The great Annual Show and Sale of Swaledale Draft Ewes & Shearling has once again been a huge success with vendors leaving delighted with their day’s trading.
Averages were up across the board with ewes levelling at £166.31 – an increase of £26 on the year, shearlings averaged a staggering £193.31 which was up a whopping £30 on the year and gimmer lambs again saw an increase of £29 averaging £97.17.

The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Mr John Mason, Oddacres and Mr Ted Telford, Roadhead who we thank for working through the classes efficiently and expertly this morning. They awarded the results as follows:

SWALEDALE EWES (3CROP)
1ST RS and BA Harker, Overthwaite
2nd R and A Taylforth, Side Farm
3rd DC and KL Hutchinson, Old Spital

SWALEDALE EWES (1 and 2 Crop)
1st E and A Wear, Grove Farm
2nd R and A Taylforth, Side Farm

SWALEDALE GIMMER SHEARLINGS
1st M and EM Wilson, Arngill
2nd J A Alderson, Barras
3rd Fernyford Farm, Derbyshire

SWALEDALE GIMMER LAMBS
1st Forest Hall Farm
2nd Forest Hall Farm
3rd Forest Hall Farm

The sale topped at £360 for the sale Champions from E&A Wear, Howe Green who sold a pen of 18 at £300. The Reserve Champion honours went to RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite which sold at £350. Selling at £300 was the best of the run from Drinkall Bros, Catshaw with shearlings from JA Alderson, Barras reaching £290. DC&KL Hutchinson, Old Spital enjoyed their day’s trading topping at £280 and Calderside Farms topping at £260.
Other notable prices saw R&PE Hargreaves, Meadow Bank sell shearlings at £240, ewes to £222 from W&PA Walton, Corney and shearlings to £210 from both MP&A Capstick, High Lane & M&EM Wilson, Arngill House. Some of the day’s leading averages are below:

JR Alderson, Barras – 36 av £237.78
RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite – 77 av £232.08
Drinkall Bros, Catshaw – 109 av £223.49
E&A Wear, Howe Green – 243 av £216.67
R&PR Hargreaves, Meadow Bank – 62 av £214.19