Sale Report for NORTHERN SUPREME SHOW & SALE - SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST (CARLISLE)
Date of Sale: Saturday 28th August 2021
CARLISLE NORTHERN SUPREME SHOW & SALE
SATURDAY 28TH AUGUST 2021
SALE REPORT
Three New Breed Records Set’ at the Annual ‘Northern Supreme Sale’ held at Borderway Mart on Saturday the 28th August. This was the largest catalogued entry of Blue Texel Sheep to date with a huge entry of 627 Rams and Females.
Females were very much in demand on the day with plenty of new faces around the ring looking to secure foundation genetics.
Sara & Steve Gibbons refreshing last years record success to set a New Breed Shearling Ewe Record. Selling lot 1593 WHATMORE ECCLES (ET) for 22’000 Gns, Whatmore Eccles is sired by Whatmore Bentley and out of Whatmore Battenburg, she was 1st Prize Shearling Ewe, Reserve Female Champion and Reserve Overall Champion in the Pre-Sale Show, she sold to Henry Jewitt (Sunnybank Flock).
Steve & Sara went on to sell its full sister Lot 1592 WHATMORE ÉCLAIR (ET) for the 3rd top price of the day for 11’000 Gns she also goes to join Henry Jewitt’s Sunnybank Flock.
12,000 Gns was achieved from Matthew Burleigh selling his 2nd Prize Shearling Ewe Lot 1612 MATTS ESCOBABE out of Derg Cindy and sired by Saltire Blue Derek who has produced lambs to sell previously for 6000Gns she sold to Messrs Roberts, St Clears
Another Breed Record was also set in the Ewe Lamb Section when the 1st Prize Ewe Lamb, Female Champion and Overall Champion Lot 1766 MATTS FLASH HARRIET (ET) from Matthew Burleigh sold for 8,000 Gns to Rhian Price & Jamie Jerman for their newly established Titanium Flock.
Rams topped at 10,000Gns for a Ram lamb from Stuart Hunter Lot 1495 HUNTERS FLYING SCOTSMAN (ET), Sired by Beili Blues Elliot (ET) out of a Millside Ewe which has previously bred lambs offspring to 5000Gns, he heads to Northamptonshire to join Baird & Coles Silson Flock.
The 3rd Breed Record of the day was set when Rhys Cooke sold his 2nd Prize Shearling Ram Lot 1229 NANTYDERRI ELFRED (ET) for 5200Gns to Victoria & Gill Bowring for their Wind-Mill Flock. Nantyderri Elfred is sired by Derg Churchill (ET) ( 3100gns top price Dungannon 2018) out of Cleenagh Big Bird (1900gns top female price Dungannon 2018)
Leading Prices
Lot Price Purchaser
Females
1593 22,000gns Messrs Jewitt, Barnard Castle, Co Durham
1st prize shearling gimmer, Reserve Female & Reserve Overall Champion
1612 12,000gns Messrs Roberts, Llangynin, St Clears, Carmarthen
2nd prize shearling gimmer
1592 11,000gns Messrs Jewitt, Barnard Castle, Co Durham
1766 8000gns Half Share
Messrs Jerman, Brilley, Whitney-on-Wye, Hereford, Herefordshire
Messrs Price, Llanafan, Builth Wells, Powys
1st prize ewe lamb, Female & Overall Champion
1683A 6800gns Messrs Barclay, Insch, Aberdeenshire
Additional Entry Details: Ettrick Foxy ETT/21/12472
1619 5500gns Messrs Jones, Llaniwni, Pencader
3rd prize shearling gimmer
1670 5000gns Messrs Blenkhorn, Bewholme, Driffield, Yorkshire
1613 4800gns Half Share
Messrs Jerman, Brilley, Whitney-on-Wye, Hereford, Herefordshire
Messrs Price, Llanafan, Builth Wells, Powys
4th prize shearling gimmer
1622 4200gns Messrs Jones, Llanrhaeadr Y M, Oswestry, Powys
1618 3800gns Page Farm Partnership, Ripon, North Yorkshire
1696 3800gns Messrs Atkinson, Duncanston, Insch, Aberdeenshire
3rd prize ewe lamb
1581 3200gns Messrs Halbert, Romano Bridge, West Linton, Peebleshire
1546 2600gns Page Farm Partnership, Ripon, North Yorkshire
1579 2600gns Messrs Millar, Kirkpatrick Fleming, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire
1635 2500gns Messrs Halbert, Romano Bridge, West Linton, Peebleshire
Rams
1495 10,000gns Messrs Baird, Towcester, Silverstone, Northants
1229 5200gns Messrs Bowring, Nether Langwith, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
2nd prize shearling ram
1207 4800gns Tynybryn Farms, Newtown, Powys
3rd prize shearling ram
1305 4800gns 3-Way Share
Messrs Francis, Abergorlech, Carmarthen, Dyfed
Messrs Jones, Llaniwni, Pencader
Messrs Howells, Llanddeusant, Llangadog
1279 3000gns Half Share
Messrs Wright, Boston, Lincs
Messrs Mawer, Horsington, Woodhall Spa, Lincs
1347 3000gns Messrs Gray, Lindean, Selkirk, Selkirkshire
1383A 3000gns Messrs Smith, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Additional Entry Details: Ettrick Five Star ETT/21/12466
1417 3000gns Half Share
Messrs Donaldson, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire
Messrs Halbert, Romano Bridge, West Linton, Peebleshire
1211 2600gns Messrs Abrahm, Beetley, Dereham, Norfolk
4th prize shearling ram
1230 2600gns Messrs Melland, Bottomhouse, Leek, Staffordshire
1306 2500gns Half Share
Messrs Campbell, Carstairs Junction, Lanark
Messrs Dick, Cowie, Stirling, Stirlingshire
1376 2500gns Undisclosed Purchaser
1426 2500gns Messrs Davies, Caersws, Powys
3rd prize ram lamb
SALE AVERAGES
2 AGED RAMS – 1260 GNS (£1323.00) +£312.38 from 2020
95 SHEARLING RAMS – 777 GNS (816.13) -£160.86 from 2020
100 RAM LAMBS – 926 GNS (£971.99) -£246.37 from 2020
12 AGED EWES - 681 GNS (£714.87) non forward 2020
118 SHEARLING EWES - 1473 GNS (£1546.52) +£360.37
69 EWE LAMBS – 777 GNS (£815.95) + £91.81
PRE SALE SHOW
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH 6th
CLASS 1 1154 1152 1153
AGED RAM
CLASS 2 1244 1229 1207 1211 1209 1230
SHEARLING RAM
CLASS 3 1415 1416 1426 1345 1341 1445
RAM LAMB
CLASS 4 1516 1515 1524 1514
AGED EWE
CLASS 5 1593 1612 1619 1613
SHEARLING EWE
CLASS 6 1766 1683A 1696 1691 1751 1767
EWE LAMB
MALE CHAMPION 1415
RESERVE MALE CHAMPION 1416
FEMALE CHAMPION 1766
RESERVE FEMALE CHAMPION 1593
OVERALL CHAMPION 1766
OVERALL RESERVE CHAMPION 1593
