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OXFORDS SELL TO £500 AT KELSO

 

Oxford shearling rams from Andrew Rutherford's annual Langrigg consignment from Guards Farm, Gretna, Dumfriesshire sold to a top of £500 at Kelso Ram Sales.

 

The top ram, a Billesdons Braveheart son, was bought by Highfield Farming, The Knock, Duns, Berwickshire. A further three Langrigg shearlings went to the same buyer at £400 each, joining two rams purchased from Langrigg at last year's sale. They will be used on the farm's large Cheviot x Shetland commercial ewe flock.

 

One Langrigg shearling went for pedigree work at £350 to Brendan & Amy Hall who run the Caston flock at Attleborough in Norfolk. This ram was sired by Greenlands Garrosh.

 

The Langrigg pen averaged £410 for five.

 

Auctioneers: C & D Auction Marts

Langrigg leads the Inaugural Northern sale of Oxford Downs at Carlisle 

The inaugural Northern sale of Oxford Downs at Carlisle

took place on Saturday 30th August. A top price of 450gns

was achieved for a shearling ram from Andrew Rutherford,

Guards Farm, Gretna. The shearling ram was a son of

Billesdon's Braveheart and out of a Langrigg ewe and

had won champion in the pre sale show earlier that day.

He sold to Messrs Etherington, Pocklington.

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Full report of the sale can be seen in the 'Sale Reports' page. 

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Andrew Rutherford and judge Andrew Amor with the pre show Champion who sold for 450gns 

Entry of 25 Oxford Downs for Carlisle Show & Sale

The Show & Sale of Oxford Downs to be held on Saturday, 30th August at Harrison & Hetherington's Borderway mart, Carlisle has attracted an entry of 25 head comprising 7 rams and 18 ewes.  The catalogue is in preparation. 

 

Entries are as follows:

 

Greystoke (L Chance, Flock No. 1388):  

2 shearling rams, 1 one-crop ewe, 3 gimmers

 

Langrigg (A W Rutherford, Flock No. 977):  

1 two-shear ram, 2 shearling rams, 1 ram lamb, 2 two-crop ewes, 4 gimmers, 2 ewe lambs

 

Rose-Dene (J J Richardson, Flock No. 1297): 

1 shearling ram, 2 ewe lambs

 

Weeton (Mrs R J Steele, Flock No. 1225):  

4 ewes lambs

 

The entries from Rose-Dene and Weeton are MV accredited and Signet performance recorded.

 

This is an excellent opportunity for breeders to obtain pedigree Oxford ewes and rams for new or existing flocks, and for commercial buyers to purchase Oxford rams for crossing work.

​Worcester sale attracts entry of 66 Oxford Down sheep

The Premier Show & Sale of Oxford Downs to be held at McCartneys Worcester market on Saturday, 2nd August..


There is an entry of 66 head from 12 flocks, comprising 44 females and 22 rams and including MV accredited and Signet performance recorded stock. 

The flocks consigning to the sale are:

 

Applewick

Billesdons

Caston

Greyland

Horsley

Langrigg

Longfriday

Meadow Farm

Montrose

Pauntley

Rose-Dene

Weeton

 

 

 

 

 

The sale gives buyers the opportunity to obtain quality Oxford Down breeding stock, whether a new stock ram, foundation stock for a new flock, females to replenish an existing flock, or a ram for crossing work as a terminal sire. Bidding is available online through MartEye. 

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Link to catalogue here 

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Full Show Results are now available for Devon County Show

Congratulations to Andrew Amor and Holly Plante of the Pauntley Flock who won the breed championship at Devon County Show, the first breed classes of the season.

Judge Mr R Vincent chose to put the homebred ram lamb as his champion.

 

Reserve Champion and Champion opposite sex went to Ms Rebecca Simpson and her ewe lamb. 

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Full results can be found at the link below. 

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(photo courtesy of Country Girl Media) 

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New Sale Date Added

A new association sale has been added to the list and will take place on Saturday 30th August at Borderway Mart, Carlisle. The sale will be open to all ages of Rams and Females for both MV and Non MV sheep. More details will follow soon. 

Oxfords to £450 at Carlisle

    Oxford Downs consigned to the Carlisle native breeds sale 2023 by Andrew Rutherford of Guards Farm, Gretna, Dumfriesshire peaked at £450 twice, for both rams and gimmers from his Langrigg flock.


    There was strong demand for the gimmers and more could have been sold. Leading the females at £450 was a gimmer sired by the former breed record holder Billesdons Braveheart and which has been running with service sire Greenlands Garrosh. It sold to Jack Richardson to add to his Rose-Dene flock at Newton-on-Derwent, York. Another two gimmers went to the same home at £400 apiece.


    Just behind the top bid was a £420 sale to Adam Atkins of Atkins Agriculture, Mason Green Farm, Halifax, West Yorkshire buying for the Mountainstorm flock.


    Local breeder Matthew Tomkins from Hallsford Farm, Hethersgill, Carlisle, Cumbria took a further two Langrigg gimmers at £400 each to join his Hallsford Oxford flock which runs alongside a Llanwenog flock that is used to supply the Tomkins’ farm shop business.


    Top price for rams was a £450 Langrigg shearling selling to Tom & Sue Lamb for the Fleetham flock at East Fleetham, Seahouses, Northumberland. This one is a son of Billesdons Braveheart out of a Langrigg Ranger ewe. Two Langrigg shearling rams made £300, firstly to Matthew Tomkins, Hallsford and the second crossing the Border to go for commercial work with Messrs Andrew, Newmills of Monkwood, Maybole, Ayrshire.


    Sale Summary


    7 gimmers sold to £450 and averaged £395.71

    3 shearling rams sold to £450 and averaged £350.00

    Overall, 10 head sold to £450 and averaged £382.00


    Auctioneers: Harrison & Hetherington

    Oxfords to 360gns at Melton Mowbray

      The annual sale of Oxford Downs at Melton Mowbray attracted a much-increased entry of 27 head catalogued compared to last year’s sale. Despite the larger number forward, trade held up well on the day.

      Leading the sale was a 360gns shearling ewe from Vickie Jones’ Leicestershire-based Billesdons flock. Sired by Horsley Uncle Bob and out of a Barley Park Norman home-bred ewe, it sold to Richard Hampshire from Elvington, York for his Prospect flock. A second shearling ewe from the same pen made 300gns to Holly Plante & Andrew Amor who run the Pauntley flock at Redmarley in Gloucestershire. This one is by Monkstone Jimmy.

      Not far behind the top price were two Weeton flock ewes from Ruth Steele, Hull, East Yorkshire. Both by rams imported from Finland, they made 340gns each to the same buyer, Paul Emery, Smithy Farm, Gratwich, Uttoxter, Staffordshire. Mr Emery was establishing a new registered Oxford Down flock at the sale, purchasing a total of five females.

      The Weeton flock also topped the ewe lamb section with a 250gns sale for a Weeton Greyjoy daughter to Jack Richardson who was buying for his Rose-Dene flock at Newton-on-Derwent, York. The same buyer paid the next best ewe lamb price of 220gns for one by Longfriday Hugo from the Longfriday pen consigned by Martin Johnson of Wollaston, Northamptonshire.

      Rams peaked at 300gns for a Weeton shearling, again sired by Weeton Greyjoy, from Ruth Steele, selling to Jack Richardson, Rose-Dene. A Longfriday ram lamb from Martin Johnson sold at 280gns. A son of Longfriday Hugo, it went to Tom Davis, farm manager at Mudchute Park & Farm, Isle of Dogs, London for the Mudchute flock.

      Overall, 17 head sold to 350gns and averaged £235.94.

      Auctioneers: Melton Mowbray Market

      28 Oxfords entered for Melton Mowbray

        An entry of 28 Oxfords has been received for the breed's annual sale at Melton Mowbray on Saturday 9th September comprising 20 females and 8 rams.

        Both MV accredited and Signet recorded stock are included in the sale.


        MV accredited (Lots 79-94) 3 ewes from Weeton 8 ewe lambs from Weeton and Longfriday 4 shearling rams from Weeton and Longfriday 1 ram lamb from Longfriday

        Non accredited (Lots 186-197) 9 shearling ewes from Caston, Billesdons, Kateland and Mudchute 3 shearling rams from Kateland and Caston

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