Three Nations Suffolk Sale

The annual 3-Nations Female Sale once again attracted much interest with an outstanding show of females forward. The sale featured consignments from the following flocks Solwaybank (Ian & Judith Barbour), Ballynacannon (Dennis Taylor), Limestone (Mark Priestley), Pyeston (Stewart Lathangie), Bridgeview (DP & RA Delves), Rhaeadr (Myfyr Evans), Ballyboe (Ronan McLaughlin), Claycrop (James Wallace), Harpercroft (Mrs Helen Goldie), Howgillfoot (Lilia Hutchinson) and Strathbogie (James Innes).

The sale topped at 15,000gns for a shearling gimmer by Malinhead Maverick out of a Mountford Mustang sired ewe from Dennis Taylor’s Ballycannon flock, Colraine, Northern Ireland. The sale leader, having been flushed earlier in the year, sold in-lamb with a single to Birness Freedom and with a recipient ewe carrying twins to Tolgus Pretty Boy, to Boden and Davies, Stockport.

The consignment from James Innes’ Strathbogie flock, Huntly, topped at 10,000gns for a gimmer by Forkins Dizzee Rascal, in-lamb to Crewelands King Pin, which sold to Messrs Smith, Caven, Eire.

Two gimmers by Limestone Aston Martin and in-lamb to Forkins McCoy, from Mark Priestley’s Limestone flock, Downpatrick, sold for 9000gns apiece, both to Dromonby Bridge Farm, Northallerton.

Making 7500gns was a gimmer by Limestone Legacy, in-lamb to Benedyglen Black Caviar from Stewart Lathangie’s Pyeston flock, Glenrothes, Fife. It sold in a two-way split to Mr Priestley and Messrs Lowry, Crumlin, Northern Ireland.

A Stockton Sniper’s Son daughter in-lamb to a Collessie ram, from Myfyr Evans’ Rhaeadr flock, Denbigh, sold for 6500gns. It was bought by Boden and Davies who also paid the same money for a Forkins Dizzee Rascal daughter in-lamb to Crewelands King Pin from the Strathbogie flock.

Averages: Ballynacannon Flock 4 gimmers £6037.50, 5 ewe lambs £2310.00; Strathbogie Flock 3 gimmers £6825.00; Limestone Flock 5 gimmers £6153.00; Pyeston Flock 5 gimmers £3192.00; Rhaeadr Flock 5 gimmers £3297.00, 5 ewe lambs £3528.00; Ballyboe Flock 6 gimmers £2152.50; Howgillfoot Flock 3 gimmers £2065.00; Bridgeview Flock 5 gimmers £1239.00, 3 ewes £1120.00, 2 ewe lambs £813.75, 2 pregnancies £997.50; Solwaybank Flock 4 gimmers £1076.25; Claycrop Flock 3 gimmers £1505.00; Harpercroft Flock 2 gimmers £1207.50