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Female sales



       CCM Skipton                                                                                                            purchased as a lamb at the National sale


                                                                                                                              jointly with the Rookery flock, the shearling
                                                                                                                              was claimed by Congleton’s H Lyons.
                                                                                                                               Mr Biddulph was also responsible for
       2nd November 2019                                                                                                      the first prize ewe, a three-year-old by

       Auctioneer: Skipton Auction Mart                                                                                       the flock’s own Strathisla Schumaker son,
                                                                                                                              Pexhill Jackpot, a maternal brother to the
                                                                                                                              13,500gns Pexhill Real Lucky.
                                                                                                                               Scanned in-lamb to Roundacre Big Bang,
           olid across-the-board trade was   ›  Pamela Lupton with the top price 850gns in-lamb shearling                     a 5,000gns joint purchase with the Sitlow
                                            ewe at Skipton’s inaugural pedigree Suffolk females highlight
           achieved at a brand-new weekend                                                                                    flock and one of two brothers that finished
      Sshow and sale for pedigree Suffolk                                                                                     second and third at the Royal Highland
       females at Skipton Auction Mart.                                                                                       Show – his dam’s full sister was twice RHS
        The inaugural fixture made an immediate                                                                               reserve breed champion in 2017 and 2018
       impact, with a complete clearance of the                                                                               – the red rosette-winning ewe made top
       17 in-lamb sheep penned for sale, which                                                                                price in class of 600gns when also joining
       peaked at 850gns for a shearling ewe                                                                                   H Lyons.
       from Pamela Lupton’s Kexbeck flock at                                                                                   The first prize shearling ewe and overall
       Greenholme Farm, Galphay, Ripon.                                                                                       reserve champion, courtesy of show judge
        The ewe was one of December, 2017-                                                                                    Liz Needham, who runs the Norman
       born triplets by the 6,800gns Manor House                                                                              pedigree flock in Kendal, came from Welsh
       Hotspot, out of a Kexbeck dam that bred                                                                                breeder John Pryce’s Horton flock near
       the male champion and breed reserve                                                                                    Trefnanney in Powys.                                                       Further info: Robin Moule
       champion at last year’s Great Yorkshire                                                                                 Shown by daughter, Helen Roberts,   ›  Helen Roberts with her father John Pryce’s reserve   07976 559961
       Show and grand-dam of ewe lambs that                                                                                   the ewe, one of January, 2018, triplets   champion shearling ewe at Skipton’s inaugural pedigree
                                                                                                                                                                  Suffolk females highlight
       stood second in class this year.                                                                                       by Castlegrove Turrit, acquired two years
        Out of a Rhaeadr Razzle Dazzle-sired ewe                                                                              ago, was sold in-lamb to the very good breeding ram, Haddo
       which also had show breeding pedigree,                                                                                 High Voltage, and made 650gns when claimed by LJ Berry, of
       the shearling was sold carrying twins to                                                                               Haslingden.                                               SMALL FARM COVER THAT
       Rhaeadr Jet Set, purchased for 4,000gns                                                                                 The Horton flock also stood third in the ewe show class with a   WORKS AS HARD AS YOU DO
       and whose own sire, Stockton Sniper’s Son,                                                                             December, 2015, daughter of Sitlaw Saint Steve, scanned in-lamb
       last year sold for top price of 15,500gns at                                                                           to Rookery Royal Escort. She made 300gns, with the Rhaeadr flock   Now our Farm Essentials insurance works even harder
       the National sale to the Rhaeadr flock. The buyer of the top price   Rhaeadr Reggae-sired ewe and also scanned carrying twins to   of another Welsh breeder, Myfyr Evans responsible for the second   for you, including a new livestock limit of £100,000.
       in-lamb entry was G Brass, from Kirkby Stephen.        Rhaeadr Jet Set, this ewe also joined Mr Brass.                 prize winner, a December, 2016, daughter of Ballynacanon Bale,   To see what other improvements we’ve made, or how
        Mrs Lupton, who was only selling females as the flock had   Geoff Biddulph, who runs the Pexhill flock at Gawsworth, near   scanned in-lamb to Limestone Limousine, which made 420gns.  we can help farms of all sizes, contact your local
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       outgrown her small farm,  also achieved 700gns with the third   Macclesfield, presented a nice run of in-lamb shearlings, the pick   Mr Evans, who farms at Llanrhaeadr in Denbghshire, and is
       prize March, 2018, shearling ewe by Ballynacanon Castle, reserve   of which at 800gns was the second prize winner, a January, 2018,   celebrating his landmark 40th year as a Suffolk breeder, also stood   Alternatively, search NFU Mutual Small Farm
       male champion at the 2017 Great Yorkshire who himself bred   daughter of Sitlow Concept, whose home-bred dam has produced   overall champion with his first prize ewe lamb, a January-born
       last year’s male champion and breed reserve champion. Out of a   prize-winning progeny. Scanned carrying triplets to Carony,   daughter of Stockton Sniper’s Son, though the victor, like other
                                                                                                                              class prize winners, returned home.
                                                                                                                               However, a strong entry of ewe lambs proved better to sell than
                                                                                                                              anticipated, with a good commercial following. The Maverick flock
                                                                                                                              of Mrs M Brown, from Clifton, Otley, had a successful sale with
                                                                                                                              Lakeview Harbinger daughters selling to 800gns and 750gns and
                                                                                                                              her pen of six ewe lambs averaging £616.
                                                                                                                               Stephen Bolland, who runs the Wharfe flock in Bolton Abbey,
         See our full range of Suffolk merchandise at                                                                         achieved the day’s top call of 1,000gns for a December-born ewe
                                                                                                                              lamb by the 2,300gns Strathbogie Superstar, which sold for export
         the Society website: www.suffolksheep.org                                                                            to the Red Creek Suffolk flock in the Netherlands.
                                                                                                                               Also catching the eye with ewe lambs was Derbyshire-based
                                                                                                                              Steve Buckley’s Sitlow flock at Dove Holes, Buxton, with a 750gns   The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited (No.111982). Registered in England.
                                                                                                                              sale of a Strathbogie Peaky Blinder daughter and others to 600gns.  Registered Office: Tiddington Road, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire CV37 7BJ. Authorised by
                                                                                                                                                                                        the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the
                                                                                                                               All In-lamb shearlings averaged £653.63 and In-lamb ewes   Prudential Regulation Authority. A member of the Association of British Insurers.
                                                                                                                              £423.94, while the ewe lamb average was £508.77

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