Even with a record entry of females forward for the Premier Society sale at Carlisle it was Longfield Forest that caught our eye, securing her for 12,000gns. She travelled across the water from Robert Nelson, Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Forest is out of Glencloy Brooklyn and is sired by the infamous Challoch Bearskin. We’re looking forward to seeing what these new genetics bring to the flock.
Wedderburn Flirty topped Welshpool Autumn Sale when she sold to an undisclosed purchaser for 18,000gns. She is sired by Glencloy Chance and out of Import Candy Floss, Flirty is a full sister to Wedderburn Flipper who we sold for 10,000gns at Carlisle the previous week.
Leading the way at the Worcester Society sale was two of our shearling ewes topping the day at 2600gns.
The first to hit the 2600gns mark was Wedderburn Forest, a Glencoy Chance daughter out of a Hiroshima daughter, Lochlad Cuckoo. She headed home to Yeovil, Somerset with Ilona Thompson.
Joining her on the trailer home to Somerset with the previous purchaser was the second shearling ewe, Wedderburn Flower. She is out of an imported female and sired by Beili Everett.
At 1800gns was another shearling ewe in the form of Wedderburn Faith ET. This Boyo Easy On The Eye daughter is out of the Lochlad Cpt Jack Sparrow daughter, Lochlad Danika. She was knocked down to D Whitcomb, Brecon, Powys.
Our pen of ewe lambs peaked at 1850gns for Wedderburn Gladys ET, a Merryborro Fastandfurious daughter out of Diamond Electra. Taking this one back to Totnes, Devon, were M I and J Bushby.
Pen leader for our ram lambs at 1500gns was Wedderburn Golden Balls. Previously standing third at The Royal Welsh Show he is sired by Fastandfurious and heads across the water to Ballinderry, Co Antrim, with G Hayes.
Topping our pen at the Welshpool Society sale was Whatmore Edelweiss, an ET-bred daughter of Glencloy Chance out of the 20,000gns imported female Candy Floss. She sold in lamb to Boyo Easy On The Eye to Elgan Jones.
Next up and selling for 1800gns was Pentre Elsa, a Lochlad Braveheart daughter out of an imported female. Having been served by Glencloy Chance, this one headed home to Hereford with Darren Mattia.
After securing the pre-sale female championship at Carlisle this month, our flashy ewe lamb Wedderburn Flipper later went onto sell for 10,000gns to the judge, Dave Roberts for his Boyo flock. She is sired by Glencloy Chance and is out of the 20,000gns imported female, Candy Floss (IM1028).
The inaugural Spotacular Spotties sale will certainly go down in the history books for Wedderburn as we stuck to our guns and dug deep to secure a fantastic Dutch import ewe from Dave Roberts’ Boyo flock for the new breed record and Worcester Livestock Market all breeds centre female record of 20,000gns!
Candy Floss as she is known caught her eye from the second we saw her for her length, scale, breed character and natural fleshing attributes, combined with that added x-factor, we can’t wait to see how she breeds for us. Joining her from the Boyo flock is another aged ewe, Camilla, again an import ewe, who we paid 6500gns for her.
We didn’t just buy on the day, we had some lambs in the sale too and first up for us was our ewe lamb, Wedderburn Elder, a daughter of our successful stock tup Glencoy Chance out of Lochlad Conker, a Hiroshima daughter. This one sold for 1550gns to K Tucker, West Sussex.
Joining her on the journey to Sussex at 1450gns was Wedderburn Echinacea, again by Chance and this time out of an imported ewe.
Trade for tup lambs across the sale was a little sticky, but both of ours got away with Wedderburn Eagle, a son of Chance out of Lochlad Cuckoo, selling for 650gns to B Davies, Haverfordwest and another Chance son, Wedderburn Erasmus, selling for 500gns to previous ewe lamb buyer K Tucker.
We’d like to wish all our buyers the very best with their new purchases and of course a huge thank you to Dave Roberts for providing the opportunity to purchase such fantastic genetics.
As well as selling Spotties at the Worcester sale, we were excited to bring home a pair of ET-bred lambs by Glencoy Chance out of an imported ewe from Sara Gibbons’ Whatmore flock. We purchased these on a recipient ewe for 3400gns. We can’t wait to see how these grow on in the flock.
Having supported the inaugural pedigree female sale at Worcester Market this month, we were delighted with trade for our Dutch Spotted sheep.
Topping our offering was a Zwartble recipient ewe with embryo lambs at foot by Glencoy Chance out of the 2000gns Tip Top Candy, herself a full sister to Tip Top Calvin Klein. This outfit sold for 2800gns to T Mogg, Redditch.
We then sold a brace of Texel cross Beltex females with Grade 4 ewe lambs at foot by Calvin Klein again for 600gns and a third one for 680gns.
We’d like to wish all buyers the very best with the sheep and congratulations to McCartneys for putting on the sale. We look forward to building on this in the future for the breed.
The first of our homebred ram lambs sold at Welshpool this month with good results. Both tup lambs are by Lochlad Bespoke, himself a former reserve male champion at the National Show and Great Yorkshire in 2019. Bespoke’s sire, Hiroshima, was male champion at the 2017 Great Yorkshire Show. The lambs are out of an imported ewe we purchased at Worcester for 2850gns. Selling for 1500gns was Wedderburn Dancer, while Wedderburn Diamond, sold for 1000gns. We’d like to wish the buyers the very best with their purchases.
Joining the flock this month are two ewe lambs in the form of Mount Pleasant Dido and Mount Pleasant Dreamy. Both ewe lambs are by Mount Pleasant Cracker and are out of imported ewes. These striking girls will no doubt be a great addition to the flock.
