Texel sheep Double Diamond sells for record $666,000. ... but Double Diamond’s position in the top 1 per cent of the breed index meant he was always going to command considerably more than that.

Growing demand for pedigree Blue Texel females in the UK has reached a new high in the last 12 months as prices continue to soar in the sale ring and almost 200 new members join the society ...

The Texel ram lamb sold for the equivalent of about $490,000 at auction in Scotland this week, according to the Texel Sheep Society. ... Their plan is to make the money back through breeding.

T EXEL sheep have been Chris Parker’s passion project since the breed entered Australia 25 years ago.

The Texel breed, he explained, is “the very top of the sheep breeding industry” in the UK, making up about 30 percent of all lambs born in the wool-producing country every year.

Ewe cost how much? The world’s most expensive sheep was sold last week during an auction in Scotland. The six-month-old ram, named Double Diamond, sold for 350,000 guineas — around $490,000 ...

Double Diamond, a Texel sheep, was sold to three farmers in Scotland who paid $490,000 and who hope to see returns on their investment from breeding. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

A Texel ewe from Allan Clark, Fineview, secured the sheep inter-breed championship at Colmonell and Ballantrae Show. Fineview also won the inter-breed group with Texels. Taking the blue and white sash ...

A pen of 10 Texel cross gimmers from Dalchirla Farms, topped United Auctions sale of 7862 breeding sheep at Stirling on Tuesday, when selling at £520 per head. Scotch Mule gimmers sold to £192 for a ...

In this study, the Suffolk and Texel sheep breeds were compared for microsatellite marker heterozygosity throughout seven chromosomal regions in the sheep genome. A total of 623 Texel animals and ...

Here are 10 facts about the breed: – The Texel sheep originates from the island of Texel, the biggest and most populated of the Frisian Islands, which lie north-west of Holland. – It has ...

Cheralyn Henderson, secretary of the Blue Texel Sheep Society, said 2020 had been a real turning point in the breed as membership rose by 40% and registrations increased by almost 1,700 on the ...