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MORE than 4,500 rams are entered for this year's major sales at Kelso later this month. This year's event, which takes place on September 11, has attracted consignors from as Eire, Northern Ireland, Wales, Orkney and Shetland and the South West, as well as Northumberland and Borders farmers.
Ron Wilson, secretary of sale organiser the Border Union Agricultural Society, said: "This is the biggest ram-only sale in Europe - probably the world. There is a bigger sale 10 days later in Wales but that has females too. "There certainly are some very good stock sheep coming to the sales. The top here was pounds 20,000 for a Suffolk a couple of years ago.See the full content of this document
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4,500 Rams On Offer at Kelso
"The overall breeds average last year was pounds 457. We are a very steady com...
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