J G Bell, Kinning Hall.

£750 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£750 – Floors Farming, Rawburn

£720 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill

£720 – C D Scott, Falla

£700 – G D Wilson, Hawthornside

£700 – Sharplaw Farm

 

Leading Flock Averages

Sydenham – £1000

Kinninghall – £843.75

Becks – £826

Crumhaughhill – £761

Allanshaws – £740

Catslackburn -£706

Sharplaw – £714

Falla – £677.50

Hawthornside – £665.56

Commonside – £625

Mainside – £610

Acreknowe Cottage – £600

 
Lot 192 sold for £1350 from WN Douglas Catslackburn
 

 

 
Lot 110 sold for £1350 from WJ and JG Bell Kinning Hall
 
 
 
 
Lot 107 sold for £1100 from WJ and JG Bell Kinning Hall
 
 
 
Lot 35 sold for £1050 from J Runciman and Sons Allanshaws
 

 

Lot 117 sold for £1050 from Sharplaw Farms
 

 

 
Lot 81 sold for £1000 from A and HC Smith Crumhaughhill
 

 

Lot 131 sold for £1000 from Rennie Livestock
 

 

Lot 191 sold for £1000 from WN Douglas Catslackburn
 

 
Lot 141 sold for £1000 from J Robertson and Son Becks
 
 
Full Report to Follow

 

Kelso Ram Sales 13th September 2019

380 Texel Rams in Ring 18

There was lots of positives to take from this years sale .

16 Flocks break the £1,000 barrier

Ring 18 sold 91.5 % of the total entered number joint top result on the day with Suffolk Ring 14 .

Trade was level throughout the day with strong lots selling from the first to the last without dipping .

Regular commercial flock owners travelled from all over the UK to again secure hardy commercial rams from noted flocks .

Hawick won the 1st prizes with Graham Cakebread Commonside winning the show and Ali Warden Skelfhill winning the best pen .

Leading prices

Commonside £1,800 , Hartside £1,500 , Roxburgh Mains £1,400 , Catslackburn £1,350 , Skelfhill £1,300 ,
Crumhaughhill and Headshaw L £1,250 , floors Farming Rawburn £1,200 ,
Aimshaugh £1,200 , Commonside £1,200 , Hawthornside £1,120 ,
Craigfarg £1,020 , Acreknowe Cottage £1,000
Huntington £1,000 , Falla £1,000 , Unthank £1,000 , Allanshaws £1,000 , Sharplaw £950 ,
Muircleugh £900 . Haymount £800 , Upper Bolton £800 .

Top averages

Commonside £888
Rawburn £865
Hartside £864
Headshaw L £826
Roxburgh Mains £805
Unthank £741
Hawthornside £696
Catslackburn £680
Crumhaughhill £677
Upper Bolton £658
Craigfarg £642

 

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Lot 3 – Floors Farming, Rawburn – Sh 12 – 4519 – 4530

   

Lot 8 – J Runciman & Sons, Allanshaws.   Sh 12   4587 – 4598

Lot 13 – A C Austin, Woodcroft Farm. – Sh 10 – 4645 – 4654

Lot 15 –  Messrs A J & T Snaith, Great Tosson. –  Sh 10 –  4660 – 4669 

 
 
Lot 16 – W Pringle, Cavers Lea Farm. – Sh 11 – 4670 – 4680

Lot 21 – C D Scott, Falla. Sh 50 4745 – 4794

Lot 22 – A & H C Smith, Crumhaughhill. – Sh 30 – 4795 – 4824

   

Lot 25 – Graham Cakebread, Commonside – Sh 8 – 4843 – 4850

 

Lot – 26 – I H G Warden, Skelfhill. – Sh 18 – 4851 – 4868

  

 

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Kelso Ram Sales Report

14th September 2018

A tremendous run of strong commercial rams were keenly bid for from the minute Mr Jimmy Jeffrey Kersknowe rang the starting bell.

By the time the second ram of the day came in trade had already passed the £1000 mark and reached £1200 from Bowsden Moor.

Top price for the Ring was £3,000, fittingly from a great Kelso supporter JS Dun & Partners Catcune as this was their last year , selling to a well known local Texel breeder CD Scott Falla , Jedburgh .

At the show prior to the sale Crumhaughhill won 1st place and the champion which sold for £1600. 2nd place Bowsden Moor x £1200, 3rd place x Sharplaw Farms x £900, 4th place Sydenham x £1500 , 5th place Muircleugh x £600 , 6th place Catslackburn x £920 .

Robert Smith photography Best pen was won by Muircleugh.

Trade was slightly easier overall than last year although there were a record number of high prices . 35 rams sold over £1000 with a fantastic 56 selling above £900.

The ring average was a very respectable £632.04 for 363 sold.

Leading Prices

£3000 Catcune, £1750 Skelfhill , £1600 x 2 Crumhaughhill and Sydenham, £1550 Falla , £1300 Roxburgh Mains, £1250 Flex , £1200 Bowsden Moor and Haymount.

Leading flock averages

Haymount. £1030 top £1200
Skelfhill. £956 top £1750
Roxburgh Mains £883 top £1300
Sydenham £842 top £1500
Allanshaws. £766. Top £920
Sharplaw. £741. Top £900 x 3
Craigfarg. £700 top. £1000
Crumhaughhill. £687. Top £1600 x 2
Catslackburn. £641. Top £920
Cavers Lea £625 top £800 
Acreknowe Cottage £622 top £1050
Falla £622. Top £1550

Overall a very successful day

 

 

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2017 Kelso Ram Sale was great, having our own ring, where we offered our best run of excellent shearlings who without being overfed looked great. Buyers bid keenly from the very off. Whilst the sky-high prices of the previous year (£5,000) weren’t on the go, there were 7 consignors who sold at over the £1,000 barrier.

Results followed the show, ably judged by Mr Paul Slater with his champion selling at £3,000 from Mr R Rennie, Sydenham, who’s brilliant consignment of 22 ave a very impressive £1,284.

Leading prices and flock averages were: Sydenham £3,000, £2,500; Acreknowe Cottage £2,200 ave £850 for 9 sold. Crumhaughhill £1,800 ave £939 for 25 sold; Falla £1,500 ave £787 for 50 sold; Skelfhill £1,500 ave £950 for 5 sold; Bowsden Moor £1,250; Catslackburn £1,150, £1,100, £1,050 ave £679 for 28 sold; Roxburgh Mains £950 ave £825 for 12 sold; Muircleugh £950 ave 791 for 6 sold.

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KELSO RAM SALES 2016

Kelso Strictly Results : James wins again .. please click on the link below

https://www.dropbox.com/…/Strictly%20Border%20Livestock.mp4…

 

Crumhaughhill smash the record unregistered Texel price with a £5,000 bid.

Border Livestock Exchange Ltd sold 233 Texel Shearling Rams in Ring 18 on Friday past at The Annual Kelso Ram Sales.
Bidding was keen from the start , with several buyers securing their rams from regular vendors with past knowledge of how well they breed.
The highlight of the sale was the fantastic consignment of 24 rams from Allan and Hazel Smith Crumhaughhill Farm, Hawick. Their much talked about pen sold to average a remarkable £1,341, their top prices were £5,000 to Mr Paul Slater, Macclesfield closely followed at £4,000 to Mr John Gray, Unthank Farm, Alnwick, £2,000 again to noted breeder Paul Slater with border farmers M/s Fullerton Corsbie , Earlston securing one at £1,800.

At the show kindly sponsored by Tarff Valley Feeds and held prior to the sale on Thursday night. The difficult task of finding a winner was ably undertaken by Mr James and Peter Fleming Lochside Farm, Yetholm , Kelso.

The results from the show were :

1. Bowsden Moor 4675 £1,100
2. Crumhaughhill 4590 £1,800
3. Commonside 4769 £800
4. Blackett House 4816 £1,000
5. Catslackburn 4552 £950

The Robert Smith Photography Trophy presented for the best pen was won by Lot 13 Sharplaw Farms , Hownam , Kelso. This consignment backed up it’s award with an increase of £189 on the year to average £713.

Leading prices : Crumhaughhill £5,000 £4,000 £2,000 £1,800 £1,600 £1,300 £1,200. Bowsden Moor , Falla, Flex £1,100 Crumhaughhill £1,080 Catslackburn , Crumhaughhill, Falla, Sharplaw, Upper Bolton £1,050
Catslackburn, Falla , Hartside £950 Bowsden Moor £920 Upper Cleugh , Falla, Sharplaw , Upper Bolton and Crumhaughhill x4 £900

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Kelso Ram Sale 2015

Great result following today’s sale when the judge Mr Neil Hamilton, Earlside, was backed up by the sale prices.

We would like to thank the tremendous support from our new and old customers!!

First £2,220 – 5190 Catcune (Border Livestock)

Second £750 – 5340 Kinninghall (C&D Marts )

Third £800 – 5210 Bowsden Moor (Border Livestock)

 

3 INDIVIDUAL TOP PRICES

J S Dun & Partners, Catcune – £2,200

C D Scott, Falla – £1,300

J Elliot, Roxburgh Mains – £1,100

 

TOP 6 FLOCK AVERAGES

J Elliot, Roxburgh Mains – 10 to average £885

J S Dun & Partners, Catcune – 8 to average £837.50

Alan Hutcheon, Hartside Farm – 6 to average £813

C D Scott, Falla – 45 to Average £633.78

W N Douglas, Catslackburn – 24 to Average £632.08

L D Gray, Unthank House – 10 to average £604

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Annual Ring 18 Show.

First – 5190 Catcune (Border Livestock)

Second – 5340 Kinninghall (C&D Marts )

Third – 5210 Bowsden Moor (Border Livestock)

A tremendously strong show was held with the experienced judge Mr Neil Hamilton Earlside faced with the difficult task of placing them in order.
In front of a large interested crowd he awarded the champion place to Mr James Dun Catcune Farm, Heriot.
2nd place went to Messrs Bell Kinninghall Farm, Hawick.
3rd to Messrs Redhead & Watson Bowsden Moor Farm, Berwick upon Tweed.

Many thanks to everyone that partook in our show.

Border Livestock Exchange and C + D Farmers Mart

Look forward to seeing everyone today at 10am sharp.