Store and Breeding Sheep Sale report – Friday 1st September 2023
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Lambs and Breeding Sheep
3,489 sold
Sales Report – Friday 1st September
Store & Breeding Sheep sale – 3,489 sold
Auctioneers: Elwyn Davis 07710803901, James Cook-O’Connell 07712246474.
Top price per head store lamb – £99.50 Ross Farms
Top price per head breeding ewe tegs – £168 John Taylor
Report on trade: Another cracking trade with a good attendance of buyers ensuring competitive returns for all on offer.
Best crossbred stores sold readily in excess of £90 while only small long keeping lamb sold below £75, and a favourable overall average of £82.30. Top run of the day included 385 Suffolk x Mule wethers from R Price & Sons topping at £97 and averaging £89.40.
A few more Romney wethers looked relatively well sold up to £85 with the smaller, longer keeping lamb in the £75 to £78 bracket.
Top prices include:
Charollais cross £99.50 Ross Farms
Charollais cross £95.50 J Dinnis & Partners
Charollais cross £87.00 Wanstall Farms
Texel cross £95.00 T Mitchell
Texel cross £92.00 Luandy Farming, G Lawrance & Son
Texel cross £91.00 Fairtrough Farms
Texel cross £90.50 D Wimble
Texel cross £90.00 N A Vincent
Beltex cross £88.50 Rhona Thompson
Suffolk x Mule £97.00 R Price & Sons
Suffolk x Mule £91.50 W J Hurley
Suffolk x Romney £87.50 S G & G T Orpin
Suffolk x Romney £85.00 W Stewart Wood
Southdown cross £82.00 R W & P A Jury
Romney wethers £85.00 R W & P A Jury
Principal lamb & breeding sheep prices include
No £ per head Average
Charollais cross 422 £99.50 £84.70
Texel cross 1,652 £95.00 £82.80
Beltex cross 65 £88.50 £88.50
Suffolk cross 704 £97.00 £86.50
Crossbred 295 £95.50 £72.00
Romney 205 £85.00 £77.00
Suffolk x Mule ewe tegs 125 £168.00 £162.00