The second evening sale of breeding rams saw a top price of £950 achieved for a Texel shearling from A&HC Smith, Hawick with others Texel shearlings selling at £850 twice from SW Huck, Kirkby Stephen. Suffolks sold to £750 from TH Garnett & Son, Stank. Charollais x Beltex at £750 from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens. Strong well bred shearling rams of all breed were regularly £500 to £650. Two shear Suffolk x rams sold to £500 from J Smith, Brookhouse and Texel four shears selling to £450 from TMW&H Hodgson, Nibthwaite. A Blue Faced Leicester shearling from Messrs Hewson, Carlisle sold to £500. Ram lambs sold to £450 for a Suffolk from Messrs Hewson, Carlisle who sold Texels at £400.
The final sale of breeding rams is on Saturday 21st October being the Lakeland fair, entries for this sale close on Wednesday 3rd October.