Deveronvale Perfection, bred in Banffshire, was bought by a fellow local sheep farmer at a sale in Lanark. The tup (uncastrated) lamb will be used for breeding in the hope of more than recouping ...

The UK's most expensive sheep was an eight-month-old Texel tup, or non castrated male, called Deveronvale Perfection. It was sold at auction in 2009 for £231,000 at a livestock auction in Scotland.