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Roscrea Suffolk Ram Sale

  • 16-08-2012 5:50pm
    #1
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭


    Anybody going to next weeks Suffolk ram lamb sale on Wednesday 22nd?

    Show + Sale

    Also a 100 euro Redmills voucher for any ram purchased for over 600 euro.

    Gonna get a few rams!


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  • #2
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    many entries?

    might be dropping a few cows to ashbourne meats will pop in for look and a chat


  • #3
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    80 rams for sale


  • #4
    razor8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭razor8


    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    80 rams for sale

    How did you get on?


  • #5
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    razor8 wrote: »
    How did you get on?

    on to morrow


  • #6
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭Cran


    be nice to get reports on any ram or breeding sales people attend, give us a flavour of what the trade is like around the country...
    I've only been to the Charollais premier so far this year, trade was sticky but everything sold that was there to be sold...


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  • #7
    jay gatsby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭jay gatsby


    Tullow mart Carlow are selling PB Lleyn ewes Tuesday 28th Aug and their breeders show and sale is the following day.

    Not in sheep myself but got a text about it from the mart so said I would throw it up here


  • #8
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    didn't get going after all?

    was op or anybody else there ? prices?


  • #9
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    Top Price €1220 for a Prize Winner from Bawnogue.

    Champion Garryhinch €900.

    Mixed trade and towards the last 20 rams there was F**k all buyers.

    Never seen a judge to check the gigot on the rams so much during judging. He was from Kepak.

    Got two rams.


  • #10
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭Cran


    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    Never seen a judge to check the gigot on the rams so much during judging. He was from Kepak.

    I think thats a great idea having factory man judge, is he just a factory man and not a suffolk breeder?


  • #11
    razor8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭razor8


    Arrow in the Knee wrote: »
    Top Price €1220 for a Prize Winner from Bawnogue.

    Champion Garryhinch €900.

    Mixed trade and towards the last 20 rams there was F**k all buyers.

    Never seen a judge to check the gigot on the rams so much during judging. He was from Kepak.

    Got two rams.

    had you any lambs at it AITK?


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  • #12
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    The judge was from Kepak and not a Suffolk Breeder Cran.

    I had no lambs at it Razor8.

    Also sheep sale was on at Roscrea yesterday.

    Didn't see any posters for the €100 voucher from Redmills until I was at the till.


  • #13
    Cran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭Cran


    Been following the Texel premier in the UK online today, their internet feed coverage is top class by the way other societies should take note.
    Have counted over 60 lambs so far making over 2K guineas with majority of these over 3k and with 200 lots still to go its mind boggling......

    what drives these prices of Texels in the UK over other breeds, are they that popular with commercial farmers over there?


  • #14
    Arrow in the Knee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 957 ✭✭✭Arrow in the Knee


    Suffolks have a Webcam at Stirling aswell.

    Texels making £60,000,42,000 and two at £20,000gns.

    The lad who bought the £60,000gns is Robbie Wilson who owns Strathisla Suffolks and he also started a flock of Charollais last year.

    Usually its A buys of B, B buys of C and C buys of A.

    Good few Texel lads are prominent Bull breeders aswell.

    Then there's a couple of business men who have to much money to know what to do with it and also farmers who get LARGE Single Farm Payments who spend big aswell.


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