It wasn’t the record breaking sale of last year but in lamb ewes met with a decent trade with plenty of buyers around the ring and on Marteye and all but one of the ewe lambs found new homes with sheep selling to Yorkshire, Wales, Warwickshire and Glouscestershire.

880gns was the top price of the day and this was for an unshown Shearling Ewe from Charles & Jan Hurst, Bugle Gate, Worcs.  A742501390 is sired by Thornfalcon Odyssey and out of a Ballycreelly Sir Harry sired ewe. This ewe sells in lamb with twins to Lecropt Cape Wrath and makes her way to the Haddon Flock of Jess Norman at Wiveliscombe. The Hurst’s journey south was worthwhile when picking up Champion with their other Shearling Ewe who realised 750gns. A742501382 is sired by Glanrafon Sior and sells in lamb to Lecropt Cape Wrath and carries a single and was bought by Sidney Friswell from Warwickshire for his Sidwell Flock.

800gns was the next top price and The Derryman Family of the Yarcombe Flock, Devon received this for both their Senior In Lamb Ewes and both head up north to Austyn Chapman & Nikki Wadkins Eppleby Flock in Darlington. Both ewes are sired by Millfields Sergeant and 30N2407714 is out of a Graylen Grenadier ewe and was sold in lamb with twins to Graylen the Jackal and 30N2407701 is out of a Chaddlehanger Tavi sired ewe and sold in lamb with twins to Graylen Bandit.

Judge for the day was Stuart Jones from Maes-glas so his pen of in lamb Shearling Ewes were unshown but averaged 650gns and all sold in lamb to Eastfortune Jagger, a ram that goes back to Wattifield and Owlesbury breeding.

420gns was the top of the day for Ewe Lambs and this went to Jess Norman from the Haddon Flock in Wiveliscombe. C112602351 is sired by Highcliffe Highlight who was Great Yorkshire Champion in 2022 and out of a Eppleby Roy sired ewe. The lamb will join the Loxhill Flock of the Bougourd Family at Bristol.

Auctioneers – Kivells

Averages:

6 Shearling Ewes £736.75

2 Senior Ewes £840

14 Ewe Lambs £346.50

4 Spring born Ewe Lambs £309.75

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