Double Diamond: The World's Most Expensive Lamb Sold Auction In Scotland
In Scotland, Texel lamb named Double Diamond was sold at a very expensive price.
The Texel breed is a sheep breed that father about 30 percent of all lambs in the UK. For this reason, the highly valued Texels are believed to provide the highest quality meat in the UK. This breed is highly valued and texel breeding is also extremely popular. The Texel breed is in high demand as it is currently the most popular breed of sheep in the UK. But for the first time, a sheep broke a record by being sold at a fairly high price at auction. Let's look at the details together.
Texel sheep is a breed of sheep that is unique to the island of Texel in the Netherlands and is valued for its lean meat and wool.
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The wool of Texel sheep is about 32 micrometers and is mostly used for hosiery yarn and knitting wool. As their meat is extremely lean, it is especially preferred in Britain. The cute lamb named Double Diamond is also from the Texel breed. Double Diamond, born on a farm in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, is only 6 months old. Double Diamond, born at the end of the breeding season, is an extremely valuable lamb. For this reason, it was in high demand at the auction and was sold at an extremely expensive price and entered the Guinness Book of Records.
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Famous as the world's most expensive lamb, Double Diamond was sold for £ 368,000 (3.6 million lira) at an auction held in Scotland's Lanark, near Glasgow. In 2009, another lamb was sold for £ 231 thousand (Approximately 2 million 250 thousand TL).
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A consortium engaged in farming and animal husbandry bought the sheep named Double Diamond; Auldhouseburn, Procters and New View. Consortium will use this Texel sheep to raise other sheep. Texel Sheep Society CEO John Yates said the following about the Texel breed and Double Diamond;
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“This figure may sound like an extraordinary price for a sheep to many people. However, the texel breed father about 30 percent of all lambs born in the UK. So if they were not there, the sheep population would decrease. The baby, which is only 6 months old, has the potential to give many baby lambs. The average cost of a lamb in Britain is usually around £ 100. However, high-quality rams to be used for breeding are often sold at a much higher price.
