2008 Welsh National Texel Show and Sale
Friday 29th & Saturday 30th August 2008

Royal Welsh Showground Builth Wells

RECORD PRICES AT WELSH NATIONAL TEXEL SALE

Despite the weather which kept many commercial buyers at home on the delayed harvest, pedigree buyers were out in force supporting the Welsh National Sale of Texels, and it was a proud Welshman who took the honour of topping this sale for the third occasion.

Caereinion Number One sold for 12,000gns

Cefin Pryce from Welshpool achieved the top price of 12,000 gns with his Shearling Ram Caereinion Number One which took 1st Prize in this year’s Royal Welsh Show and again placed 1st Shearling Ram and Reserve Champion in the pre sale show when judged by Irishman Alistair Gant. Sired by Douganhill Landmark out of a homebred ewe by Cambwell Governer 2nd it was purchased in a 4 way split by Danny Creer, Ballaglonney, Isle of Man together with Robert Laird, Cambwell and Stephen Phillips, Phenjai with Cefin Pryce retaining quarter share.

Cambwell Outback sold for 5,500gns.

The visit to the Cambwell Flock of Robert Laird in Scotland by members of the South Wales Club earlier in the year certainly paid dividends when he returned with a strong pen of 5 ram lambs to average 2,425gns. Top price was the 1st prize novice lamb at 5,500gns sired by Cambwell Laird; his full brother made 5,000gns at Lanark. Purchasers were D J J Watkins & Co for their Cwmcerrig Flock.

Cambwell Ogilvie sold for 2,700gns.

At 2,700gns. Marlsbrough Farms, Haverfordwest secured another Cambwell Laird son namely Cambwell Ogilvie, and Colin Ponting (Penstones) paid 2,600gns for a grandson of Cambwell Jaguar again sired by Cambwell Laird called Cambwell Onfire.

Cambwell Onfire sold for 2,600gns.

Claybury Othello sold for 2,500gns.

The Champion Ram Lamb came from the Claybury flock of James and Hannah Draper. Sired by Castlecairn Keltic Star out of a Muiresk Forever Dam, it sold for 2,500gns to W & A Jones, (Divlyn), Llandovery.

Einon Overdrive sold for 1,800gns.

The Einon Flock of Irene Lewis in West Wales proved popular achieving 1,800gns for Einon Overdrive, a son of Milnbank Lyon King by Tophill Joe to M H Gwilliam’s Flock and 1,020gns to R P Ryder, Llan.

The Tynewydd Flock took the Female Championship.

The Tynewydd Flock of Deri Morgan which was the top flock in Wales in 2007 produced the Champion Female. This Haddo Lucky Strike daughter out of ewe by Lyonshall Irish goes back to Glenside Drum Major, selling at 850gns to John Forsyth (Glenside).

Auctioneers: Clee, Tompkinson & Francis, Brecon.

AVERAGES

Ewes
30 Ewes averaging £264
Top - Lot 18 - 850gns to J Forsyth (Glenside)

Shearling Rams
24 Rams averaging £1142.33
Top - Lot 140 - 12,000gns to Ballaglonney and 3 others
Also
Lot 115 – 1,500gns to Marlsbrough Farms Ltd (Marlsbrough)
Lot 118 – 1,150gns to S Phillips (Phenjai)
Lot 137 – 1,000gns to Cooke (Torrington)

Ram Lambs
44 Sold averaging £781.18

Top - Lot 402 – 5,500gns to D J J Watkins & Co (Cwmcerrig)
Lot 407 – 2,700gns to Marlsbrough Farms Ltd (Marlsbrough)
Lot 404 – 2,600gns to C S Ponting (Penstones)
Lot 356 – 2,500gns to W & A Jones (Divlyn)
Lot 1383 – 1,800gns to M H Gwilliam (Broxwood)
Lot 311 – 1,200gns to T E Duggan (Hengrave)
Lot 393 – 1,100 gns to R Jones (Robleston)
Lot 392 – 1,050gns to G Davies (Trefere)
Lot 384 – 1,020gns to R P Ryder (Ryders)