Females attract a good sale.

The demand again was high for Hampshire Down females, seeing nearly an 86% clearance, with most heading to newly established flocks and current flocks on Northern Ireland, ROI and The interest online bidding was high again too, with 40% being exported to GB, ROI The Netherlands and England.

The Judge Mr John Mercer of the Moybrick flock had the task of judging the excellent range of sheep on the day. The aged ewe class saw a strong ewe from the Glenbrook flock being placed first. The Ewe which was sired by Moybrick OJ and from a Loughbrae ewe, went on to receiving Reserve Champion Female and sold for £500 to a Southern breeder Edward Buckley.

In the shearling ewe class, John placed a striking Ewe from Sean and Gillian Doyle’s Loughbrae Flock first. This ewe sired by Loughbrae Black Magic and from a Loughbrae ewe, went on to being placed Champion Female on the day and sold for £600.

The highest priced shearling ewe sold on the day, was a lovely ewe from Kevin and Anna McCarthy’s Ballycreelly flock. This ewe caught the eye of online bidder Sophie Manner in England, and sold for £720.

The well-attended Ewe lamb class, saw a lovely ewe lamb from Kevin and Anna McCarthy’s, Creelly Flock being placed 1st. This Ewe lamb caught the eye of Mr Scullion and sold for £380.

A smart pair of Ewe lambs From Kevin and Anna McCarthy received 1st in the pairs and in 2nd placed was a pair from Peter Lawson, Glenbrook Flock.

The rams that were on offer were very strong and offered a lot for the farmer. In the Aged ram class a strong ram from A& V McFadden was placed 1st and sold to commercial breeder Mr Peter Davey.

In the shearling ram class a well portioned ram for Sean and Gillian Doyle was placed 1st and went on to receiving Reserve Male Champion on the day.

Ram lamb class another very striking ram from Sean and Gillian Doyle received 1st placed and went onto to being placed Male Champion on the day. This Ram lamb caught the eye of numerous bidders and was sold for £680 to Southern breeder Edward Buckley.

The club would like to thank all vendors and customers for their support and wish everyone great success with their purchase. Thank you once again to Richard Beattie and staff for all their hard work.
Thank you to our sponsors of the show Fane Valley and Agri-Lloyd for their kind support, and to Mr William Bailey Dromara for the scanning of the sheep.

In Lamb Ewe, Ewe Lamb and Ram show results 2024

Aged Ewe

1st: Peter Lawson GLENBROOK

2nd: J, A &Jonathan Fletcher LOUGHAN MOSS

3rd: Peter Lawson GLENBROOK

Shearling Ewe

1st: Sean & Gillian Doyle LOUGHBRAE

2nd: Peter Lawson GLENBROOK

3rd: Adam Gregg KILDOWNEY

Ewe Lamb

1st: Kevin McCarthy CREELLY

2nd: Rodger Laird,  BRAEHEAD FLOCK

3rd: Kevin McCarthy CREELLY

Aged Ram

1st: Allen & Vicky McFadden ASHLEY

Shearling Ram

1st: Sean & Gillian Doyle LOUGHBRAE

2nd: Peter Lawson GLENBROOK

3rd: Sean & Gillian Doyle LOUGHBRAE

Ram lamb

1st: Sean & Gillian Doyle LOUGHBRAE

2nd: Peter Lawson GLENBROOK

3rd: Kevin McCarthy CREELLY

Pair of Ewe Lambs

1st: Kevin McCarthy CREELLY

2nd: Peter Lawson GLENBROOK

3rd: Sean & Gillian Doyle LOUGHBRAE

Champion Female

Shearling Ewe from Sean & Gillian Doyle LOUGHBRAE

Reserve Female Champion

Aged Ewe from Peter Lawson GLENBROOK

Champion Male

Ram lamb from Sean & Gillian Doyle LOUGHBRAE

Reserve Male Champion 

Shearling Ram from Sean & Gillian Doyle LOUGHBRAE