On Saturday, 20 December, the sixth Northern Stars Sale of in-lamb Texel females took place at Ballymena Livestock Mart. The Ballynahone flock of Richard Henderson received the top price of 4,000gns (€5,862) for a Knock Travis daughter, out of a Douganhill McFly mother and in-lamb to Teiglum Vigilante. She comes from one of the strongest breeding bloodlines in the Ballynahone flock, with females from the same family having sold for up to 11,000gns (€14,657) and males for up to 9,500gns (€12,658). The purchaser on the day was G Jones, Foxhall Farm, Denbighshire.