The dispersal of the Glaves’ family’s Brompton flock claimed the leading prices at the Southdown Sheep Society’s second sale of the year at Melton Mowbray when Brompton 19/04829 set a new aged ewe record for the breed at 1500gns.
This daughter of Southern Cross 13/00419 is out of a dam by Chaileybrook 07/0019 and sold to James Langmead, Hampshire.
Second best at 1000gns was Brompton 19/04726, a similarly bred ewe, again by the Southern Cross sire and out of a dam by Chaileybrook 07/0019. She also headed back to Hampshire to join Mr Langmead.
A 2018-born ewe by Offham Astronaut, Brompton 18/04454, then made 650gns, with this one being out of another Chaileybrook 07/0019 daughter. Buying this one was Stephen Cobbold, Suffolk.
Then making 600gns was the pre-sale show champion from Stephen and Paul Humphey, a shearling ewe by Goodwood Ebor, East Dean 21/05342. This one is out of a dam by Southern Cross 13/00421 and was claimed by Mr Langmead too.
Close behind at 580gns was another from the same vendors, East Dean 21/05256, a Montecristo 15/15088 daughter out of a dam by East Dean 14/01652. She sold to previous buyer Mr Langmead.
And making 500gns was another East Dean shearling, East Dean 21/05267, a Snowden 16/00596 daughter out of a Goodwoodf Ebor daughter. She was bought by A New, Bampton, Oxon.
Lorraine Clements then sold her shearling ewe, Avenue Farm 21/00346 at 500gns. She’s by Moonstone Dancing in the Moonlight and out of a Ridings 15/03077 daughter and sold to J Williams, Chepstow.
Another from the same home and selling to the same buyer then made 460gns. This was , Avenue Farm 21/00350, again by the Moonstone sire and this time out of an East Dean ewe by East Dean 14/01652.
Next in line at 440gns was a ewe lamb from the Glaves family, Brompton 22/06171. Sired by the 1000gns Littlebrook 22/06171, she is out of an Offham Astronaut daughter and was again bought by Mr Cobbold.
And making 410gns was Emily Yates’ shearling ewe Fulfen 21/00023. Sired by the homebred Fulfen Boomer and out of a Chaileybrook 13/0001 daughter she was the pick of previous buyer A New.
Back with the aged ewes and Brompton 20/05369, an Offham Astronaught daughter made 400gns when selling to Maria Cork, Derbyshire. She’s out of a Southern Cross 13/00419 daughter.
Males
Topping the ram trade at 380gns was aged ram Avenue Farm Leigh from Lorraine Clements. This 2020-born ram is by Ridings Colonel and out of a Sutherland Samwise daughter. He was taken by M Osborne, Dorking.
A pair then sold at 300gns, with the first being the first prize shearling ram from the pre-sale show from the Humphrey brothers. This was East Dean 21/05218, a son of homebred sire East Dean 19/04455 and out of a dam by East Dean 11/00450. He found a new home with S Johns, Wrexham.
And matching this price was Emily Yates’ Fulfen Corona, a son of the imported sire Breton and out of a Chaileybrook 13/0001 daughter. Buying him was previous buyer A New.
Averages; 17 aged ewes £347.12, 18 shearling ewes £308.58, 15 ewe lambs £180.60, four aged rams £257.25, three shearling rams £266, two ram lambs £199.50 (Melton Mowbray Market).
