Society Sales

TOP BREED PRICE FOR EASYCARE YEARLING RAM AT WORCESTER ON 21 SEPTEMBER 2019

Vendor Mr Richard Owen sold his double copy myostatin gene yearling ram to Messrs J Davies for 2,200 guineas, a breed record.

Yearling ewes from Jo Adams sold to £164 to G & MC Shepherd

Ewe lambs from Mr Roper sold to £88 to Mr J C Jeffrey

Full clearance with a strong trade. 2 rams from John Davies made 1,100gns and 1,350gns, both with myostatin genes. Smart untested rams achieved to 800gns.

New buyers attended to start new flocks along with the well established breeders.

The Society was pleased that all the stock presented was to a high standard as befits a Breed Society sale.

We are awaiting the sale report from the market. It will be uploaded as soon as we get it

A provisional date of 7 September 2020 has been made for the Society Sale

Report for the 2019 Society Sale

Highest Priced EasyCare Ewes
£96 - R Owen & Partners, Trefri, Bodorgan

Highest Priced EasyCare Rams
200gns - R Owen & Partners, Trefri, Bodorgan
200gns - E Owen, Glantraeth, Bodorgan

EasyCare Ewes
From £90, to £96, average £93

EasyCare Lambs
From £63, to £75, average £68

EasyCare Rams
To 200gns

The provisional date of Saturday 5th September 2020 is booked for the Skipton Sale

Results for the 2019 sale

John Garnett of Skipton’s senior ram, bred by James Howard of Holmfirth, sold to Mr Jackson of Blubberhouses near Otley for 310gns. The average price for senior rams was 240gns, no yearling rams were presented.

We had 57 females forward to sell. Smart 6 toothed ewes from John Bargh of Preston achieved 105gns sold to Mrs Jowett of Bentham, four toothed made 115gns again to Mrs Jowett and Mr Bargh’s yearlings, who had all raised a lamb this year made 128gns sold to Neil Greenwood of Trawden.

John Hobson of Bingley put 40 yearling ewes May/June 2018 born in the sale. They sold to 132gns to telephone bids from Mr George Hay, Insch, Aberdeenshire and to new flock starters Messrs Laycock of Silsden near Keighley.

The Myostatin Gene terms explained:

If the catalogue and/or the lab result says Texel Type, MyoMax Gold or T ++ it means the ram is a double copy carrier of the myostatin gene

If the catalogue and/or the lab result says Carrier, MyoMax Silver or T + it means the ram is a single copy carrier of the myostatin gene

IF YOU ARE BUYING A RAM WHICH HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO THE SALE AS A GENE COPY CARRIER PLEASE ASK TO HAVE THE LABORATORY RESULTS FOR YOUR RECORDS AS THE SOCIETY IS NOW INSISTING THAT RAMS BE SOLD WITH PROOF OF GENETIC TESTING

If your rams are advertised as scrapie tested please provide the buyer with the results of the test