The Lleyn Sheep Society held its Annual Sale at Roscrea Mart last Saturday. Demand was strong on the day and as a result there was a 100% clearance in both the shearling and ewe lamb sections.

Shearlings averaged €177, ewe lambs averaged €138 and rams averaged €550. The top price at the sale was for a pen of five shearling ewes from W and J Tait, Co Cork sold for €260/head to James Vance, Ballintra.

Next in the section was the second prize and reserve champion females winning pen from O Barry and E Dietvorst, Duncormick, which sold for €250/head to James Bryan, Kilbritton. Messrs Barry and Dietvorst also sold two pens at €210/head to G Rowe, Milford and M Carroll, Castleconnell.

The third prize pen from Alan McDonald was sold for €210/head to G Sullivan, Nenagh.

In the ewe lamb section Mary Gordon from Co Sligo topped with the first prize ewe lambs which sold for €160/head to D Beattie, Ballinagh.

Mr Beattie bought another pen from Ms Gordon at €158/head, and a pen from B Donnellan, Ballinasloe, at €152/head.

B Donnellan sold further pens at €151 and €150 twice. The aged ewes had set off well with the day’s judge selling two-year-olds at €195/head to J Connor, Moate. 

Mr Connor also bought a pen from W Power from Co Wexford for €165/head.

The rams saw Elizabeth Ovington, Co Kildare top when selling Count for €800 to G Sullivan, Nenagh. Count, a shearling ram, was sired by a Dr Gwyn Evans ram out of a Robin and David Darker ewe.

J O’Donoghue, Co Kerry, sold Con for €500 to P O’Shea, Killarney.

O Barry and E Dietvorst sold a hombred sired shearling ram for €350 to E Wall, Clonmel.