Jalex Farm Sale

[Razor8]

Anyone at it and what did ye think of the stock??

 

[will6910]

Wasn’t at it but seen lots pics and odd prices. Made strong money but we’re nice sheep

 

[johnspeehs]

Watched online but have saw the sheep many times as I'm only 10 minutes from him. Prices were crazy, plenty of gimmers £250 to £300 and more, broken mouthed cheviot mules £150, didnt see the rams but was told they were unreal, up to £3100 I think. Very good stock and brought out to perfection, not sheep to take home and throw out among the rushes. They have hyped the sale up for weeks and is the first gimmer sale in this area so he got all the trigger happy wealthy sheep farmers who couldn't wait to get spending. If you didnt fancy the sheep you could have your pick of 1000 incalf hfrs

 

[Woolless]

Watched online but have saw the sheep many times as I'm only 10 minutes from him. Prices were crazy, plenty of gimmers £250 to £300 and more, broken mouthed cheviot mules £150, didnt see the rams but was told they were unreal, up to £3100 I think. Very good stock and brought out to perfection, not sheep to take home and throw out among the rushes. They have hyped the sale up for weeks and is the first gimmer sale in this area so he got all the trigger happy wealthy sheep farmers who couldn't wait to get spending. If you didnt fancy the sheep you could have your pick of 1000 incalf hfrs

Let me guess, were all the heifers fancy-arsed types? Is this a sale to appeal to the part-time farmers over there that like to look at something nice in the field in front of the house.

Full disclosure: I am a part-time farmer but I like to make money.

 

[johnspeehs]

Well yes and yes, because can anyone do the sums and tell me how to make money from a pen of 12 gimmers at £320 really only capable of producing fat lambs? Probably a lot sold to businessmen type farmers who do other business with them but fair play to them, they made money out of them.

 

[Woolless]

Well yes and yes, because can anyone do the sums and tell me how to make money from a pen of 12 gimmers at £320 really only capable of producing fat lambs? Probably a lot sold to businessmen type farmers who do other business with them but fair play to them, they made money out of them.

You can't, it's forking madness. As you say, fair play to the vendor.

 

[DB67]

These boys have some handling. Seem to sell a hellava stock.

 

[Wishful Thinker]

Credit where it’s due the sheep looked a picture, takes some work to do that. Completely out of my budget though, watched online in between cleaning out calf pens. Very nearly bought a pen which I thought weren’t too badly priced only to hear the word cast at the last minute. Online definitely harder to pick up the finer details.

 

[johnspeehs]

These boys have some handling. Seem to sell a hellava stock.

Yea they are very good at what they do, sheep, hfrs , tractors, jeeps, everything is done right and on a big scale,, Nelson is no soft man.

 

[livestock 1]

Let me guess, were all the heifers fancy-arsed types? Is this a sale to appeal to the part-time farmers over there that like to look at something nice in the field in front of the house.

Full disclosure: I am a part-time farmer but I like to make money.

I’ve seen his heifers and I can guarantee they are the type of cattle that will pay for themselves. Just great breeding cow makers not all fancy just good straight cattle. I don’t think any smallholders will be bothering with them. These folks have regular buyers. There’s a fella here does the same suppling cattle just like that he will sell you them cheaper than you can buy them in the mart and folks buy them off him every year for many years previously sometimes unseen.
Ive never rang for prices from Jalex

 

[Limcrazy]

Plenty of good stock and a place worth visiting. Those flashy blue bred heifers wouldn't be for the faint hearted.

 

[livestock 1]

Looked too dear for me

 

[Andyt880]

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Watched online but have saw the sheep many times as I'm only 10 minutes from him. Prices were crazy, plenty of gimmers £250 to £300 and more, broken mouthed cheviot mules £150, didnt see the rams but was told they were unreal, up to £3100 I think. Very good stock and brought out to perfection, not sheep to take home and throw out among the rushes. They have hyped the sale up for weeks and is the first gimmer sale in this area so he got all the trigger happy wealthy sheep farmers who couldn't wait to get spending. If you didnt fancy the sheep you could have your pick of 1000 incalf hfrs

One tip made £6100, I know the under bidder and that came from him.

 

[glensman]

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One tip made £6100, I know the under bidder and that came from him.

Were the tups BFL?

 

[Andyt880]

Were the tups BFL?

That was a Suffolk but there might have been BFL in it too, I’m not sure

 

[glensman]

That was a Suffolk but there might have been BFL in it too, I’m not sure

Are they breeding Suffolks now

 

[Andyt880]

Are they breeding Suffolks now

I don’t know. Maybe rams he used himself last year

 

[Sheep92]

As far as I know hes breeding some pure suffolks and texels himself

 

[cowboysupper]

Are they breeding Suffolks now

Seems to be breeding more commercial types rather than the big show donkeys.

 

[johnspeehs]

They are breeding a suff to produce ewe lambs,bit of length and style to them.