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Female sales

Burnview Bonanza Sale

Auctioneer: Richard Beattie Livestock Sales

new venue at Stephen Sufferin’s › Burnview Gimmer Benedyglen also purchased the top
farm and new consignors sold for 3,500gns Bannview entry at 2,100gns. She was by
A proved to be a very successful Burnview Vardy in lamb to Ballynacannon
combination with buyers from England, President carrying twins. Carony sold their
Scotland, Belgium, Holland and from all top ewe lamb at 2,500gns to Belgium
parts of Ireland North and South. with Burnview selling two ewe lambs at
Taking place on 3rd November 2018 the 1,800gns each, one by Burnview Hitman
top price was a gimmer from the Burnview to JP Screene Windfield and one by
consignment. Out of Attitude she sold in Strathbogie I’m Invincible to Benedyglen. A
lamb carrying twins to Solwaybank Gent very strong sale throughout saw 26 females
for 3,500gns to new breeder G. McDermott. A Taylor Made gimmer out of a 3,500gns sell at four figure prices.
Leading the ewe lamb trade was the Burnview gimmer purchased at a previous
number one Ballynacannon entry by Lakeview sale, she sold with twins to the 40,000gns 44 gimmers sold to average £1,104
Innuendo selling at 3,200gns to Michael Birness Playboy. Crewelands went on to 25 flock ewes sold to average £756
McNally Benedyglen. Crewelands sold their sell another gimmer in lamb to Playboy for 17 ewe lambs sold to average £1,172
top gimmer for 2,400gns to Burnview. 2,000gns. 86 females averaged £1,016
Abergavenny

Auctioneer: J Straker, Chadwick & Sons

he 39th Annual Show and Sale of Suffolk Sheep at the took another from Dafydd Jones at 550gns, the third prize ewe by
Monmouthshire Livestock Centre attracted a quality entry Burnview Balls of Fire.
Tand saw bidding top at 760gns for the first prize Shearling Topping the ewe lamb trade at 310gns was a Sitlow Saint Steve
and Overall Champion from M Davies & Sons, Safaddan Flock, sired entry from Jackie Payne, Welshpool, purchased by R Davies,
Powys. A homebred shearling by Safaddan Ramsey and in-lamb Chepstow, whilst C Vaughan, Crymych sold to 220gns for a ewe
to Lakeview Black Gold, she was purchased by Miss Henrietta lamb by Dol-llys Don’t Stop Me Know, with A Cook, Ewyas Harold
Love, Yeovil, Somerset. selling to 210gns.
The show classes were judged by Mr Phil Smith, Broadwas On Among the other sale leaders – J Pryce, Meifod sold 2 shearling
Teme, Worcestershire, who also awarded Mike Davies & Sons with ewes at 500gns apiece to L Price, Swansea and I Davies, Swansea.
the second prize in the Shearling ewe class, which was purchased Messrs Hallam & Eggleston also sold to 500gns, their third prize
at 600gns by Mr Andrew Fletcher, Kidderminster. shearling ewe by Kings Rock of Ages, purchased by JG & JLM
Messrs Davies also took the first prize and Reserve Championship Watkins, Pengenfford.
with their Senior ewe, by Strathisla Bejing, she sold at 420gns to A Best from Geoff Biddulph, ‘Pexhill’, was a Cairness Great
Rowlands, Trawsfynydd. Expectations daughter at 430gns taken by L Price, Swansea.
Completing a solid sale for Safaddan was another homebred
yearling by Rhaeadr Rolls Royce, which sold at 650gns to DM AVERAGES MAX AVERAGE
Griffiths, Swansea. Dafydd Jones, ‘Frongoy’, Aberystwyth sold to 33 Shearling ewes 760gns £395
560gns for a Muirton One Direction, three year old ewe, inlamb to 18 Flock ewes 560gns £275
Dol-llys Armani, and purchased by C Lowry, Monmouth, who also 15 Ewe lambs 310gns £180

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