Continental Shearlings found a three tier trade, the very best sheep were keenly contested and £200 plus was commonplace for the quality lots, whilst Thomas Boothman of Linton took top price honours when selling his Champion Pen, which had earlier received a new trophy, The James Boothman Memorial Trophy, for a wonderful £300 per head. The nice sorts, especially if medium to strong bodied sheep and including sheep that have had lambs found a ready ringside of buyers, £155 to £200 being the main price range. Smaller or leaner commercial types though were discounted by buyers today and were down the cut in the prices. Texel average was £185, +£31 on the year.
Cheviot Mules have come more into fashion and prices would reflect this today, Will Wildman sold a brace of pens at £195 per head, Robert Wade Cononley £190 and James Hall Darnbrook £180.
Suffolk crosses were along similar lines to Cheviot Mules, better sheep in the £170’s and £180’s apart from a pen from E Webster that made £350.
Masham Shearlings included the main Association Show & Sale, producing a sale average of £187 per head, and £208 top price for WD Dowthwaite of Kirkby Overblow.
Mule Shearlings were a very nice trade, better sheep taking a nice lift on the year, middle runs of sheep would be the furthest up on the year, and commercial sheep also taking a useful lift. The average for North of England Mules was £176, some £26 up on the year. J&E Greenhalgh of Clitheroe took top prices at £232 and £230, James Towler of Grindleton was right in the mix when selling at £220, and James Hall Darnbrook took £220 twice and £215 for his best three pens.



FORTHCOMING SALES THIS WEEK TO NOTE

Wednesday 24th August
Show & Sale of 8,630 Store Lambs
Pens of 50 or more Mule Wether Lambs (Stephen Foster Memorial Trophy)
Sale 10.00am. Catalogue online.

Tuesday 7th September
Opening Show & Sale of Mule Gimmer Lambs
Catalogue entries close 4pm Wednesday 25th August

Tuesday 14th September
Second Sale of Shearling Gimmers & All classes of Breeding Sheep
Entries close Monday 6th September



SHOW RESULTS
Judges – Tom Heseltine & Martin Throup
Mule Shearlings (Pens of 10)
1st J&E Greenhalgh sold for £230
2nd J&E Greenhalgh sold for £232
3rd WA VJ JA Towler sold for £220
4th JW Hall sold for £220

Masham Shearlings from Members of The MSBA (Pens of 10)
Judge Ernie Sherwin
1st WD Douthwaite & Partners sold for £205
2nd KA Liddle sold for £200
3rd WD Douthwaite sold for £208

Masham Shearlings (Non Members)
Judge Ernie Sherwin
1st V Verity & Son sold for £185
2nd M Elliott sold for £200
3rd V Verity & Son sold for £180

Continental Shearlings (Pens of 10)
Judge Andrew Haggas
1st T Boothman sold for £300
2nd RH&MR Ireland sold for £215
3rd O Wells sold for £215

Cheviot Mule Shearlings (Pens of 10)
Judge Andrew Haggas
1st JW Hall sold for £180
2nd W Wildman sold for £195

Suffolk Shearlings (Pens of 10)
Judge Andrew Haggas
1st W&M Oldfield sold for £180

OVERALL AVERAGE is £177.43

BREED AVERAGES
Mule Shearlings av £175.57 +£26.54
Masham Shearlings av £187.20 +£30.38
Texel Shearlings av £185.74 +£31.67
Suffolk Shearlings av £174.66 +£23.47
Cheviot Mule Shearlings av £173.37 - £5.65
Beltex Shearlings av £170.00 - £24.62
Charollais Shearlings av £190

PRINCIPLE PRICES

Mule-
J&E Greenhalgh £232 £230 £212
JW Hall £220x2 £212 £210
WA VJ JA Towler £220
Fox Farm £210x2

Masham-
WD Douthwaite £208 £205 £200x2 WD Douthwaite
KA Liddle £200 £198
MA Elliott £200
P Lofthouse £190

Texel-
T Boothman £300
D&SJ Pinder £235 £225 £220
LW&EJ Coverdale £230x2 £225 £220
PN Dalby £225
KW Gamble £220
D Pawson & Son £220

Suffolk-
EB Webster £350
JC&PS Turner £185 £170
W&M Oldfield £180
TJ Burke £180 £172

Cheviot Mule-
W&M Bland £195x2
JA&JM Wade £190
JW Hall £180 £175 £155
W&M Oldfield £165

Beltex-
JGE Heseltine £230
JR&PH Hodgson £190
M Thwaite £170
GB Moorhouse £165


Sale Sponsors – British Wool Marketing Board