A buzz was in the air at the Lleyn Sheep Society sale at Ruthin on Monday 3rd September 2012 as increased entry numbers brought more to the market with very high clearance rates seen in all sections.
Top priced females HM Wells £340
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The females set off very well with a top price of £340/head for a pen of classy shearling ewes from Helen & Roger Wells of Ceredigion.
The purchaser was GO Williams, Corwen.
The champion pen of stylish shearlings came from JA & R Geldard & Sons, Kendal, this pen realised £285/head when selling to A Hughes, Caernafon. Two pens realised £250/head from AW Davies and DN Bennett & Son.
AW Davies, Pwllheli topped the ewe lamb section with his 2nd prize pen selling for £150/head to N Caldwell, Flintshire.
IO & A Jones, Abergele came next with their 1st prize pen selling for £145/head to AG Selway, Dorest.
DW & CF Morris then came in and made £140/head of a pen to S Lewis Pembrokeshire.
The ewes too sold very well with WJ & DJ Williams selling 4 year old for £148/head and £144/head to H Jones, Denbigh and OM Jenkins, Borth respectively.
Champion Ram AW Davies 8100gns
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The rams saw 20 out of the 118 forward hit 1000gns and above.
The champion ram a homebred Bronallt shearling from AW Davies realised the top price of 8100gns when selling to joint purchasers DW & CF Morris, Carmarthen and HM Wells, Ceredigion.
Next was DN Bennett & Son, Powys with a Bankhall son and full brother to the Carlisle 2010 champion.
This shearling sold for 6000gns to Derek & Cindy Steen of Lockerbie. E & D Jones, Machynlleth sold a Lluest Jack Flash son for 5200gns to A Hughes, Caernafon, from the same farm they sold an Actionman son for 4800gns to AW Davies, Pwllheli.
DN Bennett & Son sold another Bankhall son for 4000gns to joint purchasers JG Morton, Penrith & CP Sackville Hamilton, Malton.
The highlight in the aged ram section saw IO & A Jones sell their two shear ram for 2000gns to joint purchasers JA & R Geldard & Sons, Kendal and S Kavanagh, Skipton.
Show Results:
Aged Ram
1st IO & A Jones (44)
2nd Sarah Greig (52)
3rd E Lloyd (76)
Shearling Ram
1st AW Davies (124)
2nd WJ & DJ Williams (42)
3rd C Lewis (81)
North Wales Club Breeder Shearling Ram
1st AW Davies (125)
2nd WJ & DJ Williams (41)
3rd A Hughes (48)
Champion Ram: AW Davies (124)
Reserve Champion Ram IO & A Jones (44)
Pen of Shearling Ewes
1st JA & R Geldard & Sons
2nd WJ & DJ Williams
3rd JK Goldie
Pen of Ewe Lambs
1st IO & A Jones
2nd AW Davies
3rd WJ & DJ Williams
Pen of Aged Ewes
1st WJ & DJ Williams
2nd S Greig
3rd A Hughes
Champion Females: JA & R Geldard & Sons (shearling ewes)
Reserve Champion: IO & A Jones (ewe lambs)
Averages
Ewes to £148 av. £110
Shlg ewes to £340 av. £148
Ewe lambs to £150 av. £90
Rams to 8100gns av. £1052
Top prices
Shearling ewes:
HM Wells £340
JA & R Geldard & Sons £285
AW Davies £250
DN Bennett & Son £250
AW Davies £240
WJ &DJ Williams £215
Ewe Lambs:
AW Davies £150
IO & A Jones £145
DW & CF Morris £140
J Hamer £134
WJ & DJ Williams £130
DN Bennett & Son £120
Ewes:
WJ & DJ Williams £148
WJ & DJ Williams £144
WJ & DJ Williams £142
E LL Williams £138
E LL Williams £132
E LL Williams £128
BS Williams £128
Rams:
AW Davies 8100gns
DN Bennett & Son 6000gns
E & D Jones 5200gns
E & D Jones 4800gns
DN Bennett & Son 4000gns
L Organ 2600gns
DN Bennett & Son 2250gns
DW & CF Morris 2100gns
DN Bennett & Son 2100gns
IO & A Jones 2000gns