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Texel ram secures worldwide record price
By Staff Reporter

A TEXEL tup lamb has smashed all worldwide record prices selling in Scotland for a whopping £231,000.
Eight-month-old Deveronvale Perfection, bred in Banffshire by Graham Morrison, was bought by a fellow local sheep farmer at a sale in Lanark.
The new owner Jimmy Douglas said the lamb will be used for breeding in the hope of more than recouping the purchase price.
Mr Douglas said: "Perfection is the best lamb I have ever seen. He has a great body and strong loin. I was impressed by his incredibly chunky stature, great strength and tremendous gigot."
Previously, the UK's most expensive sheep, Tophill Joe, was bought for £128,000 six years ago. He died recently after fathering lambs said to be worth more than £1m.

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