Store and Breeding Sheep Sale report – Friday 11th October 2019



Store and Breeding Sheep

5,894 Sold

Auctioneers: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901, John Rossiter 07557 392903, Peter Kingwill 07795 200357 and Tom Hamplett 07966 104532

Report on trade: This week saw another similar strong trade for store lambs with a good attendance of away buyers competing well with the locals for all on offer. The best stores sold readily in excess of £62 with a pen of Charollais cross topping the crossbreds at £66.20 from R A Lucas and Romney wethers to £65.20 from E J & A I Fenton. Medium sorts were making between £55 to £60 and only long term smaller stores below £52.

A reduced number of ewe tegs sold at similar levels to average around £100 with Mules up to £111 from M J Roberts and Suffolk x Mule to £110 from E W & R E Hanks.

An increased number of breeding ewes included the flock dispersal from Reps of J Rye which attracted plenty of interest. A pen of young Charollais 1 lamb ewes sold well up to £90and a Polled Dorset ewe with lamb at foot topping at £132 from A Montgomery.

A total of 62 rams were sold with buyers still keen to secure quality rams. Rams of all types in demand with a top price of £400 for a Texel from N A Balcomb & Son and Texel’s averaged £236.25. Suffolk rams averaged £281.43 with top price was £330 for W Stewart Wood. Charollais tegs sold to £360 from N A Balcomb & Son and averaged £222.19. Beltex and Beltex cross sold to £380 from N A Balcomb & Son and averaged of £26. Finallty a handful of Southdown entered sold to £190 from Goodwood Estates, averaging £113.33.

Principal store lamb prices included:          
Suffolk x Mule wether£66.00Miss J A Biddle
Suffolk x Mule wether£65.80M R J Francis & Son
Suffolk x Mule wether£64.50G B Richards & Son
Texel cross£65.00G Lawrence & Son
Texel cross£64.80D Bishop & Ptnrs / H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd
Texel cross£64.00M R J Francis & Son
Texel cross£63.00Foxdale Ptnrs
Charollais cross£66.20R A Lucas
Charollais cross£64.50J E Wickens
Charollais cross£63.80T Lyle & Ptnrs
Charollais cross£63.20G Winter
Charollais cross£63.00Mrs L Kutner
Charollais cross ewe£67.00A Pynn
Crossbred£65.00Kent Life
Polled Dorset ewe£65.00A Montgomery
Romney wether£65.20E J & A I Fenton
Romney wether£63.50H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd
Romney wether£62.80H Metcalfe
Ewe Tegs
Suffolk x  Mule£110.00E W & R E Hanks
Mule£111.00M J Roberts
Romney£90.00Reps of J Rye
Breeding Ewes
Mule 1 lamb£89.00M J & C W Barnes
Texel cross 2 to3 lamb£80.00Mrs J Lawson
Charollais cross 1 lamb£90.00Reps of J Rye
 Principal averages – £ per head
Store LambsNoTopBottomAverage
Charollais cross751£67.00£40.00£58.80
Texel cross1,472£65.00£32.00£55.10
Suffolk cross762£66.00£49.00£56.40
Crossbred221£65.00£28.00£48.80
Romney1,078£65.20£23.00£53.20
Ewe Tegs
Mule408£111.00£96.00£102.50
Suffolk x Mule240£110.00£83.00£102.00
Texel cross31£68.00£68.00£68.00
Romney70£90.00£82.00£86.50
Breeding Ewes749£132.00£20.00£53.40