Here is my video from the Scottish National Texel Ram sale at Lanark Mart on 26th August 2021. For reference a guinea is £1.05 Thanks Sheep Fans, Cammy
For anyone who didn't know: Texel is an island North of the coast of Netherlands :) The biggest of the Dutch 'Orkneys' so to speak lolz. Yes, we grow sheep there. Such a fun video this, thank you Sheep Man.
That first auctioneer could have been Victor Meldrew's brother. Is he as crabbit, do we have these sheep kicking about kilmarnock area? I've never noticed any looking like that in the fields around where I live
Flipping incredible the prices! You can really see the difference between this and a bog standard auction on how the animals are cared for, lovely to see.
This time GP didn't send me, I know nothing about sheep, what kind are they and why are they so expensive, I love their their coloring. Good to learn new things. Thank you for sharing. 🇨🇦🐘🍁🐑
Also know these rams aren’t naturally covered in yellowish wool; it is traditional to enhance the color so that you can better see the sheep’s body shape and especially their back end muscling. Texel rams crossed with many traditional breeds produce lambs with faster growth and more heavy muscling than many other crosses. In general, if you have a really spectacular Texel ram in your flock, his cross or “market lamb” offspring could make good money for your farm.
@@patpierce4854 Thanks for the info! I was wondering why these rams had this weird orange dye over them - the Texels around us here in the Netherlands are a natural dirty white. So, this dye is like the fake tan for a bodybuilding show... LOL!
Great video, lovely to see Lizzie looking well and ready. Can’t wait to see the black faced auction. Texel experience here, awenary buggers. Breeding up Valais here in New Zealand. Waving 🇳🇿
"Maybe I'm man enough for you", was the line playing when you showed the pen full of rams & their 'bits'... great videography there, Cammy! Well done! I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Great work!
I raise Leister Longwool sheep. There are just 3000 pure breed sheep and fewer than 1000 breeding stock. But as beautiful as they are they have not captured the imagination of big breeders yet. We are lucky to get $5,000 at auction for a 4-5 star ram but the breed is growing and more of us are paying attention to the breeding and show points. Next year I’m finally going for my biggest purchase..a ram bred directly from the old stock. They are much larger and broad in the back. The wool brings over $22 per lb because of its perfect locks.
Looks to me like pretty soon you'll be up doing night feedings, singing lullabies and changing nappies; you might be too sleep deprived to go to sheep sales. Sending you good luck and good thoughts on the most important event of all to come :)
When prices this high it makes you wonder how it works especially from outside the game. Lizzy your due date is clearly not too far off. Seen a few videos of Camnys midwifery techniques. Hope l goes well. 🤞🤞👍
Lovely sheep. We have stud texel ewes here in New Zealand, and these boys seem very extreme in type compared to what we get here - they look more like beltex!
Holy Moly! That's a lot of $$$, but some very impressive rams. Thanks for taking us along. Lizzy looks simply adorable, but I'll bet she doesn't feel that way. lol You'll both make great parents.
I just watched a video you recommended about Doug Pemberton farm and a raging bull. Early on in my cattle raising career, a friend brought us a holstein steer with horns, to fatten up for slaughter. All our other cows were herfords, with no horns. This steer figured out that he could push the others around, and get his choice of the feed, till one day he decided to use those horns on me. As the saying goes, ya don't bite the hand that feeds ya! He very shortly became prime beef. We were very careful to.not have horned stock after that. We bread Hereford/Red Poled the Hereford for the heavy beef and the Reds because they are a beef dairy cross, and so the cows put out more milk and we got 15 to 20 percent heavier calves at weening time.
Thank you from a person that lives in Knoxville TN in the USA I don't know how someone does that for a Ram but I guess they think it's good. Here people pay a lot of money for a race horse . Thank you so much for taking me along to a fantastic event. The guy with the ice cream was funny. 😀
top KHSI sale ram this year was under $4000, for comparison's sake. sadly he was my pick to bid on but I don't have $3700 to throw toward a ram that was in Missouri lol
Wow! Those sheep must have had perfect confirmation to the breed standard!! Holy buckets!! They are beautiful animals! Do the ewes ever go for this much?? I have never raised sheep but I find your channel fascinating! My father raised hogs, but no big pedigrees for us. Now I live in the country but not on a farm. Just a small acreage.
Yes they would have been the best of the best in there breed type. Ewes probably wouldn't for for as much but still do make some good money. Glad you're enjoying the channel 👍
Wow I learned a lot in this video I had never even heard of this breed of sheep. I guess I have a lot to learn about the sheep business. They are all cute. Thanks for your great content. I hope to have a hobby farm sometime in the near future and learning a little bit about sheep would be helpful. 🐑🐏
Cammi, this was a great video. Those Texels look like small beef cows. I assume they are using them to add muscling. It’s amazing to see the prices. Thanks for sharing. Also wanted to wish you and Lizzie the best on the pending new arrival. Can’t wait to see the wee lad
I could understand you sooooooooo well in this video!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!! Lizzy looks soooo beautiful. As did the rams. Thank you for showing us the verity of rams and taking us on your adventure!! With love from Virginia United States!!🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
First time seeing your videos, I've never seen sheep like these! You and your friends look like you were having a good time, nice to see some fun these days :) I loved seeing the auction, so exciting, and whoo that price! Came over from the Hoof GP. Thanks for sharing with us.
Really enjoyed this! Those prices for the rams are something else! Wouldn't mind seeing a ewe and lamb sale later on if you get chance. Take your own lamb along for the ride! Good luck with baby not long to go now! 🙂
Record ram price in Australia was in my home state and sold for $450000 way back in 1988 which is about £238000 for a merino and came from a stud not far from me. That’s crazy money for back then
As a knitter their pelts are beautiful. The wool is what makes a garment. Also you need amazing wool for rugs and other textiles. For some it may be their meat but I'm not a fan.
Recent subscriber & good to see you again on my home turf. What cracking rams! Never been to a market day auction, so would love to see more videos like this. Can anyone go to these sales? Would like to go just to experience it as I'm obviously not a farmer.
Great looking rams. Beautiful colors but wow the price of those fellows. Great video with great footage of different sheep. Just curious why are they sold in UK currency?
I too know nothing about sheep! Could you please inform me as to how many breeds of sheep there are in this world! I first seen you Cam on one of HP’s. videos! I definitely would like to be around both of you because I know you would have me laughing 😂 constantly!👏🤣😅🥸👍❤️ Keep up the good work and the great videos!👏👏👏 Oh one more thing, “I wish I had your curls”.
I've never seen this breed before, but I think they're even cuter than the Valais Blacknose! I love those squishy looking faces! I guess it's a good thing they're so expensive, because I don't have anywhere to put a sheep. Bummer.
Here I was thinking horses where overpriced, but the price/kg on a ram like that is just astronomical compared to horses. But as always the price on a good bloodline is hard to put the right value on anyway.
Brilliant video cammy the Texel are great sheep to hold there money you always get great returns on them when selling that young lad you had on from N Ireland am from back there too co Derry 👍
Nice...the buyers there are as nuts for those high end rams as the Angus bull buyers are in the states...chasing that AI gold....thanks for the video... Do they have these auctions on live video with internet bidding like they do in the states? I don't know the sheep internet auctions, but he beef are dv auctions, superior productions and cattle use...those are the 3 that I'm aware of...I'm sure there are more. Good luck on your hunt for some rams...
What are some pointers for those starting? Would you be so kind as you make a tutorial video on how to begin a sheep farm? Cheers bud and loving your videos so far
Probably marry into a family of breeders. Or be prepared to spend a literal fortune on a farm and the required equipment. Not to mention the animals and all of the costs associated with them.
Just think the number of ewes that ram will have to breed just to break even. 1,105 if they're all singles at 95 pound a head and thats not taking into account any operational cost, he better be one randy fella
WOW, 100K pounds for one ram. He is very handsome but it can't be his looks that makes him draw that kind of money,what makes him that valuable? P.S. your young guest is quite a charming young man. He is going to be a WHOPPER in ten years!! Oh, your hair looks quite good today!! Stay well!! HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your family!!
