Record £105,000 bid matched by second Swaledale ram
Harrison & Hetherington auctioneer Mark Richardson © Wayne Hutchinson/Alamy Stock Photo A record-equalling £105,000 bid for a Swaledale shearling ram has been reported at Kirkby Stephen for a Gillside sire, one day after the previous 21-year-old record was broken.
The new joint record ram is Gillside Keeper from Messrs Lightfoot, Gillside Farm, Glenridding, Ulswater. He sold on day three of the Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association C District ram sale.
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The Lightfoots retained a half share in the ram, which had been announced before the sale, and the other half went to John White, Rigg Farm, and Messrs Tully, Burncroft Farm, knocked down by auctioneer Mark Richardson of Harrison & Hetherington.
Watch a video of the sale below, courtesy of Rachel Hall.
Thursday (19 October) produced the first £105,000 bid, which was for Ghyll House Notorious from W Richardson and Son, Dufton, Penrith. He was knocked down to a joint bid from Paul Hallam, High Birkwith, and J Nelson and Son, Bull and Cave.
Old record
The previous record was set by Arthur Slack of Stoneriggs with Brackenber Bronco, which made £101,000 in 2002, the year after the disastrous foot-and-mouth disease outbreak.