Ram trade was strong from start to finish at Wednesday’s NSA South West Ram Sale, Exeter, with prices peaking at 2600gns in the Charollais, with both Texels and Suffolks hitting 1500gns.
Topping the day’s sale was the pre-sale champion in the Charollais ring, shearling ram
Preistleigh Achilles from Tom Newth, Castle Cary. Sired by Cavick What About That and out of a dam by Boyo Untouchable, he sold to the judge Geoff Probert for the Mortimers flock, Worcester.
Taking the first of two 1500gns calls was a Texel shearling ram from Michael Lear’s
Sidborough flock. This was Sidborough Fivestar, a Knap Earl son out of a dam by Cambwell Cobalt. He was the pick of N Rottenbury, Heasley Mill, South Molton.
The other ram to make this money was a Suffolk shearling from E W Quick and Son and
Nicky Hartwright’s pen, with this one selling to join D W Ridd at West Buckland, Barnstaple.
A Texel from Louise Atkins then made 1200gns, with this being Milnbank Falcon. Purchased from Robbie Wilson as a ram lamb, this one is by Samsar Extreme and is out of a dam by Auldhouseburn Billy The Kid. Buying this one was Celtic House Farm, St Dennis, Cornwall.
And four then traded at 1100gns, with two of these being Texels and two being Charollais. First of the Texels at this level was shearling ram Loosebeare Friendly from the Quick family. Sired by Empire Churchill, he is out of a dam by Kimbolton Arrow and was knocked down to R S Frank, Chasewater, Truro.
The second 1100gns Texel was Hornacott Fierry from Phil Martyn-Uglow and family. He’s by the homebred Hornacott Emperor and out of a dam by Whitehart Unleashed and sold to R and M F Rottenbury, Chipstable, Taunton.
Both of the 1100gns Charollais came from Mike Alford’s Foxhill flock, with the first being
Foxhill Almighty, a Thackwood U Corker son out of a dam by Logie Durno Olympian, with
this one selling to Peckmoor Farming, Henley, Crewkerne.
The same buyers then took the other at this money, Foxhill 22XWY00727. He’s by Rockvilla Ferrair and out of a Logie Dogie Olympian-sired dam.

The Derryman family, Honiton, then took 1050gns for the best of their Suffolk shearlings, with this one finding a new home with E J Mills, Raddington, Taunton.
Best of the other breeds on offer saw E W Quick and Son sell a pair of crossbred rams at
920gns, with both of these going to M J Turpin and Son, Rodborough, Plymouth.
A Border Leicester from Sue Martyn’s Hornacott flock then made 800gns, with this being
Hornacott BL12YU30. He’s by Summerfields Rockstar and out of a Drennan’s dam and sold to S W Poad, Blunts, Saltash.
And the best of the Beltex on offer made 700gns for Tracey Cobbledick. This shearling ram was the pick of W R Wrixon and Son, Horton, Wimborne.

Averages; 89 Texel shearling rams £626, four Texel aged rams £511, three Texel ram lambs £472, eight Texel shearling ewes £525, two Texel ewe lambs £268, 56 Suffolk shearling rams £653, three Suffolk ram lambs £490, 19 crossbred shearling rams £628, one Rouge shearling ram £472, three Poll Dorset shearling rams £402, one Lleyn shearling ram £420, three Hampshire Down shearling rams £486, three Dutch Spotted shearling rams £472, five Dutch Spotted ram lambs £298, 37 Charollais shearling rams £640, 20 Charollais ram lambs £387, four Charollais ewe lambs £310, 12 Charollais shearling ewes £338, four Charollais aged ewes £330, five Border Leicester shearling rams £567, four Border Leicester shearling ewes £420, one Blue Texel shearling ram £420, one Blue Texel ramlamb £315, five Bluefaced Leicester shearling rams £419, five Bluefaced Leicester shearling ewes £220, three Berrichon shearling rams £437, two Berrichon ram lambs £367, three Berrichon ewe lambs £308, two Berrichon shearling ewes £446, four Non-MV Berrichon shearling rams £559, seven Beltex shearling rams £435, one Beltex aged ram £399, one Beltex ram lambs £420, seven Beltex shearling ewes £330, two Beltex ewe lambs £341