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Badger Face Welsh Mountain records smashed at Brecon

New records were set at the Badger Face Welsh Mountain Society sale at Brecon for both Torddu ram lambs and ewe lambs.

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Badger Face Welsh Mountain records smashed at Brecon

Setting the new Torddu ram lamb record and highest price of the day at 2,250gns was a ram lamb from Gareth Jones, Felingwm, Carmarthen. By the ram lamb record holder from last year's sale, it was a class winner at this year's Royal Welsh. The buyer was Aron Hemmings, Llanfynydd, Carmarthen.

A yearling from Aled Groucott

Next at 2,100gns was a yearling ram from Aled Groucott, Crumlin, Gwent. Having stood reserve champion at this year's Royal Three Counties, it sold to Julie Tamplin, Caerphilly.

Royal Welsh and pre-sale champion from Aron Hemmings

Aron Hemmings sold the champion from this year's Royal Welsh Show and reserve champion in the pre-sale show, a yearling ram by the same sire as the sale topper, for £2,000 to C. Roscoe, Newport.

The top price ewe lamb shown by Ffion Evans

Torddu females topped at 1,000gns setting a new breed record for a ewe lamb, for Matthew and Donna Evans, Abergavenny. A half-sister to the family's reserve breed champion at this year's Royal Welsh Show, it sold to the judge, Neil Dillon, Llangadog.

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Torwen trade

Torwen trade topped at 1,050gns twice. Firstly, for Llewellyn Evans, Abergavenny, with a home-bred yearling ram which was male and reserve breed champion at this year's Royal Three Counties and second at the Royal Welsh and Brecon Show. It sold to Jenny Langford, Chester.

Top price Torwen from young breeder Llewellyn Evans

The next at this money was the pre-sale show champion, a yearling from the Davies family, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, which sold to E. Morgan, Hengoed, Mid Glamorgan.

Then at 920gns came the highest priced ram lamb from Eirian and Jasmine Jones, Llandeilo, which was a winner at the Royal Welsh and was the pick of C Jones, Llandeilo.

Torwen females sold to 480gns for Messrs King and Jeffreys' yearling ewe by a Cothi sire which was a class winner in the pre-sale show.

Ewe lambs topped at 450gns twice. The first for Malcolm Evans, Llandysul, was the choice of S. Hermanis, Swansea.

Also at that money was the first placed lamb from this year's Royal Welsh Show and the pre-sale reserve champion from Gareth Jones, which went to G. Lloyd, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.

Averages – Torwen - 15 ewes, yearling and older, £240.80; 24 ewe lambs, £238.00; 11 rams yearling and over, £468.68; 12 ram lambs £378.00; Torddu - 67 ewes yearling and older, £306.23; 74 ewe lambs, £249.87; 27 rams, yearling and older, £614.05; 23 ram lambs, £531.73.

Auctioneers: McCartneys.

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