The 2011 Autumn Sale season has set off to a good start with shearling ewes and ewe lambs both well ahead of last year’s averages. A 95% clearance rate of females and a 90% clearance rate of rams was seen.

For the third year running DN Bennett & Sons won the shearling ewe class and went on to sell them for £200 a head to Collacombe Farms ltd, Tavistock. The top price went to Hefin Llwyn with his second prize pen which sold for £210 to Cator Blackaton Farming, Newton Abbot. AW Davies & Chilbolton Farms had £200 selling to Perkins & Partners, Lifton and M Childs, Tiverton respectfully. The overall average in this section was £160.36, and increase of £24.94 on the year.

The ewe lamb section was won by Dai & Cynthia Morris with lambs bred from the 2011 Royal Welsh Show Champion, Penywern Maldwyn. They sold for £128 to SP Gubbins, & Son, Launceston. The second prize ewe lambs came from DN Bennett & Sons and sold for £170 to Collacombe Farms Ltd.

In the ram section the top price went to Emrys & Dylan Jones with their shearling rams selling for 1950gns to G Martyn & Son, Launceston. Next to top was the Champion from AW Davies which realised 1300gns to MH Miller, Dorset. Seven rams in total realised 1000gns and over.

Show Results
Aged Ram
1st AH Hughes Lot 143 490gns to DW Lillyman, Yelverton
2nd P Caunter Lot 182

Shearling Ram
1st AW Davies Lot 139 1300gns to MH Miller, Dorset
2nd DW & CF Morris Lot 151 1120gns to Cator Blackaton, Newton Abbot
3rd J & G Adams Lot 156 1000gns to Cator Blackaton, Newton Abbot
4th P Sayers Lot 171 1000gns to G Martyn & Son, Launceston
5th J Dufosee Lot 201 300gns to Chilbolton Down Farm, Hampshire
6th A Selway Lot 206

Recorded Ram Class
1st DN Bennett & Sons Lot 183 1220gns to Collacombe Farms Ltd, Tavistock
2nd DW & CF Morris Lot 150 520gns to Perkins & Partners, Lifton
3rd C Lewis Lot 191 700gns to JB Dufosee, Warrington
4th J Dufosee Lot 199 430gns to SP Gubbin & Son, Launceston
5th P & M Hendy Lot 152 480gns to Adam Henson, Cotswold Farm Park,
Cheltenham
6th J Dufosee Lot 200 360gns to J Goscomb, South Molton

Shearling Ewes
1st DN Bennett & Sons £200 to Collacombe Farms Ltd, Tavistock
2nd H Llwyd £210 to Cator Blackaton, Newton Abbot
3rd AW Davies £200 to Perkins & Partners, Lifton

Ewe Lambs
1st DW & CF Morris £128 to SP Gubbins & Son, Launceston
2nd DN Bennett & Sons £170 to Collacombe Farms Ltd, Tavistock
3rd AH Hughes £110 to MA & PT Chapple, Tiverton

Averages
Forward 858 Females & 78 Rams

Ewes to £130 average £112.32
Shlg ewes to £210 average £160.36
Ewe lambs to £170 average £103.24
Rams 1950gns average £569.93

Top Prices

Ewes

DC & CM Evans £130
Mrs GC Adams £125
Mr MH Miller £125
Mrs GC Adams £120 x 2
Messrs DC & CM Evans £120

Shearling Ewes
H Llwyd £210
DN Bennett & Sons £200
AW Davies £200
Chilbolton Down Farms £200
Chilbolton Down Farms £190

Ewe Lambs
DN Bennett & Sons £170
WJ Williams £132
Mrs C Lewis £130
TRB Turner £130
DW & CF Morris £128

Shearling Rams
E & D Jones 1950gns
AW Davies 1300gn
DN Bennett & Son 1220gns
DW & CF Morris 1120gns
Mrs GC Adams 1000gns
DN Bennett & Sons 1000gns
SP Sayers 1000gns