Store and Breeding Sheep Sale report – Friday 11th September 2020
Read on for detailed report from our auctioneer ….
Lambs and Breeding Sheep
5,790 Sold
Auctioneers: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901, Peter Kingwill 07795 200357 and John Rossiter 07557 392903
Report on trade: The special show and sale of Suffolk x Mule ewe lambs met a flying trade with the best up to £124 and an overall average of £90 up by some £25 per head on the year. Top run of the day comprised a run of 400 smart well-bred lambs from regular vendor D Howard Farms Ltd who achieved 1st prize and a very favourable average of £104.
First prize winners from D Howard Farms Ltd, Brede sold for £110 and were purchased by G H Dean & Co, Sittingbourne; second prize winners from R Price & Son, Sellinge sold for £106 to D Page & Son, Westerham and third prize winners from H J Hecks & Son, Ringmer sold for £91 to R P Brendon, Cornwall.
The store lambs on offer sold exceptionally well at recent levels to average around £67 and topped at £87.50 for quality Beltex cross from S Weeks & Sons.
Principal store lamb prices included: |
Suffolk x Mule ewe | £124.00 | D Howard Farms Ltd |
Suffolk x Mule ewe | £106.00 | R Price & Son |
Suffolk x Mule ewe | £103.00 | E & M E Brundrett |
Charollais ewe | £93.00 | Mrs V Miles |
Texel cross ewe | £87.00 | Miss J J Butcher |
Beltex cross | £87.50 | S Weeks & Sons |
Blue Texel cross | £81.00 | J Butcher |
Suffolk x Romney | £81.80 | West Court Farm |
Texel cross | £79.50 | A W Vincent |
Texel cross | £77.20 | R Hambrook |
Texel cross | £76.00 | H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd |
Charollais cross | £74.00 | P M Langridge |
Charollais cross | £73.20 | N Hacking |
Southdown x Romney | £67.80 | R H Baker & Son |
Romney wether | £72.80 | R H Kingston |
Romney wether | £70.50 | F & N Moore and A Barr & Son Ltd |
Quite a contrast to recent years with a ring full of potential customers keen to purchase ewe tegs !! with demand very strong throughout the sale for all grades. Sheep have summered well and whilst quality was good throughout there were few of the very best amongst the North Country Mules or the Suffolk x Mules.
Best of the North Country Mules made up over £150 selling to £168 from Brodie Farms, £165 D W Page & Son and £164 R & W Brown. With few sold under £130 we can say with certainty more are wanted to satisfy current demand levels.
Suffolk x Mules sold readily above £130 with head pens topping £140. Top returns £144 Dan Mackelden Ltd, £143 E W & R E Hanks, £140 D Venner and £140 N H Burrows. Again only a few under £120.
Good white face tegs were wanted too with good Lleyn tegs from H J Skinner to £140 and Texel x Romneys from Link Bros to £130.
The breeding ewes penned (and sold though the ring) met strong demand from buyers. The main consignment was a flock reduction from J & M Carr whose young Mules and Suffolk x Mules both made to £85. Good mid aged Texel x Romneys made £85 from Mrs V M D McDonald and a pen of Suffolk x Mules from Miss K Tucker
Principal averages – £ per head | ||||
Store Lambs | No | Top | Bottom | Average |
Suffolk x Mule ewe | 1,842 | 124.00 | 66.00 | 90.01 |
Texel cross ewe | 46 | 73.00 | 65.20 | 67.48 |
Charollais ewe | 10 | 93.00 | 77.00 | 85.00 |
Suffolk cross | 306 | 81.80 | 20.00 | 67.86 |
Texel cross | 296 | 81.00 | 30.00 | 68.40 |
Charollais cross | 249 | 73.20 | 55.00 | 68.65 |
Beltex cross | 373 | 87.50 | 41.00 | 66.21 |
Crossbred | 372 | 87.00 | 41.00 | 67.54 |
Romney wether | 457 | 72.80 | 60.50 | 67.68 |
Ewe Tegs | ||||
North Country Mule | 527 | 168.00 | 127.00 | 145.98 |
Suffolk x Mule | 478 | 144.00 | 87.00 | 133.05 |
Texel cross | 25 | 130.00 | 130.00 | 130.00 |
Lleyn | 31 | 140.00 | 125.00 | 132.74 |
Breeding Ewes | ||||
North Country Mule | 322 | 85.00 | 50.00 | 65.84 |
Texel cross | 158 | 85.00 | 16.00 | 68.90 |
Suffolk cross | 99 | 91.00 | 72.00 | 81.60 |
Other | 60 | 77.00 | 56.00 | 68.40 |