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BREEDING SHEEP - MONDAY 16TH APRIL 2018

630 Breeding Sheep (235 Sheep with 362 Lambs at foot, 33 Store Hoggs) Numbers steadily on the rise and more customers at the ringside as grass starts to appear, trade was up for the smart outfits by around £10-£15, older ewes with lambs £5-£10 dearer. Keep entries coming and pre-enter with office by 12noon Friday prior to sale for inclusion in catalogue listing, Thankyou. Today we held a show of sheep with lambs at foot, kindly judged by Mr N Tattersall.




Show Results –

Pens of 5

1st A&G Midgley

2nd RG Johnson

Pairs

1st R&VJ Towers

2nd DM White

 

 

Sheep with Lambs at foot (per outfit)

Texel Ewes + Twins to £240 (av £212) AN Throup

Texel Ewes + Singles to £168 (av £115) P&AM Simpson

Texel Shlgs + Twins to £235 (av £206) A&G Midgley

Texel Shlgs + Singles to £175 (av £132) NM Parker

Suffolk Ewes + Singles to £122 RG Johnson & Son

Charollais Ewes + Twins to £220 (av £218) JD Towers & Son

Charollais Ewes + Singles to £140 (av £140) JD&V Towers & Son

Charollais Shlgs & Twins to £210 JD&V Towers & Son

Mule Ewes + Twins to £165 (av £154) DM White

Mule Ewes + Singles to £122 (av £117) T Lund

Mule Shlgs & Singles to £130 NM Parker

Swaledale Ewes + Twins to £92 (av £87) S Hodgson

Swaledale Ewes + Singles to £100  (av £84) S Hodgson

Jacob Ewes + Twins to £110 K Woodhouse

 

Store Hoggs

Suffolk to £92 (av £88) R&J Bradley

Texel to £74 (av £73) GR Danvers

Swaledale to £53 GR Danvers

Herdwick to £45 M Hutchinson