Swaledale rams top at £34,000

The sale topper was  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.

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

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

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

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

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

Day 1

On the first day ram lambs sold to £10,000 for the champion from Burncroft Farm which 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,  Castle 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.

 Averages 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.

 Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.

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