Spring Fat Lamb Show and Sale 2006
McClelland's Spring Lamb Show & Sale in Ballymena Mart
A large turnout of Dorset lambs easily outnumbered all other breeds at McClellands spring lamb show and sale 2006. Dorset spring lamb sold to £83 with the top price being received by Thomas Madden. In the breed competition Caldwell Bros took first place with A Fleming and ME Stewart taking second and third place respectively. The sale clearly demonstrated the ever increasing popularity of the Dorset as both the terminal sire and the breed of choice for early lamb production.
The top priced pen of Dorset Spring lambs at McClelland's Spring Lamb Show & Sale in Ballymena Mart (5th April 2006) was owned by Thomas & Kate Madden of Ballyvaddy Dorsets.
Spring Fat Lamb Show and Sale 2006 Ballymoney Mart
William Caldwell, on the right, pictured with his first prize Spring Lambs. Thomas Madden is on the left.
At the Ballymoney Spring Lamb Competition Dorsets held their own on a price per kilo basis against Suffolks, achieving two out of the top four prices. Thomas Madden received £3.06 per kilo for a pen of prize-winning lambs at 20.5kgs.
Young Dorset breeders came to the fore with Caldwell Brothers taking first prize in the Dorset Spring lamb class, judged by Dessie Fulton of Lean and Easy. Prizes were sponsored by Wilson McCurdy Jnr, Livestock and General Haulier.
