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Sire of the year

2019 sire of the year Limestone Suffolks

Where only the best is good enough ere only the best is good enough
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ongratulations to Mark Priestley of Co Down, Northern Limestone Aston Martin
Ireland for breeding the 2019 Suffolk Sheep Society Sire
Cof the Year, Limestone Aston Martin. Son of ‘Strathbogie Thanking all our customers in 2019
A Kind of Magic’, the 2018 Sire of the Year, out of a Limestone and wishing you a magic 2020
Dam. Aston Martin was the top price lamb in 2018 (40,000gns
at Stirling) and is jointly owned by Ronan McLaughlin (Ballyboe
Flock, Co Donegal) Andrew Wilson (Castleisle Flock, Co Donegal)
and Mark Priestley (Limestone Flock, Co Down).
Aston Martins top three sons averaged 21,333gns with all three
sold at Stirling. The first sold by M Priestley for 23,000gns to
Seamus Browne’s Errigal Flock in Donegal. The next two were the
top two prices from Andrew Wilson’s Castleisle pen, 21,000gns
going to CJ Holmes Rookery flock in Worcester, and 20,000gns to
Cork breeder Arthur O’Keeffe’s Annakisha flock.
With an average of 18,833gns, runner up was the Taylor bred
Ballynacannon Noah owned by the Stuart family of Aberdeenshire Balmoral champion sold to
(Birness flock). This Lakeview Inuendo sired lamb out of a Lakeview and Pyeston
Ballynacannon dam bred the 2019 top price 43,000gns ram lamb ET sister to Aston Martin
which was purchased by Northern Irish breeders Michael and price ram lambs were sold at the National Sale in Shrewsbury for Sold 4.5k ½ share sold to Williams
Caolin McNally (Benedyglen Flock), Dennis Taylor (Ballynacannon 7,200gns to S W Cobbald (Suffolk) and the 6,300gns National to Loughanleagh
Flock) and Mark Priestley (Limestone Flock). His other two top Breed Champion to D J Harvey of Powys.

Rhaeadr N 7 3 4200 2660
Averages Frongoy N 5 3 4515 2625

Forkins S 6 4 8500 2600

SOCIETY SALES AVERAGES 2019 Roundacre S 4 3 5000 2317

(AVERAGES OVER 1000GNS) Middlemuir S 4 3 4500 2117
Dovedale C 4 3 4500 2100

Flock Sale Entry No Sold Top gns Average Pennan S 4 3 4000 2067 Sold 5.2k to Islandmoyle
Sold 5k to Kells
Castleisle S 6 6 21000 11650 Ballyboe S 4 3 4200 2050 and Curleyhill
Salopian S 3 3 30000 10834 Sitlow C 4 3 3800 1900

Birness S 9 9 43000 7667 Burnview S 9 8 7500 1787
Limestone S 5 4 23000 7375 Solwaybank S 7 4 4000 1700
Crewelands S 8 7 26000 5950 Lavenham N 4 3 1785 1243 Sold 7.8K to Morris

Birness N 5 5 7560 3906 Shannagh BL 5 5 2500 1238
Burnview N 10 3 6930 3553 Sitlow S 4 3 1700 1184
Pyeston S 4 3 8000 3634 Finnvale BL 9 6 2000 1150
Limestone N 6 5 5460 3171 Lakeview S 4 3 2000 1055

Limestone B 7 4 7800 3050 Kells BL 8 8 1600 1012
Sold 3800gns to Howgillfoot
Drimmie S 5 4 9500 2883 Clyda BL 8 8 2000 1009
Sold 23k to Errigal
Ram Lambs: Minimum 3 sold: Exchange Rate £1.00 = €1.10
N=National; B=Ballymena; C = Carlisle; BL = Blessington; S = Stirling

Mark Priestley Phone 07545 303 267
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