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Swaledale rams top at £34,000

The three-day Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association C District ram show and sale at Kirkby Stephen topped at £34,000 on the second day

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Ghyll House Officer
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Ghyll House Officer

The sale topper wasÌý the reserve overall champion, Ghyll House Officer, a shearling ram consigned by Messrs Richardson and Son, Dufton, which sold to Messrs White, Lunedale; Messrs Wilson, Lunedale; Burncroft Farm, Eggleston and S. Tully and J. Thompson, Startforth.

Making £25,000 was Gillside Legend from Messrs Lightfoot, Glenridding selling to Messrs Beckwith, Barras and Messrs Smith, Brampton.

Gillside Legend

The championship was awarded Ghyll House Orlando from Messrs Richardson which went on to sell for £16,000 to Messrs White and Messrs Tully and Thompson.

Day 3

The third day Ìýsale topped at £32,000 for Murton Hall Majestic consigned by Messrs Harker, Murton, which was bought by Messrs Raine and Son, Middleton in Teesdale.

Murton Hall Majestic

Messrs Bland, Gaisgill, sold Cotegill Yoyo at £25,000 to Messrs Lighfoot, and Messrs Allinson, Baldersdale.

Cotegill Yoyo

Messrs Hargreaves, Barley, sold Meadow Bank MN19 for £18,000 to Messrs Allinson, and Messrs Hutchinson, Valley Farm, Bowes.

Meadwo Bank MN19

Also making £18,000 from Messrs Cowperthwaite, Austwick, was Howith Roger 1, again selling to Messrs Allinson and Messrs Hutchinson.

Howith Roger

Messrs White sold Rigg Roman Emperor also for £18,000 to Burncroft 51AVÊÓÆµand Messrs Lightfoot.

Rigg Roman Emperor

Day 1

On the first day ram lambs sold to £10,000 for the champion from Burncroft 51AVÊÓÆµwhich was bought by Messrs Lister, Windermere. The same vendors also ram lambs to £1,800, £1,500 and £1,100 selling to Messrs Stobbart, Barnard Castle, Messrs Collinson, BEast Gate and to Messrs Collingwood, Stanhope.

Aged rams sold to £4,500 twice firstly for Messrs Wilson, Lunedale, selling to Harry Pritchard, Rochester. Also reaching £4,500 was the second prize two-shear ram also from Messrs Wilson, which sold to Messrs Spensley, ÌýCastle Bolton. The same vendors sold six-shear ram for £4,000 to Messrs Dixon, Hartley Castle. and Messrs White, Lundedale, with their nine stock rams averaging £2,588.89.

ÌýAverages 33 ram lambs, £754.24 (+230.49 on 2023 with a 97% clearance); 14 aged rams, £1,106.52 (+443.08 with a 99% clearance); shearling rams (Thursday), £2,506.86 (+£12.97 with a clearance rate of 90.5%); shearling rams (Friday), £2,612.23 with a 89% clearance rate; overall shearlings, £2,556.96 with an 89.7% clearance rate.

ÌýAuctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.

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