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Bluefaced Leicesters top Diamond Delights sale at J36

At the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian supported Diamond Delights sale trade topped at 5,000gns for an in-lamb Bluefaced Leicester shearling from Martyn Archer’s Carry House flock, Wark

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Carry House gimmer which sold for 5,000gns
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Carry House gimmer which sold for 5,000gns

The sale leader by Carry House 281/N056 and in-lamb to Carry House Ronaldo 281/P001 was knocked down to G. P. Taylor, Appleby.

Judge, Jason Mills, Co. Antrim, gave the champion rosette to Gary Thornborrow, Easter Dawyck, Peebles with a homebred gimmer hogg. By the 8,000gns Steel 3565/R005, it was knocked down to D.I.L. and E. Jones, Brecon, for 1,000gns. Reserve Bluefaced Leicester was a gimmer hogg from John Lord and family, West Dowgill, North Stainmore, which sold for 4,000gns to S. Procter, Kirkby Stephen.

Gimmer hogg which sold for 4,000gns
Gimmer hogg which sold for 4,000gns

Stephen Bland and his daughter Rachel Bland, Gaisgill, claimed the Rough Fell championship with a one- crop ewe. In-lamb to RF3299 Brownber Bombshell and scanned for triplets, it  sold for 400gns to R.C. Lowery, Millom.

Reserve champion Rough Fell was a shearling from Brian Knowles, Kendal. Out of a Brownber Unimog ewe and by RF3719 Birkhaw Emerald, it was knocked down at 1,000gns to E.J. and L.E. Williams, High Peak. A charity auction was held by the Rough Fell Sheep Breeders Association with £1,900 raised for the Crohn's and Colitis UK.

Reserve champion Rough Fell which sold for 1,000gns
Reserve champion Rough Fell which sold for 1,000gns

Champion Cheviot went to Keith Stones and family, Richmond, with a North Country Cheviot in-lamb shearling by South Lund Vanished. Scanned for twins to Knockcocher Dynamite, it sold for 450gns to P. and R. Saunders, Ambleside. Reserve Cheviot was another from the same home, an in-lamb shearling which sold for 450gns to G. Nelson, Kendal.

The reserve Herdwick, a shearling from D. Thompson,  sold for £150 to S.M. Rigg, Richmond.

The Brogden family, Brough, claimed the Swaledale championship with a one-crop ewe by Kisdon Odyssey. It sold in-lamb to Helbeck Unique for £700 to E.W. and J.R. Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge. Reserve Swaledale was a three-crop ewe from Tom and Kay Hutchinson, Forest-in-Teesdale, which sold for £500 to L.M. Staley, Kirkby Stephen.

Swaledale champion which sold for 700gns
Swaledale champion which sold for 700gns

Top price in the Dutch Spotted ring went to the first prize gimmer shearling, Bank Hall Flame from J.G. Morton, Penrith, which sold for 1,350gns to D. Barr, Sussex. Jack Dixon, Grayrigg, took home both champion and reserve tickets. The champion was Grayrigg Foot Emma Rose, an in-lamb ewe by Navac Blacklaw Concrete which sold for 1,000gns to C.B. Capstick, Grange over Sands. Grayrigg Foot Emerald Star stood reserve, another in-lamb ewe which also sold for 1,000gns to the same home. 

Dutch Spotted shearling which sold for 1,350gns
Dutch Spotted shearling which sold for 1,350gns

Averages - Rough Fell - 6 in-lamb shearlings, £630; 14 in-lamb ewes, £315; Swaledale - 3 in-lamb ewes, £540; Bluefaced Leicester - 32 in-lamb shearlings, £1,155; 15 in-lamb ewes, £913.50; 45 gimmer hoggs, £997.50; Dutch Spotted: 5 in-lamb ewes, £675; 4 in-lamb shearlings, £1,010.

 Auctioneers: North West Auctions 

 

 

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