Store and Breeding Sheep Sale report – Friday 4th October 2019
Store and Breeding Sheep
9.093 Sold
Auctioneers: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901, John Rossiter 07557 392903, Peter Kingwill 07795 200357 and Tom Hamplett 07966 104532
Report on trade: The largest sale of the season attracted a good attendance of potential buyers and the best trade so far with competitive bidding throughout. While the best store lambs on offer sold readily in excess of £62.00 and up to £67.20 for a pen of smart Charollais crosses from L E Humphreys and Sons. The medium and longer term lambs benefitted the most from strong demand and where probably dearer by some £3 to £4 per head on recent weeks. Medium crossbred lambs generally made £55 to £60 and only very small longer term sorts below £52.00. An increased number of Romney wethers were on offer this week with fleshed sorts topping £66.80 from H Metcalfe and the best stores made £55.00 to £60.00.
A small entry of Suffolk x Mule ewe lambs sold well with a run of 200 from D Howard Farms Ltd taking the pick of the trade selling from £70 to £73.
Trade for ewe tegs of all breeds and qualities was just a little improved with more customers around the ring brought forward, perhaps by a little more grass and by the advancing season. Fewer Suffolk x Mules are now forward and these enjoyed the best of the trade selling to £119.00 from E W & R E Hanks.
Still good numbers of North County Mules forward and values were a little improved. The best wanted with a smart run from Brodie Farms making to £125 and rest £108 to £115 in general. Plenty of tegs still £95 to £105 with smaller types £85 to £95.
We saw an improved trade for breeding ewes with young Beltex cross ewes topping at £118 from J & V Weeks and Romney 3 to 4 lambers up to £64 from Langrish Farmers.
A fantastic entry with rams to suit all buyers, a total of 167 sold on the day returning an overall average of £302.40. Best sold were the Suffolk’s with top honours to N A Balcomb & Son at £540 selling to E Boyes & W V New, Westerham. Overall Suffolks sold averaged £400.37, with most selling £350 and above with plenty above the £450 mark!
The Texel trade looked strong with a top of £530 from M Wilkin selling to Langrish Farmers, Rye and the breed returning an average of £299.37. Charollais were a little harder work on the day when compared to the Texel’s and Suffolk’s. Trade nether the less topped at £440 from Mrs V Miles selling to W F Kirk, Maidstone returning an average of £264.41. Crossbred rams sparked interest with an eventual top price of £400 for a Beltex x Suffolk from N A Balcomb & Son selling to R Rogers & Sons, Battle. The trade for crossbreds continued and eventually returned an average of £293.08.
| Principal store lamb prices included: |
| Beltex cross | £64.00 | S Weeks & Sons |
| Texel cross | £64.80 | L F Crisford & Sons |
| Texel cross | £64.50 | S J M Evans |
| Texel cross | £63.80 | M Palmer |
| Texel cross | £63.00 | H G Tompsett & Sons Ltd |
| Charollais cross | £67.20 | L E Humphreys & Sons |
| Charollais cross | £65.00 | J E Wickens |
| Charollais cross | £64.50 | M Gammon |
| Charollais cross | £64.20 | Maytham Wharf Farms |
| Charollais cross | £64.00 | B C Ginger, W G Vant & Sons |
| Suffolk x Mule ewe | £73.00 | D Howard Farms Ltd |
| Suffolk x Mule tegs | £71.00 | M A & F W Owen |
| Suffolk x Mule | £66.50 | L E Humphreys & Sons |
| Suffolk x Mule | £64.00 | H J Hecks & Sons |
| Suffolk x Mule | £63.00 | E W & R E Hanks |
| Suffolk Romney | £62.20 | West Court Farm |
| Suffolk Romney | £62.00 | S G & G T Orpin |
| Lleyn Wether | £65.00 | C Bryer |
| Lleyn Wether | £64.00 | Sir R Halsted |
| Romney wether | £66.80 | H Metcalfe |
| Romney wether | £62.00 | R H Kingston |
| Romney wether | £59.20 | F & L Reeve |
| Romney wether | £59.00 | A Body |
| Romney wether | £58.50 | R W & P A Jury |
| Ewe Tegs | ||
| Suffolk x Mule | £119.00 | E W & R E Hanks |
| North County Mule | £125.00 | Brodie Farms |
| North County Mule | £119.00 | Mount Pleasant Farms |
| Scotch Mule | £114.00 | M J Roberts |
| North County Mule | £109.00 | D W Page & Sons |
| Breeding Ewes | ||
| Beltex x 1lamb | £118.00 | J & V Weeks |
| Texel x 1lamb | £94.00 | J & V Weeks |
| Romney 3 & 4 lamb | £64.00 | Langrish Farmers |
| Romney 3 & 4 lamb | £61.00 | W Cooke & Son (Farmers) Ltd |
| Principal averages – £ per head | ||||
| Store Lambs | No | Top | Bottom | Average |
| Beltex cross | 126 | £64.00 | £56.00 | £60.50 |
| Charollais cross | 1224 | £65.00 | £33.00 | £59.00 |
| Texel cross | 773 | £64.80 | £45.00 | £58.70 |
| Suffolk x Mule ewe | 308 | £73.00 | £53.00 | £67.00 |
| Suffolk cross | 1815 | £66.50 | £40.00 | £58.30 |
| Crossbred | 1072 | £60.50 | £15.00 | £54.10 |
| Romney | 1800 | £66.80 | £30.00 | £51.00 |
| Ewe Tegs | ||||
| Mule | 758 | £125.00 | £88.00 | £104.00 |
| Suffolk cross | 210 | £119.00 | £74.00 | £100.00 |
| Romney | 43 | £60.00 | £52.00 | £56.30 |
| Crossbred | 54 | £80.00 | £55.00 | £65.00 |
| Breeding Ewes | 615 | £118.00 | £5.00 | £52.00 |