North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 28th January
Weekly report & newsletter NWA J36 In-Lamb Sheep Sale - Saturday 24th January Rough Fell The Annual Show and Sale of In-Lamb Rough Fell Sheep and Gimmer Hoggs saw a large crowd of travelled buyers in attendance from as far afield as the Midlands, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The pre-sale show allowed the best of the breed to be put on display with Mr William Dawson of Sedbergh undertaking the task of judging. The Champion rosette was awarded to T, L, B & J Knowles of Selside showing a 1 crop ewe scanned in-lamb with twins to High Woodend White Knight which later sold for £600 to the judge. The sale topped at £620 for the second prize ewe, a 2 crop scanned with twins, in-lamb to Cotegill Wise from S & R Capstick, Howgill selling to G & K Robinson, Crooklands. Gimmer hoggs sold to £400 for the Reserve champion, sired by a 2,200 gn ram bred by T D Todd & Son, shown by K & G Allinson, purchased by J A Law, Newbiggin on Lune. A dispersal sale on behalf of the late W E Parker saw ewes scanned with singles sell to £105, with G Armstrong, Nibthwaite selling aged ewes to £102, £100. The RFSBA held it’s annual social and fundraising evening on Friday 23rd January, where a total of £1,639.50 was raised for Rosemere Cancer Foundation. Thank you to all who attended and donated for the evening.
Show Results Judge – Mr William Dawson Class 1 – In-lamb Ewe (6 forward) 1st – Lot 63 T, L, B & J Knowles 2nd – Lot 66 S & R Capstick 3rd – Lot 60 G H Capstick & Sons
Class 2 – In-lamb Shearling (3 forward) 1st – Lot 62 G H Capstick & Sons 2nd – Lot 65 T, L, B & J Knowles 3rd – Lot 64 T, L, B & J Knowles
Class 3 – Gimmer Hogg (6 forward) 1st – Lot 91 K & G Allinson 2nd – Lot 93 M & G German Champion – T, L, B & J Knowles, Selside (lot 63) 3rd – Lot 94 M & G German Reserve Champion – K & G Allinson, Ravenstonedale (lot 91)
Blue Faced Leicesters The opening sale of Bluefaced Leicester females at North West Auctions J36 had an entry of 14 sheep forward from renowned well known flocks to local breeders with something to suit everyone and attracted attention from far and wide. The trade was brisk throughout with many buyers and potential buyers looking to buy strong stylish sheep and looking to invest in renowned bloodlines. The leading price of the day was an in lamb gimmer hogg from the renowned Hundith flock of Jack & Adam Lawson of Kirkland Green. This hogg sired by the Smearcett C003 and going back to the old Kentmere V003 scanned in lamb with twins to Cherry Tree ram bought out of Hawes last autumn sold for £1,600. It was another gimmer hogg that broke past the thousand pound barrier this time from Messrs Lord of the Hewgill flock, a stylish gimmer hogg sired by E047 Hewgill (Green Tag) that has done very well for the flock and going back to the old R1 Lunesdale ewe bought from James Barker’s Keer flock many years ago and this went onto sell for £1,350. In lamb ewes in strong demand and many more could have easily been sold. It was a four shear ewe from Trevor and John France of Higher Core that took the top price selling to £520 carrying twins to Midlock D043, a ram being used very successfully in the flock with other ewes from the same home selling to £400.
Multi Breed Individual Sale An entry of Texel, Charollais and Beltex in-lamb shearlings and ewes forward sold once again to a strong trade at J36. A consignment of in lamb pedigree Texel’s from Proctors Farm created a large amount of interest and sold to a top price of £650 sired by Scholars Twenty Twelve and carrying twins to Anglezarke Uno with others selling to £580 and £550. Beltex aged ewes from the Jennings Family of Crake Hall sold to a top price of £400 scanned in lamb with a single with others from the same home to £350. Charollais ewes in-lamb to the Beltex sold to £280 twice from JD & V Towers & Son of Camp House with a Beltex x Charolais shearling selling to £300.
Commercial Breeding Sheep An entry of commercial in-lamb ewes attracted plenty of interest and sold to a strong trade. Mule ewes carrying twins sold to a top price of £172 with others selling £170 from the late WE Parker of Thwaite Farm.
Top Prices: Gimmer Hoggs – Rough Fell £400 Dale Forge, £230 Sowermire. Leicester £1350, £900, Hewgill, £750 Oak House. In-lamb Ewe – Mule £172, £170, £150 Thwaite Farm. Swale £118, £112 Thwaite Farm. Rough £620 Birkhaw, £600 High Borrowbirdge, £340, £320 Birkhaw, £290 Greenmount. Char £300, £280 Camp House Far. Tex £650, £580, £550, £480, £420, £400 Procters Farm, £350 Hey Farm. Leicester £520, £400 Higher Core Chipping, £240 Low Newton Farm. Jacob £120 Bank House. Beltex £400, £350 Crake Hall. In-lamb Hogg – Leicester £1600 Kirkland Green
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