Suffolk breeders from throughout Europe converged on Stirling Agricultural Centre for the dispersal of the Conveth Flock of Suffolk sheep owned by C A Proctor and Co. The flock which was established in 1990 has enjoyed great success and was often the source of stud standard flock sires. 159 lots averaged £952.72 with 44 [...]
Carlisle & Northern Counties Society Show and Sale of Suffolks on Friday (10 August) saw a top price of 2,800gns achieved for a ram lamb. Taking the top price was the male and supreme champion, a twin from John A Gibb’s Cairnton flock. KLF:12:025 is by Thurston Grand Diamond and out of a dam by [...]
The overall sheep interbreed silverware was awarded to a one crop Texel ewe from John Forsyth’s Glenside flock, Lochlands Farm, Ayrshire. Mr Forsyth has won titles at 8 out of 10 Royal Highland Shows, and his champion ewe was also champion of champions at last year’s Biggar Show. This one is homebred – she is [...]
In the sheep ring, the top silverware has been awarded to a three crop Suffolk ewe from Mr M W Waycott, Pitley Farm, Ashburton. This one has had previous success at Honiton Show two years ago where she won interbreed champion and will now go to the Royal Cornwall Show. She was [...]
The dispersal sale of David Dickie’s Knockenjig flock of unregistered Suffolk sheep attracted strong interest and buoyant prices. The top price paid at Carlisle for Mr Dickie’s, of Sanquhar, stock was 780gns for a gimmer, scanned carrying twins to a Brotherstone ram; all ewes and gimmers were scanned in lamb to Allanshaws and Brotherstone rams, [...]
There was a strong demand for Suffolk females with prices soaring to a top of 5,200 Euros at the 14th annual production sale from the noted Baileys flock. Buyers travelled from throughout Ireland and the UK to the County Meath farm of Tom Bailey. The sale leader was a January 2010 born gimmer by the [...]
A packed ringside and telephone bids from Holland and Belgium guaranteed a 95% clearance rate at the 32nd Annual Show & Sale of Suffolk inlamb ewes at Abergavenny Market. Taking the top price on the day, and the title of show champion, was a shearling ewe from Mr & Mrs John Pryce, Meifod. This [...]
Monday’s NSA ram sale at Builth Wells saw a buoyant trade with buyers ready to pay good prices for good sheep saw a top price of 6800gns paid for a Bluefaced Leicester and a total of 152 more rams sold than last year, with the sale turnover rising by more than £92,000. Overall 4663 sheep [...]
A total of 4457 rams changed hands at Kelso on Friday for an average price of £649.71, with just shy of 85% of those forward finding new homes, with many taking the strong average as another sign of the optimism pervading in the sheep trade following a strong lamb selling year and bumper replacement ewe [...]
Suffolk trade here at Carlisle today has been strong, with commercial buyers driving the bidding from start to finish.Best of the day was a 2400gns call for an aged ram from Hazel Martindale. This was a Rhaeadr ram by Baileys Blockbuster and out of a Whitestone Washington-sired dam. He sold to S Higgninson, Gelston, Castle [...]