| 2013-10-02 |    |
There were several volume commercial buyers at the ringside at the Lleyn sale in Welshpool putting a bottom in the trade which helped to maintain a solid sale throughout.
The shearling ewe section was topped early on when the champion pen from D & N Bennett, Powys realised £225/head to RV & GE Jones, Wrexham.
Champion Ram Plasucha Bennett from DN Bennett & Son
It was JA & R Geldard & Sons next who had travelled all the way from Kendal. They sold a pen of 5 for £210/head to DG Jones, Lampeter and another pen at £200/head to M Reader, Congleton. The second prize pen from WJ & DJ Williams, Nefyn realised £180/head to P Eckett, Newton. The third prize pen from Christine Lewis, Trefeglwys sold for £165/head to DM Thomas, Carmarthenshire.
In the ewe lamb section again it was the 1st prize winners topping the section. WJ & DJ Williams sold this pen for £148/head to TA Irwin & Son, Devon. AW Davies, Nefyn came in next with a pen at £136/head also to TA Irwin & Son. J & R Twose, Whitland realised £132/head to AG & GM Hughes, Carnarthon. The second prize pen from John Morton realised £106/head to N Sinden, Banbury whilst he also had another pen at £120/head which were bought by J & R Twose. The third prize pen from DN Bennett & Son sold for £110/head to I Sevonoaks, Herefordshire.
It was the champion from DN Bennett & Son, Powys which topped at 1350gns. Plasucha Bennett, a shearling ram is bred from a John Morton sire out of a homebred ewe. This ram was purchased by B Jones & Son, Llanybydder. The reserve champion ram from H & M Dugdale, Settle was Borrins Blizzard, an E & D Jones sired ram from a homebred ewe. He went on to sell for 1000gns to S Hope, Aylesbury. JA & R Geldard sold a Wraycastle shearling ram sired by a Sackville Hamilton for 1250gns to JF Robinson & Sons, Shropshire.
AVERAGES
MVA
238 Ewes to £118 av. £102
626 Shearlings to £225 av. £140.25
322 Ewe Lambs to £148 av. £85.48
36 Rams to 1350gns av. £541.33
NON MVA
56 Ewes to £110 av. £83.07
58 Shearlings to £132 av. £75.00
120 Ewe Lambs to 76 av. £57.00
SHOW RESULTS
Shearling Ewes
1st DN Bennett & Son
2nd WJ & DJ Williams
3rd Christine Lewsis
Ewe Lambs
1st WJ & DJ Williams
2nd J Morton
3rd DN Bennett & Son
Champion Females: DN Bennett & Son (shearlings)
Reserve Champion Females: WJ & DJ Williams (ewe lambs)
Ram
1st DN Bennett & Son (224)
2nd H & M Dugdale (229)
3rd DW & CF Morris (214)
TOP PRICES
Ewes
A & E Davies £118
Williams-Ellis £116
DM & EM Hughes £115
A & E Davies £112
Williams-Ellis £112
CD & SE Walton £110
A & G Hughes £100
Shearlings
DN Bennett & Son £225
JA & R Geldard & Sons £210
JA & R Geldard & Sons £200
DN Bennett & Son £190
JA & R Geldard & Sons £185
WJ & DJ Williams £180
G & A Fort £175
WJ & DJ Williams £170
T & B Fort £170
C Lewis £165
JA & R Geldard & Sons £160
Ewe Lambs
WJ & DJ Williams £148
AW Davies £136
J & R Twose £132
J Morton £120
DN Bennett & Son £110
J Morton £106
C Lewis £100
RO Rees £100
M Reader £98
ST Morris £98
C Lewis £98
Rams
DN Bennett & Son 1350gns
JA & R Geldard & Sons 1250gns
H & M Dugdale 1000gns
G A Fort 880gns
T & B Fort 880gns
G & A Fort 800gns
AW Davies 780gns
T & B Fort 780gns
G & A Fort 640gns
M Williams 620gns
