Ballymena’s shearling ram & ram lamb show & sale saw a flying trade on Monday 10th August with a ram lamb from Lisa Doyle of the Drapersfield flock taking 1st Prize & Overall Champion topping the sale selling for 7800gns to Allen Shortt, Co. Tyrone, 2nd Martin & Eoin Butler selling to 800gns to J Goudy, 3 rd Sean Doyle & Sons selling to 700gns to D Thompson, Bushmills and 4th Rodney Blair selling to 550gns to K Rogan, Co. Down.

JUDGE: Anthony Patton, Carrowmoney Flock

The Benvale flock of Rodney Blair took 1st and Overall Reserve Champion in the shearling ram class selling to 1500gns to J Blair, Monemore, 2nd Jack Smyth selling to 2600gns to RJ Mowbray, Co. Down, 3rd Jason & Campbell Watson selling to 2000gns to S Hunter, Bushmills and 4 th Tori Robson selling to 3800gns to M Johnson, Co. Down.

Ram lambs averaged 918gns and shearling rams averaged 1827gns.

1st Prize Shearling Ram & Reserve Champion from Rodney Blair selling for 1500gns to J Blair, Moneymore

placeholder image — 1st Prize Shearling Ram & Reserve Champion from Rodney Blair selling for 1500gns to J Blair, Moneymore

Other Leading prices on the night were:

Shearling Ram

J Alexander selling to 4500gns to J Robson, 3600gns to R Workman, 2600gns to M Cunningham, 2200gns to S Goss, 2000gns to J McGuckian Oil, 1900gns to Wtr Crawford, 1700gns to K Travers. J Robson selling to 3800gns to M Johnston, 2600gns to N Brown, 2500gns to JR Hamilton, 2400gns to M McCullagh, 2100gns to D Herron, 1600gns to Crockataggert Farms.

J Smyth selling to 3300gns to H Okane, 3100gns to S Hunter, 2600gns to RJ Mowbray, 2600gns to L Strain, 2500gns to Crockataggert Farms, 2500gns to Ranaghan Poultry, 2300gns to Wtr Crawford, 2200gns to P McFarland, 2000gns to P McFarland. RC&JC Watson selling to 2000gns to S Hunter, 1600gns to P Sharkey. G Baird selling to 2000gns to A Keys.

1st Prize & Overall Champion ram lamb from Lisa Doyle selling for 7800gns to Allen Shortt Derg Flock, Co. Tyrone.

Ram Lambs

J&L Doyle selling to 7800gns to A Shortt. C Boyd selling to 1600gns to H O’Kane. A Shortt selling to 1200gns to JP Nelson, 1000gns to J Mitchell 1000gns to J Clements. A Gault selling to 1050gns to C White, 900gns to PV O’Neill, 750gns to PV O’Neill. I Donald selling to 1000gns to R Currie , 800gns to D Gage, 750gns to I Montgomery. N Rickey selling to 900gns to D Doherty. M Butler selling to 850gns to J Goudy. P Grant selling to 800gns to A Bowden. J Moon selling to 800gns to IC McMillan. L Doyle selling to 800gns to J Steenson. J Maybin selling to 750gns to FG&T McMullan. R&C&JC Watson selling to 750gns to M Harper.

The NI Suffolk Branch will hold their next Ram Sales in Rathfriland Mart on Wednesday, 2nd September and Plumbridge Mart on Wednesday 2nd September. Catalogues will be available online @ www.suffolksheep.org.