Carlisle Rouge Sale

The Annual Rouge sheep society sale at held at Carlisle on Friday 13^th August saw the return of shows to Borderway and a top price of 2100gns achieved for the 4^th prize ram lamb Balvaird Rouge Young Gun consigned by Euan Campbell. This lamb was sired by Ian’s William and out of a Bennachie bred ewe and purchased by Messrs Alford from Cullompton, Devon.

The 1^st prize shearling ram and Reserve Overall Champion sold for the next best price of 1600gns to Messrs Rundle, Newquay, Cornwall. This shearling, Glenkeen Warlock, was consigned by Northern Ireland based John Harbinson. He was sired by Tullyvallen Van Gogh and out of Ballylane Still.

The 2^nd prize shearling also sold for 1600gns, this was Wrights Waterloo consigned by SJ Wright from Axminster, Devon. Waterloo was sired by Knighton Victor and out of Wrights Pendora, he was purchased by Messrs Kennedy from Roscommon, Ireland.

John Harbinson sold his other shearling ram for 1100gns. This was Glenkeen Warrior, who is a full ET brother to the 1600gns Glenkeen shearling. Warrior had won 3^rd prize in his class at the pre-sale show and was purchased by Messrs Moorhouse from Harrogate.

Messrs Alford’s ram lamb Foxhill Yankee sold for 1100gns. This lamb was sired by Tullyvallen Shumacher and out of Knighton Sugar Tits who also bred a 6000gns ewe lamb at the Knighton flock dispersal. Yankee had won 2^nd prize in the show and was successfully purchased by Messrs Oliver from Brampton.

The final animal at 1100gns was another ram lamb this time from Ian McConnell. Ian’s Y17 was sired by Sunrise Vice and out of Kinsella Ursa and he had won 3^rd prize in the pre-sale show. This lamb was heading home with Messrs Gate from Northwich, Cheshire.

Best of the females was two ewe lambs that sold for 1000gns. The first of these was the 3^rd prize winning lamb from Patricia Imlah, Bennachie Young Princess. She was sired by the French bred Charbonnier Tres Bon and out of Bennachie Ula. The successful purchaser was Messrs Wight from Boston, Lincolnshire who also purchased the other ewe lamb that sold for the same money Ian McConnell’s Ian’s Y3. Y3, like Ian’s 1100gns ram lamb was sired by Sunrise Vice and this time out of Ian’s Titch a daughter of Castlescreen Pavarotti.

The 1^st prize ewe lamb and female champion was another from Patricia Imlah and she went on to sell for 780gns. Also by the same French sire as Patricia’s 1000gns lamb, Bennachie Young Star was out of Bennachie Update and she sold to Messrs Redfern from Leek, Staffordshire.

Averages:  4 Shearling Gimmers £582.75; 10 Ewe Lambs £615.30; 7 Shearling Rams £879.00; 28 Ram Lambs £460.87; 2 Rou-Tex £551.25