ROUGH FELL DRAFT EWE SALE
AVERAGE £188, UP £68
THE FUTURES BRIGHT, THE FUTURES ROUGH
An absolute flying trade today for Rough Fell sheep as demand was impressive to witness. Ringside at J36 Kendal was rammed and buyers were very well travelled and eager to buy quality breeding stock.
We would like to thank our judges today, Tony and Matthew Ellis, Kendal and we very much appreciate their time and expertise.
CLASS 1 – 5 ROUGH FELL EWES
1st - P & S Hoggarth, Birkhaw
2nd – NC & S Dodd, Manor Court
3rd – MH & H York, Thwaite Farm
CLASS 2 – 5 ROUGH FELL GIMMER SHEARLINGS
1st – P & S Hoggarth, Birkhaw
2nd – NC & S Dodd, Manor Court
3rd – MH & H York, Thwaite Farm
CLASS 3 – 5 ROUGH FELL GIMMER LAMBS
1st – W Moore, New House Farm
2nd – W Moore, New House Farm
3rd – W Moore, New House Farm
PAIR OF ROUGH FELLS
1st – VR Guy, Whinfell Terrace
2nd – J Hunter, Galloper Park
3rd – NC & S Dodd, Manor Court
CHAMPION – P & S Hoggarth, Birkhaw
RESERVE CHAMPION – P & S Hoggarth, Birkhaw
First into the ring was Norman Dodd who set the trade off to a flyer with a pen of 2 ewes at £245 and a pen of 5 at £230. The Champion and Reserve, both from Messrs Hoggarth at Birkhaw, the Reserve going for £215 for 3 crop ewes. The Champion pen which were shearlings went on to make £220 selling to Jamie Stamper, Shap.
Topping today’s trade was VR Guy with his first prize pair making £280
Gimmer lambs were up £39 with an average of £111, topping at £150 from Wendy Moore.
Trade surpassed all expectations.
Ewes up £63
Shearlings up £75
Lambs up £39
A big thank you must go to all vendors and buyers for making the sale such a success and we look forward to seeing you at the next sale on behalf of the Rough Fell Sheep Breeders Association sale on Saturday 10th October 2026 which is the sale of Rams.
Following on from the Rough Fell sale was the sale of other breeding sheep. Cheviots dominated play with a strong entry forward and some good quality as well. Topping the market for ewes was S Crawford, Staveley at £245 for a pen of 10 and pen of 11. Special mention goes to KM & KJ Curwen who had a strong run of Hill type Cheviots that topped the shearling category at £229 and ewes topped at £237. Overall cheviots of all kinds averaged £208.
Herdwicks were strong in number and in good demand! They went on to average £180. Top price for these was £195 from J & GM Willis, Grayrigg. Herdwick gimmer lambs were in demand with the same firm achieving top price of £115.
For all enquiries of upcoming breeding sales, contact the auctioneers on
Joel – 07920 009097
Will – 07506 283587
Rob – 07867 000244