- Location
- central scotland
Would like to go down (Curiosity) but other priorities, hopefully get some hay made, hope they are a decent trade but who knows, the ram trade is so often the complete opposite from what is expected !!
Worcester charollais
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- Start date
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I’m planning on going (although not selling this year). I’m taking my first dozen bags of wool in tomorrow morning, so there will be at least one cashed up buyer there.?
I just hope the cafe’s open so that I can throw my wool cheque around with abandon.
I just hope the cafe’s open so that I can throw my wool cheque around with abandon.
exmoorromney
Member
Beans on toast for you then....hold the beans!I’m planning on going (although not selling this year). I’m taking my first dozen bags of wool in tomorrow morning, so there will be at least one cashed up buyer there.?
I just hope the cafe’s open so that I can throw my wool cheque around with abandon.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
just been watching the live feed top price was Mike Alford £16000 to logie durno , quite a few didn't make upset, @£400 but anything wanted seemed £1500-2500 , prices back generally mainly covid related and a lot bought privately pre sale . @neilo and @sheepwise will give us the rundown later no doubt
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- Location
- Mendips Somerset
Foxhill Va Va Voom Top Price of 16,000 gns at Worcester Premier Sale
Leading prices at the sale
Lot 144 Foxhill Va Va Voom, 16,000 gns
to Ingram Family, Logie Durno and Loanhead
Lot 10 Thackwood U Corder, 4,600 gns
to Mike Alford, Foxhill Flock
Lot 17 Loanhead Unstoppable, 3,600 gns
to Jonathan Wales, Thackwood Flock
Lot 126 Wernfawr Vinnie, 3,200 gns
to Colin Bowen, Gwyndy Flock
Lot 128 Artnagullion Vagabond, 3,200 gns
to Tim Prichard, Castellau Flock
Lot 4 Logie Durno Ultra, 2,500 gns
to D & J Norman, Kirkhouse Flock
Lot 98 Hundalee Volcano, 2,500 gns
to Redhill, Rainbow and Lowerye Flocks
Lot 145 Foxhill Victor, 2,500 gns
to Jeremy Price Oakchurch Flock and Esmor Evans, Maerdy Flock
Lot 2 Logie Durno Upperclass, 2,300 gns
to Simon Turkington, Ivy Bank Flock
Lot 65 Bronwydd Vulcan, 2,000 gns
to Geoff Biddulph, Gawsworth Flock
Lot 71 Sant Andras Vanquish, 2,000 gns
to Geraint Evans, Grug Flock
Lot 103 Arbryn Vialli, 1,900 gns
to Gail Hodgson and George Wearmouth, Shield Ash Flock
Lot 113 Ffrwd Vunipola, 1,900 gns to D A Thomas, Dafolog Flock
Lot 134 Knockin Valdez, 1,650 gns to R C Davies, Pentyparc
Lot 136 Knockin Vengaboy, 1,650 gns
to Gail Hodgson and George Wearmouth, Shield Ash Flock
Lot 66 Bronwydd Vulcan, 1,600 gns to Volka Derbisz, Germany
Lot 72 Sant Andras Vantage, 1,600 gns
to M J White, Brook Farm Flock
Lot 85 Carnew Vagabond, 1,600 gns
to Jonathan & Carroll Barber, Crogham Flock
Lot 18 Loanhead Ultimatun, 1,500 gns to Volka Derbisz, Germany
AVERAGES :
11 Shearling Rams sold to average £1,911.95
71 Ram Lambs sold to average £1,278.48
(23 sh rams + 131 ram lambs entered , some not forward ),
Leading prices at the sale
Lot 144 Foxhill Va Va Voom, 16,000 gns
to Ingram Family, Logie Durno and Loanhead
Lot 10 Thackwood U Corder, 4,600 gns
to Mike Alford, Foxhill Flock
Lot 17 Loanhead Unstoppable, 3,600 gns
to Jonathan Wales, Thackwood Flock
Lot 126 Wernfawr Vinnie, 3,200 gns
to Colin Bowen, Gwyndy Flock
Lot 128 Artnagullion Vagabond, 3,200 gns
to Tim Prichard, Castellau Flock
Lot 4 Logie Durno Ultra, 2,500 gns
to D & J Norman, Kirkhouse Flock
Lot 98 Hundalee Volcano, 2,500 gns
to Redhill, Rainbow and Lowerye Flocks
Lot 145 Foxhill Victor, 2,500 gns
to Jeremy Price Oakchurch Flock and Esmor Evans, Maerdy Flock
Lot 2 Logie Durno Upperclass, 2,300 gns
to Simon Turkington, Ivy Bank Flock
Lot 65 Bronwydd Vulcan, 2,000 gns
to Geoff Biddulph, Gawsworth Flock
Lot 71 Sant Andras Vanquish, 2,000 gns
to Geraint Evans, Grug Flock
Lot 103 Arbryn Vialli, 1,900 gns
to Gail Hodgson and George Wearmouth, Shield Ash Flock
Lot 113 Ffrwd Vunipola, 1,900 gns to D A Thomas, Dafolog Flock
Lot 134 Knockin Valdez, 1,650 gns to R C Davies, Pentyparc
Lot 136 Knockin Vengaboy, 1,650 gns
to Gail Hodgson and George Wearmouth, Shield Ash Flock
Lot 66 Bronwydd Vulcan, 1,600 gns to Volka Derbisz, Germany
Lot 72 Sant Andras Vantage, 1,600 gns
to M J White, Brook Farm Flock
Lot 85 Carnew Vagabond, 1,600 gns
to Jonathan & Carroll Barber, Crogham Flock
Lot 18 Loanhead Ultimatun, 1,500 gns to Volka Derbisz, Germany
AVERAGES :
11 Shearling Rams sold to average £1,911.95
71 Ram Lambs sold to average £1,278.48
(23 sh rams + 131 ram lambs entered , some not forward ),
Joe
Member
- Location
- Carlow Ireland
good trade for year that’s in it, especially considering amount of lambs sold privately.
sheepwise
Member
- Location
- SW Scotland
I thought it was a fair sale as you say. The private sales took a number of buyers out the equation meaning that I suspect most buyers would be able to secure their first choice with less competition. I know we sold a lamb at 800gns which the buyer had tried to buy at home. He told me afterwards that he didn't expect to get him at that price and had been prepared to go a lot more for him. But you always win some and lose some. Got 1000gns for another so not too bad in the circumstances. Overall thought their were a few good sheep there but a lot with far too much wool for my liking. The Foxhill and Bronwydd lambs were standouts for me.
Joe
Member
- Location
- Carlow Ireland
Don’t know what flock you are sheepwise but was two lambs I was interested in one made 800 coincidently and other 880 (bought by a friend with offer to use on few ewes), but not being able to travel put me off tbh.
Another friend of mine was underbidder on top Bronwydd lamb but same thing didn’t want to go mad based on videos only.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
watching the feed , seemed the also rans took the brunt of the reserves or couldnt get to upset price , the usual breeders sold their pen leaders well , i thought there was still some bargains for those willing to travel , pity they didnt have online bidding like our local auction house as i would have taken a punt on a few that didnt make upset and a couple of interesting shearlings , I was making hay unfortunately to loose a day . hope to get a couple to run through between exeter , hereford and maybe the online signet sale this autumn
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- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Did they not have online bidding? I thought that was supposed to be getting set up.
Joe
Member
- Location
- Carlow Ireland
No fella I know bid over the phone, will be online bidding at Irish premier 25th July
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
no , shame think it would have added a base or a % to sales , seeing ram after ram passing through @390 ns , worth a punt on a few with good heritage if only for commercial use , also considering cost to breeders to get them there might have helped out
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
It was a lot better trade than I was expecting tbh, considering the numbers that have changed hands previously (I’ve never started a year like it personally, and will be short on yearlings for next year I think, as a result).
Fancied sheep sold ok, but not to the level seen normally. As usual, there were plenty there that just didn’t have that little extra something needed to appeal. An increase in the upset to 400gns on lambs wouldn’t help the commercial base much either I would think, but any ram entered there SHOULD be better than that imo.
I picked a lamb up in partnership, not that I particularly want to share him but didn’t want to fight with friends either. He was the only lamb I wanted to take home, and not the one I went there to look at.
Of those I handled, there were a few that wouldn’t have got through inspection imo, which had been suspended for this year as part of the distancing. I hope nobody buying on the phone gets disappointed when their purchases arrive!
On the whole though, I have to say I was disappointed with a lot of the sheep, and especially in a lot of those that appeared in demand. Yes, they were turned out very well, and had been managed very well to date, but favour seems more and more to fall with the big, framey rams with strong heads and plenty of bone. I would describe most as what are called ‘shearling makers’, which produce a great pen of shearlings when managed appropriately, but would lack natural fleshing at slaughter weight, without the management these have received from birth.
I find that direction of travel in the breed quite sad, but fully understand why people breed them that way. That’s just my personal opinion of course.
Fancied sheep sold ok, but not to the level seen normally. As usual, there were plenty there that just didn’t have that little extra something needed to appeal. An increase in the upset to 400gns on lambs wouldn’t help the commercial base much either I would think, but any ram entered there SHOULD be better than that imo.
I picked a lamb up in partnership, not that I particularly want to share him but didn’t want to fight with friends either. He was the only lamb I wanted to take home, and not the one I went there to look at.
Of those I handled, there were a few that wouldn’t have got through inspection imo, which had been suspended for this year as part of the distancing. I hope nobody buying on the phone gets disappointed when their purchases arrive!
On the whole though, I have to say I was disappointed with a lot of the sheep, and especially in a lot of those that appeared in demand. Yes, they were turned out very well, and had been managed very well to date, but favour seems more and more to fall with the big, framey rams with strong heads and plenty of bone. I would describe most as what are called ‘shearling makers’, which produce a great pen of shearlings when managed appropriately, but would lack natural fleshing at slaughter weight, without the management these have received from birth.
I find that direction of travel in the breed quite sad, but fully understand why people breed them that way. That’s just my personal opinion of course.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
2019 report
| WORCESTER PREM. | 254 | Shearling Ewes | 23 | 23 | 15 | 65% | 835 | 1850 |
| 29th June 2019 | Adult Rams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 735 | 735 | |
| Shearling Rams | 37 | 32 | 22 | 69% | 1344.95 | 3600 | ||
| Ram Lambs | 192 | 186 | 105 | 56% | 1352.16 | 12000 |
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I didn't write them down, but I'm pretty sure I saw a couple making over £1k? I admit that I wasn't paying much attention by that point, as nattering to do, but they looked a tidy pen.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
yes you might be right on his pen leaders , but pretty sure the second run were all unsold