Cheviot Sheep Breeders, Societies and Associations

Cheviot Sheep Breeders Societies and Associations

The Cheviot Sheep Society

White faced sheep have run in the Scottish Borders for longer than records can show and The Cheviot Sheep Society is one of the oldest sheep societies in existence.

The North Country Cheviot Sheep Society

The North Country Cheviot is a big, long rugged sheep which combines thriftiness and healthiness with prolificacy and strong maternal qualities. The breed is particularly suited to grassy hills and uplands.

American Cheviot Sheep Society

The modern Cheviot breed has been produced by selection rather than by crossing. It is therefore a pure breed - one of a very few in this country. The modern American Cheviot is primarily a mutton sheep.

Brecknock Hill Cheviot Society

The Brecknock Hill Cheviot has developed from the Scottish Cheviot that was introducted into Brecknockshire during the latter part of the 19th Century. This new strain of Cheviot thrives on exposed hills because of it’s hardiness.

Rising Sun Sheep

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North Country Cheviot Sells for Breed Record at Lockerbie
2012-Feb-20
A new record price of £1,800 was set at the North Country Cheviot in lamb show and sale held at Lockerbie on Saturday 18th February 2012.

South Country Cheviot Sheep at Home in the Hills 2010-Oct-01
Traditional South Country Cheviot sheep have been the backbone of the enterprise at Hindhope, Jedburgh for the Elliot family which have farmed there for two centuries.

Longtown Cheviot Mules to £202 2010-Aug-25
At the principal annual sale of Cheviot Mule ewe lambs and gimmer shearlings, held at Longtown on Tuesday 24th August, there was a large ringside of buyers from across the UK for a good quality and increased entry of sheep.

High Health Cheviots

North Country Cheviots with a high health status are now central to the radically altered enterprise on a Cumbrian upland unit.