PEDIGREE SHEEP

WENSLEYDALE

The 126^th Show & Sale held on behalf of the Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders Association saw Andrew Fisher lift the championship at the Friday evening show with the male champion, a shearling ram by Maesafon Tornado.

Class 1 – Aged Ram

1^st JA&F Elliott Lot 735

Class 2 – Shearling Ram

1^st A Fisher Lot 741

2^nd E Sherwin Lot 747

3^rd L Beaton Lot 739

Class 3 – Ram Lamb

1^st M Smith Lot 754

2^nd J McHardy Lot 722

3^rd N Oliver Lot 751

Champion Ram – A Fisher Lot 741

Reserve Ram – JA&F Elliott Lot 735

Class 5 – Shearling Ewe

1^st J McHardy Lot 704

2^nd JN&SM Prescott Lot 747

3^rd A Fisher Lot 724

Class 6 – Ewe Lamb

1^st N Oliver Lot 734

2^nd J McHardy Lot 709

3^rd S Plenderleith Lot 708

Champion Female – N Oliver Lot 734

Reserve Female – K McHardy Lot 704

Supreme Champion – A Fisher Lot 741

Supreme Reserve – N Oliver Lot 734

Wensleydale Longwool Sheep

Aged Rams                  to 240gns                    JA&F Elliott

Shearling Rams           to 310gns av £195       JA&F Elliott

Black Shearling Rams to 420gns                    Colcester Zoo

Ram Lambs                 to 150gns av £158       J McHardy

Shearling Ewes            to 410gns av £223       JN&SM Prescott

Ewe Lambs                  to 420gns                    N Oliver

JACOB

The 42^nd Jacob Sheep Society Northern Area show and sale championship was awarded to Mr L Trumper and Family from Abergevenny whose Beiliau Flock produced the 2 Horn January born triplet ewe lamb (by Border Windrush) to win the Female Championship and sold to G Wood for 1500gns.

Reserve was pulled from the pen of Mrs DJ Price Pentrement Flock, a shearling ram sired by Hope Flash Lad which sold to Mrs V Stanley for 1200gns.

Aged Ewe

1^st RF Price Lot 504

2^nd Higginson Lot 502

3^rd A Urwin Lot 511

4^th Atkinson Lot 501

Shearling Ewes

1^st C&D Lot 527

2^nd Walsh Lot 526

3^rd Higginson Lot 565

4^th C&D Lot 529

5^th Moore Lot 517

6^th Moore Lot 516

Ewe Lamb

1^st Trumper Lot 585

2^nd Lewis Lot 614

3^rd Price Lot 599

4^th Sizer Lot 579

5^th Lewis Lot 617

6^th S Carpenter Lot 603

Aged Ram

1^st Kendall Lot 635

Shearling Ram

1^st Moore Lot 644

2^nd Kendal Lot 643

3^rd C&D Lot 638

4^th Black Lot 646

5^th McKendrick Lot 639

Ram Lamb

1^st  Price 664 Lot 664

2^nd L Trumper Lot 671

3^rd Carpenter Lot 654

4^th Palmer Lot 673

5^th Walsh Lot 652

6^th Price Lot 665

Overall Champion – Trumper Lot 585

Reserve Champion – Price Lot 664

Jacob Sheep

Aged Rams                  to 240gns                    S Kendall

Shearling Rams           to 810gns av £365       S Moore

Ram Lambs                 to 1200gns av £348     RF&DJ Price

Aged Ewes                   to 260gns av £114       GA Ridout

Shearling Ewes            to 300gns av £171       G Wood

Ewe Lambs                  to 1500gns av £148     L Trumper

SHOW RESULTS

The rare breed sale at Craven Cattle Marts at Skipton Auction Mart was once again well supported, with a wide variety of sheep up for grabs at this sale. Today’s sale began with the cattle section

Cattle

1^st A Greenwood 2^nd J Braugham 3^rd A Greenwood

Sheep –

A healthy show of rare breed sheep saw some strong judging classes before the sale. During the sale the trade was strongest for vendors of Grey Faced Dartmoors, Welsh Badger Faces and Herdwicks. Top call of the day went to the Reserve Champion from Ian Grisedale, a 2shr Herdwick tup sold for 340gns. A run of Grey Faced Dartmoor Shearlings from Mr Howard of Conistone topped at 132gns and averaged £122.5 for 6 sheep. Rob and Penny Paisley saw there Welsh Badger Face Ram reach 200gns and there runs of gimmer lambs average £64. 

Primitive Male –

1^st 2^nd & 3^rd D Reynolds

Primitive Female –

1^st 2^nd M Parkin

Longwool Male –

1^st K Ward; 2^nd D Booth; 3^rd D Booth

Longwool Female –

1^st D Booth; 2^nd K Ward; 3^rd D Booth

Down  Male –

1^st  B Wright; 2^nd J Thornton; 3^rd J Thornton

Hill & Heath Male –

1^st I Grisedale 2^nd L Brown; 3^rd TM Kitching

Hill & Heath Female –

1^st A Dickinson; 2^nd I Grisedale; 3^rd I Grisedale

Champion K Ward with Leicester Longwool

Reserve Champion I Grisedale with Herdwick

Principle Prices:

Grey Faced Dartmoor to 200gns x2 D Booth, £110 P Paisley; £132, £125, £120, £110, £100 ER Howard

Ryelands to 130gns J Thornton

Welsh Mountain Badger Face to 200gns P Paisley

White Faced Woodland to 80gns A Dickson

Herdwicks to £340, £100x2 IK&AM Grisedale; £65 JH Dewhirst;

POULTRY

Class 1 – Best Pen Large Fowl

1^st D Brewer

2^nd J Hindle

3^rd E Trumper

Class 2 – Best Pen of Small Fowl

1^st J Hindle

2^nd J Binns

3^rd A Berry

Class 3 – Best Water Fowl

1^st RW Hebdon

2^nd A Fisher

3^rd HR&NA Ayres

Champion – D Brewer

Reserve – J Hindle

Top Prices

Trio White SIlkies                                            to £120

Partridge Wyandotte                                     to £80

White Silkies                                                     to £70

Partridge Wyandotte                                     to £65

Trip Silver Pencilled Wyandotte                               to £60

Indian Runner Duck                                        to £55