Shearling Ram from Peter Gray gets top price of £9,200
Date: 10th September 2020
Auctioneer: Harrison and Hetherington
The Suffolk Kelso Replacement Sale in Carlisle on 10th September clearly delivered with Shearling ram averages up 17% on 2019 and an 80% clearance. Ram lamb sales delivered an increase on averages by £14 with a clearance of 72%.
Peter Gray’s Scrogton Flock (Ayreshire) topped the Kelso Replacement Sale at Carlisle on Thursday getting £9,200 for his Shearling Ram.
Indeed the Scrogton pen had the highest average of the day with the hammer falling on 11 shearlings at an average of £2,204 including other rams being purchased for £4,000 and £3,600. John Elliot’s Roxburgh Mains flock (Kelso) also had an excellent sale with an average of £1,450 for 11 shearling rams sold and top prices of £3,700, £2,600 and £2,000. Although there were 30 less shearlings sold, shearling rams achieved an excellent 80% clearance for an average of £926 which is up an impressive 17%, or £137, on 2019.
In the Lamb Ram class, Gordon Mackie’s Drimmie Flock (Angus) had the top price of £4,400 and got an average of £1,007 for his 7 ram lambs sold. Mrs R H Goldie’s Harpercroft Flock (Ayreshire) had the next highest priced ram lamb with the hammer falling at £3,200.The Harpercroft pen had an average of £880 for 6 ram lambs sold. Overall, ram lambs had a clearance of 72% achieving an average price of £490, up £14 on 2019.
| SHEARLING RAMS (TOP 10 PENS) | ||||
| 179 Forward, 143 Sold, Averaged £926.27, Top £9200 (79.8% Clearance) | ||||
| Vendor | Flock | No | Average | Top |
| Gray | Scrogton | 11 | £ 2,204.55 | £ 9,200.00 |
| Elliot | Roxburgh Mains | 11 | £ 1,450.00 | £ 3,700.00 |
| Ingram | Logie Durno | 5 | £ 1,170.00 | £ 1,600.00 |
| Wight | Wights | 3 | £ 1,000.00 | £ 1,300.00 |
| Gray | Langside | 8 | £ 856.25 | £ 1,050.00 |
| Campbell | Rosebrough | 6 | £ 811.67 | £ 1,600.00 |
| Fowlie | Essie | 10 | £ 790.00 | £ 1,050.00 |
| Illingworth | Glenrock | 10 | £ 778.00 | £ 1,500.00 |
| Watson | Brijon | 30 | £ 769.67 | £ 1,600.00 |
| Jackson | Rugley | 20 | £ 748.00 | £ 1,400.00 |
| RAM LAMBS TOP 10 PENS | ||||
| 159 Forward, 115 Sold, Averaged £489.74, Top £4400 (72.4% Clearance) | ||||
| Vendor | Flock | No | Average | Top |
| Mackie | Drimmie | 7 | £ 1,007.14 | £ 4,400.00 |
| Goldie | Harpercroft | 6 | £ 880.00 | £ 3,200.00 |
| Pryce | Horton | 1 | £ 750.00 | £ 750.00 |
| Buckley | Sitlow | 9 | £ 617.78 | £ 850.00 |
| Christie | Westcarse | 5 | £ 586.00 | £ 800.00 |
| Liggett | Carony | 2 | £ 575.00 | £ 650.00 |
| Tait | Burnview | 3 | £ 500.00 | £ 700.00 |
| Stuart | Birness | 10 | £ 493.00 | £ 620.00 |
| Evans | Jubilee | 12 | £ 490.83 | £ 1,000.00 |
| Christie | Balquhain | 8 | £ 468.75 | £ 650.00 |
Lot 178 SH Ram from Peter Gray Cowgrove (Scrogton) sold for 9200 
Lot 226 Ram Lamb from Gordon A Mackie (Drimmie) sold for 4400 
Lot 177 sold for £4,400 
Lot 70 sold for £3,700
