A Texel lamb has become the world’s most expensive sheep after being sold for nearly £368,000 at an auction in Scotland.
The bidding started at £10,500 before rising dramatically amid fierce competition between different consortiums.
The final bid, which was made by a partnership of three buyers, set “a new UK and world record price for a sheep”, according to a statement on the Texel Sheep Society’s website.
This sheep is from embryo transfer (a form of IVF), something that is done to maximize their “productivity”, they produce high quality of meat.
The previous record price paid for a sheep was the £231,000 that was spent on an eight-month-old Texel tup in Lanark in August 2009.
