The AIRYOLLAND flock of Beltex sheep was started in 1998 when we
imported 11 Gimmers from Belgium. The flock now numbers 130 ewes. We
offer stock for sale at the large multi-breed sale at Kelso, at the
Society sales at Carlisle and Lanark and there is also a selection
of performance recorded Beltex rams available for sale from home. We also sell
gimmers from home and at Carlisle and a regular
consignment of draft in-lamb 4 crop ewes now goes to Lanark in-lamb
sale in December. The flock has been performance recorded with
Signet since 2008. To see the history of the flock click here...
For Sale 2011 We had 3 in-lamb gimmers for sale at Carlisle
December 2011 and 6 draft-in-lamb ewes and 7 in-lamb gimmers for
sale at Lanark December 2011.
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Lanark 2011 We had 6 Beltex shearling rams forward for sale at
Lanark on Thursday 15th September. They sold to a top price of
900gns with Airyolland Pacman selling to Mr RJ Lambert, Skipton. Our
first shearling in the ring, Airyolland Patriot, who was 3rd prize
in the pre sale show, was bought by Miss K McCornick ( Kate's)
Wigtownshire for 800gns.The pen of shearlings averaged 550 for 6
sold.
Kelso 2011 Despite having a late draw at Kelso our 5 rams sold well, to a
top of £950 and an average of £520 for the 5. Our top price sheep,
with a muscle depth of 1.16 (top 10% in the breed), sold to Hans
Porksen, Gallowshill.
Carlisle 2011
The
10 Beltex rams pictured below sold this year at the Beltex Premier
Sale at Carlisle to a top of 1600gns and averaged £810. The 5
gimmers sold to a top of 650gns and averaged 500gns.
Our top priced tup on the day was Airyolland
Propaganda, ARY P071, a Muscleman son who sold for 1600gns to
G Pyman (Thacka). This was followed by Nailer son Airyolland
Proclaimer making 1300gns to Messers R Garth (Keasden). Two
shearling tups made the 800gns mark with Airyolland Paparazzi, ARY
P03, selling to D F Hughes (Tredath) in Anglesey and Airyolland
Pharoah, ARY P72, selling to C Mellor, Chathill. Other notable
prices were CR Fawcet bidding to 750gns to buy Navajo son, ARY
P39, Airyolland Peden. Messers DI & A Gray (Digga's) took Nailer
son, ARY P022 Airyolland Pharisee, home for 650gns. Last tup in the
lot Airyolland Pied Piper ARY P012 sold to S Pepper (Leeshaw) for
520gns.
Shearing 2011
Dooley Napal just newly shorn
Lambing 2011 We are pleased with our crop of 2011 lambs. Here are some
pictures and a short video of our lambs.
Twin lambs. Dam- Kizzy, Sire-Napal
Airyolland Rameses.ARY R070
Dam -Airyolland
Kizzy, Sire-Dooley Napal
For Sale 2010
Our consignment of draft in-lamb 4 crop ewes was forward
for sale at Lanark in-lamb sale in December 2010. Our gimmer
Airyolland Nadia topped the sale with Airyolland Joules getting 3rd
highest. price
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Carlisle 2010
Beltex Shearling Rams sold Carlisle 2010
Averaged 1870 gns
This mammoth 2 day sale of 1118 pedigree Beltex
turned out to be particularly successful for us. The first day
females were in great demand and our first gimmer, Airyolland Nicker Bocker
Glory, sold for 1200gns to Harry Emslie and Lynwen Evans for their
new Beltex flock. This was followed by Airyolland Nugget selling to
Irish breeder P Brolly for 850gns. The following day we had a
successful day's trading selling the sale's second highest priced
shearling, Airyolland Nailer, and managing to buy a third
share in a new stock tup, Dooley Napal, for 18000gns. Although we
were late in the sale we sold Airyolland Nailer in a three way split
to Anne Story (Borderesk), James Whiteford (Tercrosset) and
John Metcalfe (Edenfauld) for 10 000gns. Last losser was Mr JL
McMillan (Clary). Another Kingsize son Airyolland No Thanks sold for
3000gns to WG Beckwith (Sharpaw). Brian Breaks returned to buy his
4th shearling off us Airyolland Nom De Plume for 620gns. The 9
shearlings averaged 1870gns.
Airyolland No Thanks and Airyolland
Nailer.
Nailer in the ring
To find out more about Airyolland Nailer
click here...
Our new stock tup Dooley Napal. Bought for
18000gns. Shared with Kevin & Rachel Buckle (Buckles)
and Jeff & Sue Wilkinson (Langlands)
Carlisle 2009 An entry of 997 Beltex at the Premier sale at
Carlisle made this the biggest ever sale of Beltex sheep. There was
sure to be plenty on offer to attract the buyers to such a
large sale. Beltex females were in demand and on the Thursday
night our 10 gimmers averaged 580gns. Our dearest, Airyolland
Merribel, made 1220gns and sold to Miss K McCornick who is starting
a new Beltex flock.
The following day our trade started with a bang with
our first tup in the ring, ARY M41 Airyolland Maclaren, selling for
2800gns to Thimbleby Farms, North Yorkshire. This was followed
shortly after by, maternal brother to Loyalty, Airyolland MacDuff ARY M34 , who was used at home,
selling for 2100 gns to Mr H Jewitt, Co Durham. Trade was brisk and
our shearlings averaged 1220gns for 10.
Airyolland McTavish
(1050gns-Proctors farm Ltd)
Lanark 2009 Demand for Beltex tups continued at the Scottish Club Sale where,
once again, the buyers had a choice from the biggest ever entry of
Beltex, at Lanark. The day started well for us with Airyolland
Mayhem winning 1st prize out of a huge class of shearlings in
the pre sale show. He later went on to sell for 2000gns, the
top price for a shearling that day, to Ian Hunter, Dalchirla. We
also had third highest priced shearling of the day with Airyolland
Matador selling for 1600gns to Paul Tippets and Christine Williams,
Shropshire. We averaged 860gns for 9 sold.
2008 2008 will be a year to remember for the Airyolland flock of
Beltex sheep. At the breed's premier sale at Carlisle. We won
the Supreme Championship at the pre-sale show on Thursday the 14th
of August. The winning animal was a yearling ewe called
Looby-Lie.
She was sold that evening for a record breaking 6000gns to Anne
and Peter Moss from Barnard Castle.
Our nine females sold
for an average price of £1441. The following day our ten shearling
rams sold to average £1885.
The next day at the sale of rams the flock experienced another good
day. Our best shearling ram
Airyolland Loyalty
(pictured left) sold for
4800gns. He was sired by Great Scott and goes to Wales to join the Glantre flock which is
owned by Michael Owens.
Kingsize son,
Airyolland Le Grand
went for 3200gns to Mr Paul Tippets and Christine Williams from Hackney. Paul is a
returning customer, he had previously bought another ram from us in 2003.
Another returning customer
was Mr Brian Breaks of the Bonstone flock. Brian bought a ram
from us in 2007 and had the loan
of Airyolland Loadsamoney as a lamb last year. He must have been pleased with
the results as he bought Loadsamoney, also sired by Kingsize, for 2500gns.
Looby Lie
Sired by Airyolland Great Scott and out of Airyolland Hepzibah
Looby Lie is a very stylish animal that is full of character and has that all
important muscling in the hind quarters.
Looby-Lie is a full sister to Airyolland Looby-Loo who was champion at
four shows in the Southwest of Scotland in 2008; she has been
retained in our flock for future breeding. Our senior
stock ram Kingsize is a year older than the dynamic duo but he is
also a full brother.
Although, due to lack of time, we do not enter prime lamb
competitions we have sold tups to people who have enjoyed much
success. John Hall, Inglewood Edge, James Whiteford, Tercrosset and
David and Elizabeth Stuart, Mains of Dalrulzion are amongst some of
the people who have bought tups off us to breed lambs to win
primestock shows.
David and Elizabeth Stuart with lambs bred off Airyolland Java(above)
The maternal ability of the Beltex x ewe is highlighted by our 2
shear ewe, Lulu, (pictured below) a Beltex cross Mule, who in
2011 reared these three lambs, sired by Airyolland Petrolhead. Born
in early March the two wether lambs went to market on 7th July
weighing 40kg and sold for £88 each. The ewe lamb (on the right of
the picture) will be retained for the commercial flock.