Beltex at Worcester hit 660gns

A blistering trade for Beltex sheep at Worcester, despite the unseasonal timing of the sale, produced a top price of 660gns for a two-year-old ewe when Whatmore Court Farms dispersed its Whatmore flock.

Noted for its prime stock showing successes, the flock’s dispersal attracted a big crowd but it was Carmarthenshire buyers D O Williams and Co who beat the competition to take the top priced ewe. She is by the Belgian sire Loot Van Biesheuval and had a ram lamb at foot. Many couples made 600gns and over with a four-year-old ewe taken by Andrew Bishop, Gloucester at 650gns. Registered hoggs sold to 440gns for one by Tredath Jasper secured by D Jones, Llansannan, Denbigh. Even commercial Beltex ewes and lambs sold to 440gns for a yearling ewe and lamb bought by G and N Pamplin, Northampton. Averages: 33 pedigree ewes and lambs £443; nine hoggs £247; 18 unregistered ewes and lambs £233.

Auctioneers: McCartneys.