A champion Ram was sold for thousands at a recent Powys livestock sale.
This year’s NSA Wales & Border Main Ram Sale, near Bulth Wells reported a turnover above £2 million with a top price of 24,000 guineas for a champion Texel shearling.
Buyers flocked into the Royal Welsh Showground from early in the morning as more than 3,000 rams from across the UK were inspected before entering the sale ring.
The sale’s top price went to Scolton Fieldmaster, the champion from the pre-sale show who was reared and sold by Andrew Reed, who trades as WOJ Reed at Scolton, Haverfordwest. Its sire, Scolton Dynamo, was champion in 2021. Another of his shearlings sold for 10,000 guineas.
“I’m over the moon with the averages as well. The prices have been great right through. It’s been a great sale, busy with plenty of buyers and good quality rams,” said Mr Reed.z
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A Texel from Gwilym and Nerys Williams sold for 22,000 guineas. It was the family’s first visit and Caron Firefly was one of five shearlings sold by Hexham & Northern Marts.
The family, including Jenna, Lowri and Cennydd, run 80 pedigree Texel ewes and 20 Beltex under the Caron prefix near Lampeter.
Their consignment won Best Pen at the pre-sale show and previously achieved 32,000 guineas at Worcester two years ago with a ram from the same sire, Tullaghan Commander.
“We’re quite ecstatic, and honoured to have been invited to sell here. The ram has style and was the best Texel shearling in the Royal Welsh this year,” said Mr Williams.
Almost £2 million was spent at the sale and organisers were said the high prices “were underpinned by strong averages across the board” which were nearly 9 per cent up on last year, with 90 per cent of the rams sold.
NSA Wales & Border Ram Sales Committee Chairman, Geoff Probert, Leominster, was delighted with the day’s trading and praised the high quality of sheep in all sections.
He said: “The top end tups have sold exceptionally well. The real point with Builth is that there is such a high standard in maternal and terminal sires.
“The averages are up on last year. The vendors are happy and the purchasers will be happy with the quality they are going home with.”
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