Weekly Report & Newsletter - 3rd October 2025 J36 Rural Auction Centre: Show & Sale of Swaledale Draft Ewes, Shearlings & Gimmer Lambs, Friday 26th September 2025. The great Annual Show and Sale of Swaledale Draft Ewes & Shearling has once again been a huge success with vendors leaving delighted with their day’s trading. Averages were up across the board with ewes levelling at £166.31 – an increase of £26 on the year, shearlings averaged a staggering £193.31 which was up a whopping £30 on the year and gimmer lambs again saw an increase of £29 averaging £97.17. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Mr John Mason, Oddacres and Mr Ted Telford, Roadhead who we thank for working through the classes e iciently and expertly this morning. They awarded the results as follows: SWALEDALE EWES (3CROP) 1st RS & BA Harker, Overthwaite 2nd R & A Taylforth, Side Farm 3rd DC & KL Hutchinson, Old Spital SWALEDALE EWES (1 and 2 Crop) 1st E & A Wear, Grove Farm 2nd R & A Taylforth, Side Farm SWALEDALE GIMMER SHEARLINGS 1st M & EM Wilson, Arngill 2nd J A Alderson, Barras 3rd Fernyford Farm, Derbyshire SWALEDALE GIMMER LAMBS 1st Forest Hall Farm 2nd Forest Hall Farm 3rd Forest Hall Farm The sale topped at £360 for the sale Champions from E&A Wear, Howe Green who sold a pen of 18 at £300. The Reserve Champion honours went to RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite which sold at £350. Selling at £300 was the best of the run from Drinkall Bros, Catshaw with shearlings from JA Alderson, Barras reaching £290. DC&KL Hutchinson, Old Spital enjoyed their day’s trading topping at £280 and Calderside Farms topping at £260. Other notable prices saw R&PE Hargreaves, Meadow Bank sell shearlings at £240, ewes to £222 from W&PA Walton, Corney and shearlings to £210 from both MP&A Capstick, High Lane & M&EM Wilson, Arngill House.
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