SHOW RESULTS –

SUFFOLK  - Judge – Tony Shepherd

Ram Lamb –

1^st ID&JC Briggs Lot 587

2^nd L Needham Lot 572

3^rd ML Evans Lot643

Shearling Ram –

1^st J Nairey Lot 625

2^nd R Morphett Lot 628

3^rd S Bolland Lot 560

CHAMPION – ID&JC Briggs Lot

RESERVE – L Needham Lot 572

TEXEL – Judge – Richard Caton

Ram Lamb –

1^st P Woof Lot 391 sold for 900gns

2^nd J Perrings Lot 484 sold for 340gns

3^rd J Perrings Lot 486 sold for 300gns

Shearling Ram –

1^st  P Longdin Lot 402 sold for 850gns

2^nd J Green Lot 455 sold for 1050gns

3^rd J Green Lot 451 sold for 850gns

Female –

1^st D Towell Lot 261 sold for 180gns

2^nd R Newby sold for 500gns

CHAMPION – P Longdin

RESERVE – P Woof

BLUE FACED LEICESTER Judge – Alan Watson

Ram Lamb –

1^st AJ Mason Lot 244

2^nd Mycock & Bright Lot 206

3^rd JK Wilson Lot 241

Shearling Ram

1^st AJ Mason Lot 98

2^nd NE Harland Lot 33

3^rd C Nelson & Son Lot 90

Female

1^st AJ Mason Lot 7

2^nd AJ Mason Lot 5

3^rd AJ Mason Lot 6

CHAMPION – AJ Mason Lot 98

RESERVE – AJ Mason Lot 244

BELTEX Judge – Tom Walmsley

Best Ram

1^st WG Beckwith Lot

2^nd C Windle Lot 1181

3^rd MR Ireland Lot 1201

CHAROLLAIS Judge – Stephen Hodgson

Aged or Shearling

1^st R Towers Lot 1140

2^nd M Worthington Lot 1162

3^rd C Parkinson Lot 1152

Ram Lamb

1^st CW Marwood Lot 1142

2^nd CW Marwood Lot 1144

CHAMPION – CW Marwood Lot 1142

RESERVE – R Towers Lot 1140

AVERAGES & PRICES –

SUFFOLK

In the Lingfield Ring the Suffolks were a flying trade for both shearlings and ram lambs with a 94% clearance. The champion Suffolk a ram lamb from ID &JC Briggs of Guiseley sold for 600gns. Top price in the Suffolk ring went to Geoff and Alistair Lawn of Skipton with a tremendous Suffolk Shearling selling to 800gns. A very strong commercial trade meant for a good sale with the majority of tups selling beyond expectations.    

Run of 16 from G&MA Lawn to 800gns av £625.26

Run of 18 from ML Evans to 750gns av £522.

Shearling Ram   av £523

Lamb Ram           av £355

Prices (gns) –

800gns 780gns 720gns 700gns x2 650gns G&MA Lawn;

750gns x2 700gns x2 ML Evans;

700gns F Reeday & Son;

650gns R&DA Earnshaw;

650gns FA Nairey;

BLUE FACED LEICESTER

211 forward & 96% clearance rate.

CCM Auctions held their Annual Show & Sale of Blue Faced Leicester Rams & Females at Skipton on Friday. There was a very good trade for Shearling and Aged Rams , and it was from this section that the top sale price on the day came from. From the Otterburn Lodge flock, property of Ashley & Rachel Caton, by a homebred son of Z4, it sold for 2,400gns to JH Ryder of Haverah Park. Both Shearling Rams and Aged Rams showed a healthy rise in averages on the year for more sheep sold.

Aged Ram           Av £416

Shearling Ram   Av £472

Lamb Ram           Av £308

Shearling Ewe   Av £178

Ewe                       Av £168

Prices (gns) –

2400gns AV Caton

1100gns J&K Harker

1000gns x3 AJ Mason

1000gns x2 JK Wilson

900gns 850gns CD&RF Kitching

850gns WP&B Walker & Son

TEXEL

236 forward & clearance rate of 89%

Trade focussed on quality with the good sheep and the best runs very good to sell. Away from the top sheep  regular runs found a ready audience with the bottom end sheep harder to place.

Shearling Rams av £564

Lamb Ram           av £287

Shearling Ewe   av £289

Aged Ewe            av £161

Prices (gns) –

1500gns 1200gns Procters Farm

1400gns 1300gns 1200gns 1100gns DA Towell

1050gns 850gns R Green

1000gns 850gns PC Longdin

900gns PK Woof

850gns FA Nairey

CONTINENTAL

The non MV sheep section

In the non MV Commercial ring a strong trade was to be had for any well presented cross bred and pure rams with 85% clearance rate. It was the good runs of tups that helped the trade along to a strong average for the Lingfield ring of £503. The best tup in the sale and selling for the best price of 2200gns was a homebred beltex shearling tup sold by Ellis Bros of Addingham Moorside. Other noted prices were from T&C Whiteford for a big bare skinned shearling going to 1600gns and heading back to JM&SM Priestley of Brampton, the Robinson family of Pannal again highlighted in a great sale day also selling a shearling to 1600gns to Thomas Walmsley, Haverah Park.

Run of 60 from T&C Whiteford to 1600gns av £754.

Run of 40 from RC Robinson to 1600gns av £647.

Run of 6 from Ellis Bros to 2200gns av £866.

Texel Shearling Ram                      av £445

Beltex Shearling Ram                    av £567

Charollais Shearling Ram             av £507

Texel Ram Lamb                               av £135

Charollais Ram Lamb                      av £189

Prices (gns) –

2200gns Ellis Bros

1600gns 1000gnsx2 RC Robinson

1600gns 1400gnsx3 1100gns 1050gns 1000gns x6TC Whiteford

1200gns JM&SM Priestley

1180gns LW&EJ Coverdale

The MV sheep section

In the commercial MV ring

Beltex Shearling Ram    Av £324

Beltex Shearling Ewe     Av £238

Prices (gns) –

750gns 460gns 360gns A Barrett

420gns RH&MR Ireland

360gns C Windle

350gns MR Davis

BLUE TEXEL

Shearling Ram   av £237                 Top 310gns

Ram Lamb           av £182                 Top 300gns

Shearling Ewe   av £332                 Top 500gns

Ewe Lamb           av £205                 Top 220gns

Prices (gns) –

500gns 460gns 450gns 420gns x2 410gns 400gns 390gnsx2 DCS Alexander;

310gns R Hughes

300gns J Rodenburg

CHAROLLAIS

Shearling Ram   Av £317

Lamb Ram           Av £352

Ewe Lamb           Av £175

Prices (gns) –

480gns 340gns CW Marwood;

400gns JD&V Towers;

400gns 370gns SC Hodgson;

280gns x2 B Roberts

OTHERS

Zwartable Shearling       av £252                 Top 250gns MJ Beckwith

Zwartable Ewe                                                  Top 280gns T Sutcliffe

Zwartable Ewe Lamb      av £147                 Top 200gns T Sutcliffe

Bleu du Main                     av £195                 Top 200gns S Goldie