{"id":245,"date":"2021-01-27T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T11:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/?page_id=245"},"modified":"2022-07-22T08:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T07:58:21","slug":"dorset-down-sheep-annual-breed-sale-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/?page_id=245","title":{"rendered":"Annual Breed Sale Report 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:26px\"><strong>Dorset Down Sheep Breeders&#8217; Association<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:37px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dorset Down Sheep Annual Breed Sale Report<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;9<sup>th<\/sup> July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Breed Record<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A blisteringly hot day at Sedgemoor Market for the Annual Sale of Dorset Down sheep saw a trade to equal the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-2.png 460w, http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>New Breed Record &#8211; Shearling Ram 1500 Gns bred by NJ Bond, Trefill, Cornwall<br>purchased by P Spurdle, Somerset<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>21 rams met fierce competition especially for James Bonds\u2019 (Trefill \u2013 Torpoint, Cornwall) shearling born January 2021, a Signet recorded son of a Littleton (Robert Harding) ram out of a home bred ewe capturing the attention of the crowd and the eye of the eventual buyer Peter Spurdle when the gavel fell at 1500gns (\u00a31575).&nbsp; He now joins Peter\u2019s 60 ewes at Winsham, Chard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Birthday boy, Harry Stamp, sold his two shearling rams at 500gns and 400gns. His pen of four ewes attracted a lot of interest topping out at 520gns for a smart ewe sired by a Bewley (WD Burrough &amp; Sons) ram and out of a Lyndon Vale (Richard Wood) ewe purchased by Dr Jane McMinn (Calcot).&nbsp; Ewe lambs rose to 220gns for a Castle lamb from the Burton family, Worcester who are great supporters of the sale and celebrating their 20<sup>th<\/sup> year breeding Dorset Downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Averages:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13 Shearling ewes av. \u00a3256<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 Ewe lambs av. \u00a3168<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>21 Rams av. \u00a3467<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Auctioneers; Greenslade Taylor Hunt \u2013 Guest auctioneer: Andrew Lane MRICS FAAV &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Download <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Dorset-Down-Sheep-Annual-Breed-Sale-Report-9th-July-2022.pdf\">Breed Sale Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorset Down Sheep Breeders&#8217; Association Dorset Down Sheep Annual Breed Sale Report &nbsp;9th July 2022 New Breed Record A blisteringly hot day at Sedgemoor Market for the Annual Sale of Dorset Down sheep saw a trade to equal the weather. New Breed Record &#8211; Shearling Ram 1500 Gns bred by NJ Bond, Trefill, Cornwallpurchased by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"kubio_ai_page_context":{"short_desc":"","purpose":"general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350,"href":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dorsetdownsheep.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}