Store and Breeding Sheep Sale report – Friday 19th September 2025

Sales Report – Friday 19^th September

Store sheep 5,703 – sold

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

Report on trade: A good number of lambs on offer and a more mixed entry from the top end down to the very longer-term types. The best are all over £100 head, topping at £128 from D & J Murray and J H & A H Godden. The trade is quite up and down with a considerable gap between the top and bottom pens of each run. The strong lambs are in short supply, and therefore higher priced, whilst the so called “running” lambs that fall into the middle category and coming out in the New Year see pricing of £85-98 head. Only longer-term lambs fall below that and the Romney wethers on offer sold at similar prices to last week with the top of £98 from D Wimble and the majority from £80-92 head.
Numbers continue to come forward in the breeding pens with a variety to suit most customers. White Faced shearlings kicked off the section with Texel crosses to £202 from M J & C W Barnes followed by Lleyn crosses from B J Barker to £165. Others £150 plus.
Suffolk x Mules from E W & R E Hanks topping at £212, followed at £195 from Stone Farms. Plenty £175-£190.
Mules found the strongest trade on the day topping at £215 from Barleybrook Farm and followed closely by Swallow Mill Farms at £214 with most of the runs selling in excess of £200 per head. Quality was excellent.
Continental aged ewes from J Saunders topped at £128 followed by a run of leaner sorts from W Stewart-Wood who saw their Romneys to £114 and Suffolk x Romneys to £113.
Please inform me of any breeding sheep you intend on selling in the coming weeks.
Friday 26^th September is Romney week with a good entry of tegs and aged ewes already entered.

Principal prices include:

Store Lambs

Charollais cross – £127.00 – D & J Murray
Charollais cross – £127.00 – J H & A H Godden
Charollais cross – £123.00 – S C Gammon
Suffolk cross – £109.00 – H Sedgewick
Suffolk cross – £100.00 – H Sedgewick
Suffolk cross – £99.50 – W J Hurley
Texel cross – £120.00 – J Hooker & Son
Texel cross – £116.00 – H Sedgewick
Texel cross – £112.50 – Miss H Challis
Crossbred – £115.00 – S Weeks & Sons
Crossbred – £108.00 – K T D Axell
Crossbred – £105.00 – Chandler & Dunn Ltd
Romney – £99.00 – D Wimble
Romney – £98.00 – R Wimble
Breeding Ewe Tegs
Mule – £225.00 (4) – Barleybrook Farm
Mule – £215.00 – Barleybrook Farm
Mule – £214.00 – Swallow Mill Farms
Texel – £152.00 – J Seward
Suffolk cross – £212.00 – E W & R E Hanks
Suffolk cross – £195.00 – Stone Farms
Suffolk cross – £183.00 – E W & R E Hanks

Sales Report – Ram Monday – 22^nd September

207 sold

Auctioneers: John Rossiter 07557 392903 & James Cook-O’Connell 07712246474.

Top price: £1000.00                          N A Balcomb & Son.

Report on trade: Ram Monday was a flyer, with large numbers forward and a good quality show of rams penned. Plenty of customers present from the greater South East
The overall sale average fell just short of £650 per head which was a great success considering the number of rams forward.
To start of the sale, we had 12 Purebred Texel shearling ewes from R & N Warnock which topped at £380 and averaging at £328 per head.
Texel rams saw strong demand throughout topping at £920 from R & N Warnock with second spot taken by Kingswood Farmers Ltd & Miss Amy Hedges both with Texels to £900. Majority of the rest over £800.
Suffolk rams were slightly harder to sell, by comparison, and topped at £750 from N A Balcomb & Son followed closely by Charles Fuggle with his Suffolks selling in excess of £600 per head.
Charollais sold very well with a large presence in the pens. They manged to hit the top spot of £1000 from N A Balcomb & Son. B J Baker had a strong run forward topping at £780, with plenty of the others £550-£700 per head.
Beltex crosses from Kingswood Farmers Ltd to £800 and to £750 from N A Balcomb & Son.
Texel crosses from C A Worley Farming Ltd to £920 and to £900 from Miss Amy Hedges.
Our next and final ram sale will be on Friday 24^th October.
Principal prices include:
Charollais – £1000.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Charollais – £950.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Charollais – £880.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Charollais cross – £900.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Charollais cross – £850.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Charollais cross – £700.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Beltex – £950.00 (2) – Miss Amy Hedges
Beltex – £750.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Suffolk – £750.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Suffolk – £700.00 (2) – N A Balcomb & Son
Suffolk – £620.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Suffolk – £620.00 – Charles F Fuggle
Texel – £920.00 – R & N Warnock
Texel – £900.00 (2) – Kingswood Farmers Ltd
Texel – £900.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Texel cross – £920.00 – C A Worley Farming Ltd
Texel cross – £900.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Texel cross – £800.00 – Miss Amy Hedges
Others – £800.00 – Kingswood Farmers Ltd
Others – £750.00 (2) – N A Balcomb & Son
Others – £740.00 – N A Balcomb & Son
Dorset – £300.00 – Mrs Sue Woods
Breeding ewe tegs:
Texel cross – £380.00 – R & N Warnock
Texel cross – £360.00 – R & N Warnock
Texel cross – £350.00 – R & N Warnock                 

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