£900 for 900: Biggest lads night out ever knocked the ball out the park yet again

Texels were first to the crease, selling to £3800 from Dean Scott of Hollins View, Kirkby Stephen this tup went home with Messrs C Dumbleton, Cheshire. WM Reed & Son, Lands Farm had a good day all around with texel crosses to £3700 and £2900. The sale featured many annual consignments, these seeing WJ & VJ Case sell to £2400, Messrs Buckle to £2200 and J Woodburn & Partners to £2000. Beltex crosses hit £1800 from G Sowerby while Charollais crosses hit £1700 6 times from Messrs Geldard,

Ring 2 was equally as animated from minute 1, Suffolks hitting heights of £1800 for shearlings from RA Batty. Aged rams to £1600 from V Bracken while ram lambs to £1200 from Messrs J Irving. Pure Charollais to £1200 from RJ & J Towers with the days averaging an impressive £900 for all types forward.
The pre-sale show as kindly sponsored by Brown & Co, Brown & Brown, Tynedale, Milking Parlour and Peregrine Finance. We would like the thank all the judges for their time and expertise, Texels were judged by Thomas Wilson, Crossbred by Richard & Carol Benson and Suffolk and Any Other Breed by Steven Dixon. They awarded the rosettes as follows:

CLASS 1 – TEXEL SHEARLING
1st D Scott, Hollins View Farm
2nd W Case, Plumpton Cottage
3rd E Woodburn, Green Farm

CLASS 2 – BELTEX SHEARLING
1st G Sowerby, Terrys Farm
2nd St Birkett & Son, Hall Croft Barn
3rd MJR Standen Ltd, Daisy Bank Farm

CLASS 3 – CROSSBRED SHEARLING
1st WM Reed & Sons, Lands Farm
2nd WM Reed & Sons, Lands Farm
3rd G Sowerby, Terrys Farm

CLASS 4 – SUFFOLK SHEARLING
1st TA Blair, Thornfleet
2nd S Bolland, The Arches
3rd RA Batty, Candy slack

CLASS 5 – SUFFOLK LAMB
1st S Bolland, The Arches
2nd J Harrison, Wicker Field
3rd TA Blair, Thornfleet

CLASS 6 – ANY OTHER BREED SHEARLING
1st RJ & J Towers, Greenlands Farm
2nd S Cummings, Smithy Wood Farm
3rd MW & HE Pedley, High Ploughlands

Entries now invited for our ‘Boys are Back in Town’ sale on Wednesday 30th September. Call the office on 015395 66200 by Wednesday 16th September.