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SWALEDALE RAMS - MONDAY 6TH OCTOBER

Forward: 96 Swaledale Rams CCM Auctions conducted the Annual Sale of Swaledale Rams at Skipton on Monday evening. Trade was not up to the levels seen in recent years. There was a shortage of good old tups which are usually a feature of this sale, whilst demand for shearlings was very selective. Show Results; Judges – Mr Jimmy Baines & Mr Paul Baines



Best Swaledale Aged Ram

1st – K Huck Lot 105 sold for 650gns to A&C Ivinson

2nd – A&R Birbeck Lot 72 sold for 450gns to A Chadwick

3rd – S&D Robinson Lot 46 sold for 80gmns to A&N Fothergill

 

Best Swaledale Shearling Ram

1st – C Nelson & Son Lot 75 sold for 600gns to P Metcalfe

2nd – JH&J Bland & Son Lot 92 sold for 400gns to C Mellin

3rd – CR Birbeck Lot 52 sold for 450gns to MJ Gray

 

Best Conformation Ram

1st – C Nelson & Son Lot 75 sold for 600gns to P Metcalfe

 

CHAMPION – C Nelson & Son Lot 75 sold for 600gns to P Metcalfe

RESERVE CHAMPION – JH&J Bland & Son Lot 92 sold for 400gns to C Mellin

 

Averages & Principle Prices;

 

Aged – Av £279

650gns K Huck; 550gns JC Walker & Son; 500gns WA&A Booth; 500gns D&B Carlton; 500gns x2 C Nelson & Son; 450gns A&R Birbeck;

 

Shearlings – Av £298

680gns K Huck; 600gns AG Horn; 600gns 550gns C Nelson & Son; 600gns Saddle End Farms; 600gns FC N&M Walker; 550gns 450gns JW&CR Birbeck; 450gns K Dickinson;