Store and Breeding Sheep Sale report – Friday 28th August 2020
Read on for detailed report from our auctioneer ….
Lambs and Breeding Sheep
6,999 Sold
Auctioneers: Elwyn Davies 07710 803901 and John Rossiter 07557 392903
Report on trade: A large entry of store lambs again for the time of year mainly due to the restricted keep situation in the south east but also due to the strong prices available produced by the keen competition from buyers from the west country and the Welsh borders where there is an abundance of keep.
The meat lambs available sold in excess of £80 with a pen of fleshed Beltex cross topping the market at £88.50 from E Ford and Texel crosses up to £86 from A K F Dod. Best stores sold readily around £75, medium sorts £65 to £70 and only small long keeping lambs keeping lambs below £60. The first entries of Romney wethers saw fleshed sorts topping at £81.50 from West Court Farms and top stores up to £70.
Thanks to all vendors and hauliers for an early arrival of lambs to ensure proper sorting and presentation. All lambs were penned by 10.30 AM – Great effort
Principal store lamb prices included: |
Texel cross | £86.00 | A K F Dod |
Texel cross | £84.00 | M Wenham |
Texel cross | £75.50 | Lodgelands Farm |
Texel cross | £76.50 | P & G & J Carden |
Texel cross | £76.00 | H C Goldup & Son |
Texel cross | £75.50 | H G Tompsett & Son Ltd |
Texel cross | 75.00 | L F Crisford & Sons |
Texel cross | £74.00 | W J Hurley |
Charollais cross | £82.00 | Miss J A Biddle |
Charollais cross | £78.20 | D Wimble, J E Wickens |
Charollais cross | £76.50 | R Price & Sons |
Charollais cross | £75.00 | M F Brignall |
Beltex cross | £88.50 | E Ford |
Beltex cross | £77.00 | J D Hickman |
Beltex cross | £72.00 | Lucketts Farm |
Suffolk x Mule | £78.50 | L E Humphreys & Son |
Suffolk x Mule | £77.20 | W J Hurley |
Suffolk x Mule | £77.00 | A & H Edmonds |
Suffolk x Mule | £76.00 | H C Goldup & Son, E W & R E Hanks |
Suffolk x Mule | £75.00 | Miss J A Biddle |
Suffolk x Mule | £74.50 | H J Hecks & Son |
Suffolk x Mule | £74.00 | C H Ellis Ltd |
Suffolk x Romney | £74.00 | L Wheeler & Son |
Romney wether | £81.50 | West Court Farms |
Romney wether | £74.00 | C W & E F Willson |
Romney wether | £64.20 | Hiscock Ptnrs |
Principal averages – £ per head | ||||
Store Lambs | No | Top | Bottom | Average |
Suffolk cross | 1,704 | 78.50 | 1.00 | 67.16 |
Charollais cross | 1,270 | 82.00 | 30.00 | 70.05 |
Texel cross | 2,411 | 86.00 | 45.00 | 67.17 |
Crossbred | 703 | 88.50 | 30.00 | 67.35 |
Romney | 820 | 81.50 | 49.00 | 59.36 |
Beltex | 56 | 72.00 | 72.00 | 72.00 |