Store and Breeding Sheep Sale report – Friday 29th August 2025

Sales Report – Friday 29^th August

Store Sheep – 4,212 Sold

Auctioneers: John Rossiter 07557 392903 & James Cook-O’Connell 07780133678

Top price: – £131 head – Homewood School YFC

Certainly, a tougher feeling this week but we have come back down to earth somewhat since the highs of the trade earlier in the season. We are now into Autumn; it had not rained until the night before the sale which was too late for many buyers to consider buying lambs this week and the finished lamb trade has taken a downturn. None of this will fill you with confidence when buying store lambs, but it definitely makes you want to sell store lambs…. which we all must remember when we are a little disappointed that trade has not stayed at the dizzy heights of the point we began at this season.
The more forward stores are still well over £100 head generally and often over £115 head for the bigger of the lambs on offer. Middle of the road stores were trading form £88-100 with Romney wethers generally trading in the £80-90 bracket and topping at £89.50 from J Saunders & Sons.
Good interest in the ewe tegs with Suffolk x Mules from Patrick Smith to £223.

Principal prices include:

Texel cross – £131.00 – Homewood School YFC
Texel cross – £121.00 – S J F Agriculture
Texel cross – £120.00 – G F Day & Son
Suffolk cross – £112.00 – S J F Agriculture
Suffolk cross – £109.00 – S G & G T Orpin
Suffolk cross – £108.00 – David Clark (Farms) Ltd
Charollais cross – £116.00 – M Hooker & Son
Charollais cross – £114.00 – M D Lott
Charollais cross – £108.00 – R Price & Son
Crossbred – £118.50 – J Marsh
Crossbred – £106.00 – Miss F Pierce
Crossbred – £103.00 – J Marsh
Romney – £89.50 – J Saunders & Sons
Romney – £84.00 – J Saunders & Sons
Breeding ewe tegs
Suffolk cross – £223.00 – P Smith
Suffolk cross – £191.00 – P Smith

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