William and David Moir, Home Farm, Cairness topped the sale for the second consecutive year with their Open Champion pair of lambs at the Aberdeen Christmas Classic held on Tuesday 26^th November at Aberdeen & Northern Marts’ Thainstone Centre.

Judge Stuart Stark from M J Stark Ltd, Bluebell, Alton Farm, Milton of Campsie selected the pair of Beltex lambs scaling 49.5kg as the Open Champion which went onto sell for the top price of £320 per head to J B Penman Butcher, 38 High Street Sout, Crail.

The Reserve Open Champion was from R Wilkie, Tillyboy, Echt again with 48kg Beltex cross home-bred lambs selling at £200 per head to John Scott Meats, Sandyford Road, Paisley.

The Butchers Champions were also shown by the Moir brothers with a pair of Beltex cross lambs scaling 43.5kg sold for £300 per head to the judge Stuart Stark.

The Reserve Champion Butchers were exhibited by W & J Brown, Hilton of Culsh, New Deer these 49kg Beltex cross home-bred lambs sold for £200 per head to John Scott Meats.

The Young Farmers section saw the Champion exhibited once again by William and David Moir for a pair of Beltex cross lambs scaling 48kg selling for £220 per head to the judge Stuart Stark.

The Reserve Young Farmers pair came from Megan Glass-Smith, Mill of Fowlis, Alford again home-bred Beltex crosses scaling 39kg and achieving £200 per head selling to Grant Dinnie, Bridgeton.

The annual event was held in conjunction with Aberdeen Fatstock Association and supported by main sponsor Rapid Project Development (RPD).

In total, 40 pairs of prime lambs averaged 395p per kg or £180.32 per head. This is well up on the year with the average per head increasing by £27.10 on the 2023 sale.

PRIZE LIST:

Class 11A – Two Continental Lambs (Sponsored by Kintore Trophy Centre)

Class 11B – Two Continental Lambs (Sponsored by East Coast Viners)

Class 13 – Two Down Cross Lambs (Sponsored by Towns & Carnie)

Class 14 – Two Cheviot Lambs (Sponsored by D R Alexander)

Class 15 – Two Blackface Lambs (Sponsored by GWT Plant Hire Ltd)

Class 16 – Two Charollais Lambs (Sponsored by Biocell Agri Ltd)

Class 17A – Two Lambs of Same Breed or Cross (Most Suitable for Butchers Purposes) (Sponsored by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS))

Class 17B – Two Lambs of Same Breed or Cross (Most Suitable for Butchers Purposes) (Sponsored by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS))

Class 20 – Two Untrimmed Lambs, Progeny of a Native Ram (Sponsored by MacGregor Supplies)

Class 21 – Two Untrimmed Lambs, Progeny of a Continental Ram (Sponsored by MacGregor Supplies)

Champion Pen of Lambs (The Norman Wight Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 10 – W & D Moir Home Farm Cairness

Reserve Champion Pen of Lambs (The Ian Carnie Perpetual Memorial Tray)

Lot 8 – R Wilkie, Tillyboy, Echt

Champion Pen of Butchers Lambs (Drums Perpetual Shield)

Lot 21 – W & D Moir, Home Farm, Cairness

Reserve Champion Pen of Butchers Lambs (Frank Smart Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 27 – W & J Brown, Hilton of Culsh, New Deer

Best Pen of Lambs Bred by Exhibitor (The Clydesdale Bank PLC Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 10 – W & D Moir, Home Farm, Cairness

Best Pen from First Time Exhibitor (Quaich)

Lot 40 – A M Connon & Sons, Skilmafilly, Auchnagatt

Best presented pen of lambs

Lot 6 – Drumnies Blues, Drumnahive, Kildrummy

Best Pen of Lambs Sired by a Suffolk Ram (Presented by North East Scotland Suffolk Sheep Club)

Lot 13 – R Wilkie, Tillyboy, Echt

Best Pen of Lambs Sired by a Texel Ram (Presented by the North of Scotland Texel Club)

Lot 40 – A M Connon & Sons, Skilmafilly, Auchnagatt

Best Pen of Lambs Sired by a Rouge Ram (Presented by the Imlah Family)

Lot 7 – S W Robertson, 52 Conval Street, Dufftown

Best Pen of Lambs Sired by a Blackface Ram

Lot 15 – S W Robertson, 52 Conval Street, Buckie

Pen of Lambs Sired by a Beltex Ram (Beltex Scotland Club Trophy)

1^st – Lot 10 – W & D Moir, Home Farm, Cairness

2^nd – Lot 8 – R Wilkie, Tillyboy, Echt

Best Presented Pen of Lambs

Class 18 – Two Light Lambs Young Farmers (Sponsored by East Coast Viners)

Class 19 – Two Heavy Lambs Young Farmers (Sponsored by Harbro)

Champion Pen of Young Farmers Lambs (Northlink Ferries Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 32 – William and David Moir, Home Farm, Cairness

Reserve Champion Pen of Young Farmers Lambs (Philip A Reid Memorial Trophy)

Lot 28 – Megan Glass-Smith, Mill of Fowlis, Muir of Fowlis

Best Pen of Young Farmers Lambs from First Time Exhibitor (RPD Quaich)

Megan Glass-Smith, Mill of Fowlis, Muir of Fowlis

Best Presented Pen of Young Farmers Lambs

Neil Smith, Drumnahive, Kildrummy

Best Pen of Young Farmers Lambs Bred by Exhibitor (RPD Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 32 – William and David Moir, Home Farm, Cairness