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 | £66.00 | Miss J A Biddle |
Suffolk x Mule wether | £65.80 | M R J Francis & Son |
Suffolk x Mule wether | £64.50 | G B Richards & Son |
Texel cross | £65.00 | G Lawrence & Son |
Texel cross | £64.80 | D Bishop & Ptnrs / H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd |
Texel cross | £64.00 | M R J Francis & Son |
Texel cross | £63.00 | Foxdale Ptnrs |
Charollais cross | £66.20 | R A Lucas |
Charollais cross | £64.50 | J E Wickens |
Charollais cross | £63.80 | T Lyle & Ptnrs |
Charollais cross | £63.20 | G Winter |
Charollais cross | £63.00 | Mrs L Kutner |
Charollais cross ewe | £67.00 | A Pynn |
Crossbred | £65.00 | Kent Life |
Polled Dorset ewe | £65.00 | A Montgomery |
Romney wether | £65.20 | E J & A I Fenton |
Romney wether | £63.50 | H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd |
Romney wether | £62.80 | H Metcalfe |
Ewe Tegs | ||
Suffolk x Mule | £110.00 | E W & R E Hanks |
Mule | £111.00 | M J Roberts |
Romney | £90.00 | Reps of J Rye |
Breeding Ewes | ||
Mule 1 lamb | £89.00 | M J & C W Barnes |
Texel cross 2 to3 lamb | £80.00 | Mrs J Lawson |
Charollais cross 1 lamb | £90.00 | Reps of J Rye |
Principal averages – £ per head | ||||
Store Lambs | No | Top | Bottom | Average |
Charollais cross | 751 | £67.00 | £40.00 | £58.80 |
Texel cross | 1,472 | £65.00 | £32.00 | £55.10 |
Suffolk cross | 762 | £66.00 | £49.00 | £56.40 |
Crossbred | 221 | £65.00 | £28.00 | £48.80 |
Romney | 1,078 | £65.20 | £23.00 | £53.20 |
Ewe Tegs | ||||
Mule | 408 | £111.00 | £96.00 | £102.50 |
Suffolk x Mule | 240 | £110.00 | £83.00 | £102.00 |
Texel cross | 31 | £68.00 | £68.00 | £68.00 |
Romney | 70 | £90.00 | £82.00 | £86.50 |
Breeding Ewes | 749 | £132.00 | £20.00 | £53.40 |