5,200gns Leads Suffolk Female Sale at Carlisle
06/11/05

Ewebank Ewe - 5,200gns

Five Suffolk breeders offered consignments of in lamb ewes and gimmers on Saturday at Borderway Mart, Carlisle. The entries included were from the Burndale flock of Derek Henderson, from the Ewebank flock of Judith Barbour, from the Kings flock of Robin Irwin, from the Solwaybank flock of Iain Barbour and from the Wells flock of Harry Sleigh.

Judith Barbour of the Ewebank flock led the Sale with her one crop ewe. This group one Glenisla Grimaldi bred ewe sold in lamb to Stockton Savannah, attracted a lot of interest right from the start of the bidding as it was left with two telephone bids to battle it out. Finally at 5,200gns the hammer went down and she sold to G Killilea of Co.Galway, Eire. Her mother, a maternal sister to Ewebank Elite, is a Muiresk Dancing Brave bred daughter.

A gimmer from the Solwaybank flock of Iain Barbour sold for 3,000gns. This group one gimmer, sired by Strathisla Scallywag and out of a Glenisle Grimaldi daughter, sold in lamb to Stockton Savannah. She was also knocked down to Gerry Killilea of Eire.

Suffolk sheep money invested in performance figures