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The last Society sale of the season took place at CCM Skipton, where an increased entry of 346 head of Lleyn sheep witnessed prices for shearling ewes peak at £245 per head.

Vendors enjoyed a very buoyant trade at the Lleyn Sheep Society’s annual sale of rams and females at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, where a top price of £700 was achieved amongst the shearling ewes, with the section averaging £259.59 – up £62.81 on the year.

Sunday 25th August had been  marked on the calendar for Lleyn enthusiasts across the UK as the Walling Family of Farmstock Gentics opened their doors for the Scottish & Borders Lleyn Club Open Day. The respect and admiration for the quality of stock frequently brought forward by the Walling family could be seen with nearly 90 people gathering including a strong Welsh contingent..

Shearling ewes forward from W Davies’ Bronallt flock, Morfa Nefyn, met a roaring trade at the annual Welshpool Society Sale, soaring to £290 per head, with the section levelling out at £242.91 – some £76.28 up on the corresponding year.

Lleyn females were in exceptional demand at the Stirling Society Sale, with shearling ewes selling to a high of £315 per head, with averages for the section up by £68.57 on the year.

Market records for Lleyn sheep were smashed at the recent Ballymena Society sale, where the Kennedy family, from Ballyclare, enjoyed an exhilarating trade for their stock as they led three of the four sections at this year’s sale.

George and Lee-Ann Calwell and their family of Daisylane Lleyns hosted the N I Lleyn Sheep Breeders Club open day at their farm in Ballyreagh near Clough, Ballymena.

Lleyn sheep breeders were left ecstatic following the annual Society show and sale at Ross-on-Wye, where a strong trade prevailed from the very start right through until the last lot, and vendors and buyers alike came together to watch Carmarthenshire-based breeder, Lionel Organ’s Southam dispersal sale soar to £510 for his leading female.

Vendors enjoyed a very buoyant trade for all types of Lleyn sheep forward at the annual Ruthin Society sale, where averages for all sections were well up on the year and prices soared to heights of £315 for the pre-sale show champion pen of females from H Goldie, Southbower Houses, Ruthwell, Dumfries.

Prices for Lleyn females were on fire at the Society’s Roscommon sale, where a jam-packed ringside full of prospective bidders witnessed A McDonald of the Ormston flock, Killeigh, Co. Offaly, secure the lead price amongst the shearling ewes at €390 per head.

Trade for females was nothing short of electric at the Society’s annual Exeter sale, held at Kivells Livestock Market, as prices for pens of shearling ewes soared to heights of £290 per head, with no fewer than 65 pens selling in excess of £200.

Top priced lot, 10 pedigree shearling ewes from C & A Kennedy, Ballyclare, Co. Antrim

LLEYN SHEEP OPEN DAY - 4th AUGUST

It was a great day for Wynne Davies, Bronallt, Morfa Nefyn who returned to reclaim the overall breed championship for a second consecutive year at a very sunny Royal Welsh Show.

GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW RESULTS

The Society's new online sale is delighted to announce that there is a catalogued entry of over 800 pure and cross-bred Lleyn females available to buy.The sale commences on Wednesday 31st July and ends on Friday 2nd August, at 8pm. A reminder of information for buyers and vendors is below: