Sheep Sales

Top Prices

Champion pen of five from WJ and EC Stevenson, Coilavoulin realised £175.00 purchased by Pickstock Foods Ltd

Beltex from West Park and Easter Ochtermuthill produce top prices at Stirling

Cannon Hall Gladys topped the sale at 3000gns

Cannon Hall Gladys topped the sale at 3000gns

top call of 3000gns

Cannon Hall Christmas Crackers sparkle to 3000gns on-farm

The pre-sale champion from Myfyr Evans of the Rhaeadr flock (right) and the reserve honours (left) from the Boden family of the Sportsmans flock

The pre-sale champion from Myfyr Evans of the Rhaeadr flock (right) and the reserve honours (left) from the Boden family of the Sportsmans flock

5000gns Suffolk Ewe

Jimmy Douglas sold the lead priced Suffolk female of 5000gns at Carlisle

Champion Suffolk and sale leader at 4000gns from Tom Boden and family

Champion Suffolk and sale leader at 4000gns from Tom Boden and family

Supreme Victory

Sportmans takes supreme and top price at Skipton in-lamb Suffolk sale

Paul Hallam and family's High Birkwith Young General 1 topped the sale at £62,000

Paul Hallam and family's High Birkwith Young General 1 topped the sale at £62,000

93% clearance rate

Averages improve for Swaledales at Hawes

Sale leader at £34,000 from Ghyll House

Sale leader at £34,000 from Ghyll House

Reduced entry of Swaledale shearling rams at Kirkby Stephen and averages fall

This aged ram stood reserve for Badanloch Estate, Kinbrace, and sold for £6500

This aged ram stood reserve for Badanloch Estate, Kinbrace, and sold for £6500

£6500 at annual sale

North Country Cheviot rams reach £6500 on three occasions at Dingwall

Sale leader at £6500 from Brownchesters

Sale leader at £6500 from Brownchesters

£6500 Top Price

Brownchesters shearling leads Hexham Blackface ram sale at £6500

Ian Hunter, Dalchirla sold the first lamb at £70,000

Ian Hunter, Dalchirla sold the first lamb at £70,000

Top Price Twice

Dalmally Blackface ram Sale comes out top at £70,000 – twice

Donald and Jimmy MacGregor, Dyke topped the shearlings at £35,000

Donald and Jimmy MacGregor, Dyke topped the shearlings at £35,000

Top Price: £35k

Dyke and Glenrath top Lanark Blackface shearlings at £35,000

John Murray, Crossflatt sold the first lamb to make £65,000

John Murray, Crossflatt sold the first lamb to make £65,000

Top price: £65k

Lanark Blackface lambs reach £65,000 twice for Crossflatt and Auldhouseburn

Logie Durno ewe lamb from the Ingrams sold for 4000gns

Logie Durno ewe lamb from the Ingrams sold for 4000gns

Top Price: 4000gns

Logie Durno leads High Flyers Charollais sheep sale at 4000gns

Top price was £35,000 paid for a shearling from Donald and Jimmy MacGregor, Dyke, Milton of Campsie

Top price was £35,000 paid for a shearling from Donald and Jimmy MacGregor, Dyke, Milton of Campsie

Dyke shearling leads Lanark trade at £35,000

Two ewe lambs from David Murray, Lurgan, sold for £1400 each

Two ewe lambs from David Murray, Lurgan, sold for £1400 each

United Auctions

Lurgan Blackface ewe lambs sell for £1400 Dalmally centre record

First prize pen of Swaledale ewes from TW Cowperthwaite topped the sale at £440. Pictured from left to right are: sponsor Helen Whittaker, Massey Feeds, judge Geoff Walker, vendor Robert Cowperthwaite and daughter Evie, vendor Bill Cowperthwaite

First prize pen of Swaledale ewes from TW Cowperthwaite topped the sale at £440. Pictured from left to right are: sponsor Helen Whittaker, Massey Feeds, judge Geoff Walker, vendor Robert Cowperthwaite and daughter Evie, vendor Bill Cowperthwaite

Swaledale ewes sold to £440 for TW Cowperthwaite, Tennant Gill at Bentham

Martin Wilson, Arngill House, produced the champion and reserve pen, pictured with the judge, Robert Wear and sponsors

Martin Wilson, Arngill House, produced the champion and reserve pen, pictured with the judge, Robert Wear and sponsors

joint top price

A joint top price of £650 was achieved for Swaledale at Kirkby Stephen

Bluefaced Leicester shearling from Muriel Forbes, Clunebeg topped the sale at £3600

Bluefaced Leicester shearling from Muriel Forbes, Clunebeg topped the sale at £3600

Clunebeg Bluefaced Leicesters top Rendezvous sale at Stirling at £3600

Sale leader at £11,000 from Colin McClymont, Cuil Ref: RH091024026 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Sale leader at £11,000 from Colin McClymont, Cuil Ref: RH091024026 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Colin McClymont, Cuil, sells £11,000 top priced Blackface at Ayr

Blackface shearling rams sold to £4000 twice at Dingwall

Blackface shearling rams sold to £4000 twice at Dingwall

Rams hit £4000

Bomakelloch and Clashnoir sell £4000 top priced Blackface rams at Dingwall

John and Patrick Harkin topped the sale at 40,000gns

John and Patrick Harkin topped the sale at 40,000gns

New Record Price

Loughash Blackface ram lamb sells for 40,000gns NI breed record

West Biggins T13 ram lamb sold for a centre record price of £7000

West Biggins T13 ram lamb sold for a centre record price of £7000

West Biggins Bluefaced Leicesters lamb sets J36 centre record of £7000

Top priced lamb at £6000 from Messrs Lord

Top priced lamb at £6000 from Messrs Lord

Bluefaced Leicesters hit £6500 at Penrith for the Hewgill flock

This Steel T2 lamb topped the sale at £45,000

This Steel T2 lamb topped the sale at £45,000

The Hunter’s Steel flock come out on top at Bluefaced Leicester sale at Hawes

Sale topper from the Dorrery flock sold for £22,000 Ref: RH071024036 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Sale topper from the Dorrery flock sold for £22,000 Ref: RH071024036 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

record breaking trade

Martyn Cook's Dorrery pen breaks £20,000 twice at Lairg tup sale

Sale leader at 12,500gns from the Bland family, Mirkholme

Sale leader at 12,500gns from the Bland family, Mirkholme

Herdwick shearling ram from the Bland family, Mirkholme, hit 12,500gns

First prize pen of draft Blackface ewes at Hexham from Troughend

First prize pen of draft Blackface ewes at Hexham from Troughend

Wanwood Hill produced top priced Blackface draft ewes at Hexham

Sale leader at £7000 from Martyn Archer

Sale leader at £7000 from Martyn Archer

Martyn Archer's Carry House flock tops Bluefaced Leicesters at Hexham

Roussin sold to 2100gns at the Pedigree Sheep Fair

Roussin sold to 2100gns at the Pedigree Sheep Fair

Roussin averages double at Carlisle Pedigree Sheep Fair

Large number of sheep entries don't affect the market prices this week

Large number of sheep entries don't affect the market prices this week

Sheep Prices Strong

Large entries of sheep at both UA Stirling and Longtown do not dampen prices

Sale leader at 2500gns was Vicky’s Jacob from J Ferguson

Sale leader at 2500gns was Vicky’s Jacob from J Ferguson

Shearling ram tops Beltex Society’s second sale at Carlisle at 2500gns

Ref:RH280823115 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Ref:RH280823115 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Breeding sheep remain firm on the year throughout the UK

Colin McClymont and son Angus, Cuil, topped the sale at £11,000 with a shearling ram

Colin McClymont and son Angus, Cuil, topped the sale at £11,000 with a shearling ram

Cuil shearling tops Ayr Blackface sale at £11,000 – Aberuchill leads lambs at £8000

Top Price Bluefaced Leicester from Kirkstead £2800 Longtown 30th Sept 2024 at the Border Ewe and Ram Sale

Top Price Bluefaced Leicester from Kirkstead £2800 Longtown 30th Sept 2024 at the Border Ewe and Ram Sale

top price of £2800

Bluefaced Leicester from Kirkstead tops Longtown sale at £2800

Beef and sheep meat exports are up on the year

Beef and sheep meat exports are up on the year

Meat Export Rise

Beef and sheep meat exports to EU and non EU countries rise on the year

Champion pen of Swaledales from E and A Wear, Hartsop, at North West Auctions' draft ewe sale sold for £430

Champion pen of Swaledales from E and A Wear, Hartsop, at North West Auctions' draft ewe sale sold for £430

Champion pen of Swaledales from E and A Wear, Hartsop realised £430

Dick Montague's Ashdown gimmer was champion and sold for 1600gns

Dick Montague's Ashdown gimmer was champion and sold for 1600gns

Scots buy up at Welshpool Bluefaced Leicester sale

Kerr Jarvie's Duncryne Hawkayethenoo topped the sale at 3000gns

Kerr Jarvie's Duncryne Hawkayethenoo topped the sale at 3000gns

highest priced ram lamb

Kerr Jarvie’s Duncryne flock secures 3000gns at Solway and Tyne Texel Club sale

Cheviots met a flying trade selling to £600. This pen from Humbleheugh sold for £380 per head

Cheviots met a flying trade selling to £600. This pen from Humbleheugh sold for £380 per head

South Country Cheviots from Townfoot attract top prices at Longtown

The Whitehope flock topped the sale at £28,000, Norman and David Douglas with Shepherd Matt Carryer and the sale topping tup Ref: RH250924023

The Whitehope flock topped the sale at £28,000, Norman and David Douglas with Shepherd Matt Carryer and the sale topping tup Ref: RH250924023

£28,000 Record

Whitehope Dark Knight makes £28,000 at Lockerbie for the Douglas family

Helen Wells' Rowelen Marksman topped the sale at 7500gns

Helen Wells' Rowelen Marksman topped the sale at 7500gns

Averages improved in all sections at Lleyn sheep show and sale

Top priced ewes at £950 per head from Donald and Jimmy MacGregor, Dyke

Top priced ewes at £950 per head from Donald and Jimmy MacGregor, Dyke

Top Price at Stirling

Blackface ewes hit £950 at Stirling

Alex Playfair (centre) pictured with the £3200 top priced Border Leicester ram lamb at Lanark from Tom and Andrew Tennant (Photograph: Emma Cheape)

Alex Playfair (centre) pictured with the £3200 top priced Border Leicester ram lamb at Lanark from Tom and Andrew Tennant (Photograph: Emma Cheape)

Border Leicester sheep

Alex Playfair, Kaimknowe buys big into Border Leicester sheep

Beltex, Blue Texels, Bluefaced Leicesters, Charollais, cross tups, Lleyns, Suffolks, Texels were forward with some breeds staging society pre-sale shows

Beltex, Blue Texels, Bluefaced Leicesters, Charollais, cross tups, Lleyns, Suffolks, Texels were forward with some breeds staging society pre-sale shows

multi-breed sale

New Bluefaced Leicester high at Stirling UA multi-breed ram sale

Doug Lambie, Oxmuir sold the top priced Suffolk at £2000

Doug Lambie, Oxmuir sold the top priced Suffolk at £2000

Scottish flockmasters made their mark at a multi-breed sale of rams at Bentham

Jason Mills' first prize shearling and reserve overall sold for 28,000gns

Jason Mills' first prize shearling and reserve overall sold for 28,000gns

new centre record

Northern Ireland

Bluefaced Leicester shearling sells for 28,000gns record at Ballymena

Kerr Jarvie's Duncryne Houdini sold privately for £40,000

Kerr Jarvie's Duncryne Houdini sold privately for £40,000

Kerr Jarvie's Duncryne Houdini makes £40,000 in private deal

William Barnetson's £2800 Suffolk ram sold for a new centre record

William Barnetson's £2800 Suffolk ram sold for a new centre record

New breed highs

Lynegar Suffolk leads Quobrae multi-breed ram sale at £2800

Champion Texel and sale leader at £2400 from Cambeck Hill, pictured from left vendor J Douglas; sponsor, Victoria Ivinson, EQ Accountants and judge Adam Bell

Champion Texel and sale leader at £2400 from Cambeck Hill, pictured from left vendor J Douglas; sponsor, Victoria Ivinson, EQ Accountants and judge Adam Bell

Texel shearling from Cambeck Hill tops Penrith at £2400

Ref:RH280823115 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Ref:RH280823115 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer

Breeding Sheep Sales

Breeding sheep sales of all sorts remain strong on the year

Phil Weaver's Texel champion Empire Gladiator and sale leader at 30,000gns

Phil Weaver's Texel champion Empire Gladiator and sale leader at 30,000gns

30,000gns Record

Record trade at Builth with 30,000gns high and Kirkstead BFL at 20,000gns

Bankhouse ram lambs sold to £1250

Bankhouse ram lambs sold to £1250

Bankhouse Easycare rams reach £1250 at on-farm sale

Shepherd Elliot Gisborne with the Blackdale flock's reserve female champion shearling ewe, which went on to top the sale at 3000gns

Shepherd Elliot Gisborne with the Blackdale flock's reserve female champion shearling ewe, which went on to top the sale at 3000gns

Texel gimmer tops Northern Area sale at Skipton selling at 3000gns to Glen Wilson

Champion pen from Colin MacFadyen, Lachan Farms, pictured with Aileen McFadzean (left) and the judge, James Robertson (right)

Champion pen from Colin MacFadyen, Lachan Farms, pictured with Aileen McFadzean (left) and the judge, James Robertson (right)

Achnaba top Dalmally Blackface wedder lambs at £104

Champion gimmers from Helen Wilson, Bankdale, sold for £250, pictured with the Judge John Maughan

Champion gimmers from Helen Wilson, Bankdale, sold for £250, pictured with the Judge John Maughan

gimmer tops sale

Breeding sheep prices soar at Kirkby Stephen sale – Beltex gimmer tops at £410