Blackface ewe lambs top the Braid Sheddings at £172

Blackface ewes and ewe lambs as well as Mule, Greyface and Suffolk Cheviot ewe lambs were on offer on Saturday at the annual Braid Sheddings sale at Ballymena mart.

Peter McCann

20 August 2016

Blackface ewe lambs top the Braid Sheddings at £172

Sam Wallace from Broughshane selling his top pen of Blackface Lanark type ewe lambs for Â£172

Sam Wallace's second place pen of Lanark type ewe lambs sold for Â£130

W. Magee from Kilwaughter had the first placed pen of Mule ewe lambs that sold for Â£108

W. Magee from Kilwaughter selling his first placed pen of Mule ewe lambs for Â£108

Robert Workman from Kilwaughter had the first placed pen of Greyface ewe lambs that sold for Â£98

R and S Thompson from Glenarm showed the first place pen of Suffolk Cheviot ewe lambs that sold for Â£132

Blackface ewe lambs, hoggets and cast ewes as well as Mule, Greyface and Suffolk Cheviot ewe lambs were on offer at the annual Braid Sheddings sale

Ewe lambs of all breeds were a strong trade at the annual Braid Sheddings show and sale at Ballymena mart on Saturday. Demand was strongest for Blackface ewe lambs and in particular Blackface Lanark type lambs. Topping the sale at £172 was Same Wallace from Broughshane’s top pen of ewe lambs that were placed first the Lanark show beforehand.

Ewe lambs of all breeds were a strong trade at the annual Braid Sheddings show and sale at Ballymena mart on Saturday.

Demand was strongest for Blackface ewe lambs and in particular Blackface Lanark type lambs. Topping the sale at £172 was Same Wallace from Broughshane’s top pen of ewe lambs that were placed first the Lanark show beforehand.

Sam had a clean sweep in the show also taking second and third place with two pens that auctioneer Shaun Irvime sold for £130 and £115 respectively.

T. Adams selling his prize winning pen of Blackface Perth type ewe lambs for £122 at the Braid Sheddings sheep sale pic.twitter.com/zI09zuH0k5
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In the Blackface Perth type ewe lamb show, Tom Adams of Rathkenny took first and second place with his top two pens that later sold for £122 and £126 respectively. Third place in the Perth show was a pen that sold for £118 and was exhibited by Sam Adams from Broughshane.

Mules

In the Mule ewe lamb show, William Magee from Kilwaughter took first place with the hammer dropping at £108 for his pen of 12. Second and third went to Hugh Crawford from Glenarm and N. Frew from Broughshane with two pens that sold for £98 and £95 respectively.

Six pens of Greyface ewe lambs were on show with Robert Workman from Kilwaughter taking first place and selling his pen of ten for £98 in the sales ring.

Bidders stayed to the end of the sale to meet the Suffolk Cheviot ewe lambs with a firm trade also. First in the show was R and S Thompson from Glenarm’s top pen that sold for £132.

Ewes

Selling at the start of the sale were Blackface hoggets. Andrew Adams took first place in the Blackface Lanark type hogget show with a pen that made the highest hogget price on the day of £170. He also took second place with a pen that sold for £158 with G. McConnell from Carnalbana selling the third placed pen for £120.

In the Perth hogget show, Tom Adams had first and second with two pens that sold for £148 and £120 respectively.

Scroll across the photos above to view prize winning lots and their selling prices. Further coverage from the sale will feature in next week’s Irish Farmers Journal and on www.famersjournal.ie

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