Lockerbie Park Show & Sale 2026

Lockerbie Park Tup Sale – Wednesday 16th September 2026

The Annual Show & Sale of Park Tups and Females took place at Lockerbie on Wednesday 16th September, with a strong entry of Park shearling tups forward.

The pre-sale show was ably judged by Mr George Milne, Kinaldy, who had the difficult task of selecting his Champion from a strong line-up.

His Champion came from the well-known pen of Roderick, Lewis & Libby Runciman, Allanshaws. Allanshaws Gamechanger, a son of Harestone Escobar, went on to sell for £4,500, joining the Pengroes Flock of Melfyn Williams in Wales.

The Reserve Champion was Sebay Grumpy, from J.S. Baillie, a son of Synton Elite. He also heads to Wales, joining Ben & Brydon Baker for their BB Flock at £5000.

Top Prices

Four tups reached £7,000 in the sale.

First to achieve the top price was Gilston Grand Design, from Graham Dun’s Gilston flock. Sired by Allanshaws Class Act and out of a ewe by Belmaduthy Blaze, he joins the Philiphaugh Estate Flock, Philiphaugh.

Next at the same money was Soutra Gladiator, from Tom & David Matthewson’s flock near Pathhead. A son of Wandylaw Elvis and out of a ewe by Pengroes Brutus, he heads home to Selkirk with Scott Davies, Synton.

The third £7,000 tup was Carruthers Ghostbuster, a son of Nun Cote Nook Explosion who was purchased at Lockerbie for £3500 and out of a ewe by Glen Acrobat from Innes & Gordon Graham, Carruthers. He heads to Gilston with Graham Dun.

Completing the quartet was Wandylaw Galileo, bred and sold by Di Walton. Sired by Synton Eagle Eye and out of a Wandylaw ewe by Overacres Bruno, he was purchased by Ritchie Strawhorn for his Broomhillbank Flock.

Next best came from Scott Davies, Synton flock - Synton G 14988 sired by Hightae ELO, who was purchased for £2400 from Lockerbie, realised £6500, purchased by James Rowan & Allister Mcneill for their Ballintogher & Kilvaddy flocks. Following this at £6000 came Soutra Giggs a son of Symington Eric he joins the Greendale Flock in Aryshire of Stuart & William Heads.

Philiphuagh Great Expectations, sired by Carruthers City Lights, who topped the sale himself when purchased in 2022 for £6500, out of a dam by Hightae Alcatraz was knocked down for £5500. Three tups hit the £5000 mark, first Sebay Grumpy, Reserve Champion on the day and next Soutra Glen Fiddich, with the same sire as the £7000 Soutra Gladiator but out of a ewe by Synton Xpert, he joins the Battle Hill of Dowson & Sartin, Barnard Castle. Last at this money was the pen leader from Steven Turnbulls, Jethart flock - Jethart Golfer sired by Synton Escobar and out of a ewe by Allanshaws Almighty was knocked down to Roderick Runciman for the Allanshaws flock.

The sale saw the largest entry of Park tups seen at this fixture, with an overall 88% clearance rate.

Commercial trade was strong, with over 100 tups selling below £1,000, while a further 40 tups sold between £1000 and £1500, providing buyers with pleny of choice across the price range.

Breeders' tups were harder to secure, with money needed for anything with the star appeal 25 tups were purchased between £3000 and £7000.

Park Females

The Park females met another strong demand for quality, with the sale topped by a stylish gimmer from Pam Tapson’s Pam Pack flock.

Sired by Symington Auld Lang Syne and out of a Kelso ewe purchased in-lamb at the Lockerbie sale, she caught the eye of Dick Cruse, Penare, and headed south to Berkshire at £2,100.

A classy gimmer from the Humbleheugh flock was next at £1,250, purchased by the Reid family. A daughter of Belmaduthy Elvis, she stays local to Lockerbie.

The third highest price was £1,200, paid for a gimmer from Andrew Polson’s Smerlie flock, Aberdeen. A daughter of Smerlie Entertainer and backed by homebred genetics, she joins the Greendale flock of Stuart & William Heads.

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