
Flying trade at Exeter for Charollais females
One buyer dominated the sale of in-lamb Charollais shearling ewes and ewe lambs at Exeter Market Friday 31st October taking 14 out of the 21

One buyer dominated the sale of in-lamb Charollais shearling ewes and ewe lambs at Exeter Market Friday 31st October taking 14 out of the 21

A ewe lamb full of breeding from Graham Foster’s Nowtownstewart-based Springhill flock stood out at the Dungannon export sale topping at 4800gns. Springhill 25WLK08351 is

It was a day of double success for Tom Newth and his Prestleigh flock at this year’s Hereford High Flyers sale of Charollais females as

Standing firmly in the spotlight at CCM Skipton’s annual Autumn show and sale of pedigree Charollais females on behalf of the Charollais Sheep Society on

The first of the Charollais female sales for the autumn calendar kicked off at Worcester on Saturday (4thOctober) and leading this year’s Oktoberfest Sale offering

Wernfawr Chieftain, a shearling ram from Paul Curran, Talgarth, Brecon, was crowned champion Charollais before going on to top all breeds at the NSA early sale

A new centre record price was achieved at the Charollais Export sale in Dungannon Market this Monday (28th July), when Hollylodge Dynamite sold for 10,000gns. The ram

Going one step better than in 2024 was a shearling ewe from Adrian Davies’ Glyn Coch flock at the Royal Welsh Show 2025. This classy female

Judge Tom Nancekivell, from Bude, Cornwall, had no hesitation in awarding the championship honours to a two-shear ewe, Foulrice Belle from father and son team,

A ram lamb from Shropshire breeder, Robert Gregory, set Carlisle Supreme Charollais sale alight when it sold for a new centre record for the breed

Class results Aged tups 1st- J Wales GU22 06016 2nd- N Henderson WNC22 43554 3rd- E and E Duncan WYH23 01979 Shearling rams 1st- Ingram

David Robert’s Boyo flock from Shropshire once again ruled supreme at the Royal Three Counties Show. This year his winner was the shearling ewe, Boyo Clover. By

It is with the deepest sadness that we have to inform you that Charles Sercombe died yesterday. This was following a cancer diagnosis, which the

Despite no very high prices the averages for Charollais shearling rams jumped to £930.21 at the NSA early ram sale, held for the first time


The Ingram family from Aberdeenshire were in top winning form at this year’s Royal Highland Show taking first place in 6 of the 7 classes.


The eastern region held their annual flock competition and dinner on Friday 22nd September. This years judge Ryan Todd (Thorn Edge Charollais) came down from



Strong demand for Charollais rams was the key to a successful evening sale held at Ballymena Market on Monday 18th September. Averages were up in


A solid trade at this year’s Kelso ram sale (Friday 8th September) saw a top price of £2200 with the Charollais champion judged by Jim

A solid day’s trade in Carlisle (Friday 25th August) saw a shearling ram, Thackwood 22GU06156, take top price of 1300gns for local vendors, the Wales



The first Charollais Youth Day took place at the weekend (Saturday 12th August) with Dave Roberts of the Boyo flock and Geoff Probert and family


A great start to the commercial sale season at NSA Builth Early Sale for Charollais as they took overall top price. Leading the sale at

Dungannon Farmers Mart witnessed a strong interest from both pedigree and commercial buyers at last week’s Charollais Premier Sale. The buzz around the sale ring


Having won the breed championship at last year’s show, it was time for Adrian Davies of the Glyn Coch flock to return to the Royal


Repeating his success from the Royal Highland Show, Ben Radley of the Loaningfoot flock took the breed championship at this week’s Great Yorkshire Show. His


Irish breeders had success with an online sale seeing a top price coming from William McAllister’s Artnagullion flock, with a ram lamb selling for £10,000

Having established his Castellau flock of Charollais sheep in 1987, last Friday (26th May) saw Tim Prichard disperse his flock on farm in Llantrisant, Mid Glamorgan,

WIN a Heatwave Milk Warmer worth £550. This is a valuable asset for rearing orphan lambs. Heatwave Milk Warmer uses a heat exchange technology to


Time is flying by! If you are planning on entering Worcester Premier Sale this year, then you need to think about getting rams tested. Just

We will be holding a zoom meeting on Tuesday 18th April at 7.30pm for members to learn about Grassroots, scrapie, DNA testing, sales, inspection, shows

The national progeny test project, RamCompare is about to enter an exciting new phase meaning successful ram nomination applicants will benefit from integrated data from


There will be more opportunities for breeders to sell females at the Premier Sale in 2023. Each flock will be able to enter a maximum

As of 2023 full adult membership will icrease to £66 including VAT. Membership runs from the 1st January each year and all members will be

The charollais office will close on Tuesday 20th December and re open on Tuesday 3rd Janurary 2023. From all at the Charollais office we would

DNA PARENTAGE TESTING MORE INFORMATION Members have had some queries about DNA testing proceedure, so here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions.

With lambing just around the corner, it is time to get ewe lambs upgraded within 12 months from their date of birth before the price

For all the young Charollais enthusiasts out there, make sure you head over to Facebook and give the new Charollais Young Breeders Group page a

Commenting on his judging experience, Johnny would like to thank the south of Scotland region for asking him to judge. “The champion flock from Russell

North of England flock competition results, judged by Oliver Chapman. Commenting on his judging experience, Oliver Chapman said he had a tremendous show of sheep

Sunday’s export sale of Charollais females from the Logie Durno and Loanhead flocks of William, Carole, Gregor and Bruce Ingram, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, saw a super

The sale of females at Dungannon saw ewe lambs in high demand with a top price of 2400gns from Graham Fosters Springhill flock based in

The Northern Ireland Charollais Sheep Club held their Annual Dinner and Awards Night at the La Mon House Hotel. It was good to see the


Selling females from their Skelton Whin flock for the first time ever at auction, Thomas and Judith Hunter were rewarded when one of their shearling

A strong trade across the board met Charollais breeders at the High Flyers female sale at Hereford on Saturday (22nd October) with shearling ewes seeing a


The next of the flock competitions to be judged across the UK was the Welsh region, which saw Paul and Ollie James take care of

The Saucy Sale of Charollais females held at Worcester Livestock Market on Saturday (15th October) saw ewe lambs in hot demand with a top call of

The Central Charollais Region held their annual flock competition this month and celebrated the event with a prize giving lunch held at The Croft, Beaconsfield

Back on one of the hottest days of summer, David Norman of the Kirkhouse flock took on a 1450-mile round trip to judge flocks from




A strong run of shearling rams from the Probert family’s Mortimer flock dominated the headlines at this week’s NSA Main Builth sale as they won






Topping Charollais trade at the NSA South West Ram Sale, Exeter, at 1200gns were the Quick family, Crediton, Devon, with shearling ram Dafolog 21VFC00198 from

School Hill farm stands up on the hillside in the small hamlet of Askwith, between Ilkley and Otley overlooking the river Wharfe and further back



Running a flock of 165 Suffolk cross ewes alongside 180 pure North Country Cheviot ewes, the couple have developed a self-contained breeding flock, with rams

Nestled on a hillside overlooking the North Sea near the busy seaside town of Whitby you would be hard pushed to accidently stubble upon Biggin

Leading Charollais trade at the first week of the NSA Builth Sale at 1700gns was Gwyndy 21PR08232 from W C and R L Bowen. Sired

The Charollais ram sales got off to a great start with their premier show and sale in Dungannon market proving very successful. A packed ringside

Soaking up the sunshine on Tuesday this week for the Royal Welsh Show, judge Jim Jeffrey from Ireland found his Charollais breed champion in the


A strong entry of Charollais sheep were put in front of judge Tim Prichard at this week’s Great Yorkshire Show where he found his champion


WIN Agri Kit’s double sided lamb creep feeder. This is a valuable asset for feeding ad-libconcentrate outdoors featuring a large hopper. A handle provides ease

Charollais trade hit a high of 15,000gns at the breed’s Premier Sale, Worcester, when father and son team, Dai and Paul Curran, Talgarth, Brecon, topped

Here’s a look at some of the sheep forward for this year’s Premier Sale. Any breeder wishing to add their images of stock available for

A fantastic line up of Charollais sheep graced judge Russell Gray at the Highland Show yesterday and taking his eye was a shearling ewe from

CLASS RESULTS Group of three 1st James Family 2nd Mr and Mrs Watson Yearling ram 1st – Lawrence Buckland, 21XLT03950 by Sheldon Talisker Ram lamb 1st David Lewis 2nd Mr

Introducing the first ever chairmen of Charollais Young Breeders, James Danforth and Oliver Chapman. James runs his flock of 25 ewes and shearlings from his

This years Worcester Premier sale catalogue is now available to view.

The Charollais Society takes seriously the appointment of our show judges and who is a member of our official judge’s panel. To this end we

It was business as usual for the 44th AGM of the Society held in Shropshire the last weekend of May. Breeders gathered together at the

Young Charollais breeders and first-time exhibitors at the sale, Mitchel Britten and Elizabeth Barber from Wymondham, Norfolk, lead the way at Saturday’s sale of Charollais

This year’s Royal Bath and West Show was the feature show for the South West region and saw a fantastic turnout of Charollais in all

Charollais breeders from across the British Isles flocked to Staunton on Wye, Herefordshire, last week for the dispersal of Jeremy and Ala Price’s Oakchurch flock.

The Females with Figures sale catalogue is now available for viewing. The sale takes place at Worcester Livestock Market on the 11th June at 12

This Friday (27th May) will be the first major sale of Charollais sheep on offer for breeders in the form of the dispersal of the


After a slow start due to heavy rain the sun finally shone on the Charollais ring at Balmoral Show for the first major show of

Join Charollais friends for a Sunday lunch at a beautiful Grade ll listed country pub. Sunday 15th May at THE CROWN & PUNCHBOWLHigh Street,Horningsea, CambridgeCB25

The North of England region is holding a meeting on the 9th May at 7.30pm at Smallways Country Inn, Newsham, Richmond, DL11 7QW Come along

Please find below details that were sent in an important letter from Council with regard to registration of lambs: From December 2022 the Society will

Running a mixed breeds indoor and outdoor lambing system means Andrew Potter is looking for a terminal sire that fits the bill across both systems

This year’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Sunday 29th May at the Lion Quays Hotel and Spa, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Shropshire. Members will

As readers of the last e-newsletter will have noticed, the Society is sadly saying goodbye to Elaine Tinsley this week. Charollais members have been incredibly

The Society has now received supplies of DNA testing cards ready to supply breeders. Those members that have been written to and been offered a

As the Society patiently awaits the arrival of the brand new magazine, Charollais Matters, ready for mail out, this week also sees the launch of

The Charollais Sheep Society has recently revised a new look to the refreshed Charollais Young Breeders Group. The aim of the group is to encourage

We have sent out from the office a booking form to all those breeders who have birth notified lambs with us in 2022. This form

As members may be aware, the Charollais Sheep Society’s Council has regularly discussed the subject of DNA testing for parentage within the breed. Having discussed this

The Society will be offering members scrapie genotyping services again this year with the German company, Agrobigen. The company is confident it can overcome any

A new initiative aimed at younger Charollais members was launched with great success in the form of a National Youth Flock competition. This virtual competition

Northern Irish Charollais breeders witnessed a fantastic end to female sales for this year with another record broken this time at the Tullyear Production Sale

Sourcing easy managed, profitable breeding sheep may sound easy, but after the recent cold, wet spell, and the resultant loss of lambs, flockmasters could well

Charollais females met a strong demand at the Dungannon Female Sale, with enthusiastic buyers from both Southern Ireland and the UK. The first two lots

Saturday 16th October saw a phenomenal trade for Charollais females with competitive interest across the board. Dominating proceedings in the shearling ewe section was Whitland, Carmarthenshire-based

A shearling ewe from the Marwood family’s Foulrice flock scooped championship honours at the Skipton female sale, as well as taking the top price on

Charollais females met a strong demand at this year’s Saucy Sale at Worcester Livestock Market with auctioneer James Amphlett recording clearance rates of 97% for

A solid trade for the Charollais breed at the NSA Builth main sale this year saw averages and clearance well up on 2020, with buyer’s

Demand for Charollais rams was flying at the NSA Early Ram Sale as it returned to the Royal Welsh Showground. Topping all the day’s trading

The 2021 Charollais Sheep Premier proved a great success with averages up in both ram sections and the breed record broken by an impressive shearling

Following their interbreed win at Devon County Show, the Foxhill flock from Michael and Melanie Alford were yet again out in force at the Great

Despite a disrupted show season due to Covid-19 restrictions, South West breeders were fortunate to host their feature show, which for 2021 took place at

Charollais breeders set the bar high for the 2021 tup sales season when the breed’s Premier Sale, Worcester saw a 17,000gns top call, a trio of five figure sales

Having set a new female breed record at their last major celebration sale 10 years ago, Charles and Helen Sercombe of the Dalby flock smashed

A duo of terrific Charollais from the Ingram family, Aberdeenshire, took both the individual and pairs interbreed titles at the Royal Highland Showcase event. The

The auction sale record for a Charollais ewe was broken twice at the production sale from the Tullyear Flock of Drew and Stephen Cowan, held

With Covid restrictions and lockdowns Charollais sellers were naturally a little apprehensive before their Female Sale, but they needn’t have worried. Averages were well up

The aptly named ‘High Flyers’ collective sale of in-lamb Charollais ewes and ewe lambs saw a top price of 3,100gns with a 100% clearance and

Good clearance rates and strong across the board averages, both showing a marked increase on the previous year, were seen at the British Charollais Sheep

John Osborne held a highly successful dispersal sale of his Trebarn flock, as part of the annual female sale held at Exeter Market (9th October 2020).

Prices were up across the board and spread across the flocks at the collective sale of Charollais in-lamb shearling ewes and ewe lambs held at

Super trade for Charollais at Dungannon Premier despite Covid restrictions, topping the trade was a great muscled ram from the Greenvale pen of William Sherrard

Charollais breeders were delighted to be in Worcester Market for probably the first pedigree ram sale of the year to be held live. Strict Covid

Plenty of support for the annual Hereford High Flyers sale that this year featured a reduction sale of David & Paul Curran’s Wernfawr Flock. The

As they have done so often in the past, the Marwood family were once again the outstanding performers at the British Charollais Sheep Society’s annual

Show results: Ram: 1st – G and C Watson, 2nd – James Danforth, 3rd – G and C WatsonRam Lamb: 1st – K Foster, 2nd G and

Leading the collective sale of Charollais at Worcester Market at the weekend (5th October) was a powerful ewe lamb from the Logie Durno Flock of William

The last pen of shearling rams at the Builth Wells main sale resulted in the top price of the day. Jonathan Wales from Cumbria sold

Show results: Ram: 1st – RJ Towers, 2nd – D DennisRam Lamb: 1st – D Dennis, 2nd – K Foster, 3rd – RJ TowersEwe: 1st –

Show results: Ram: 1st – J Curtis, 2nd Mrs Mimi HartRam Lamb: 1st J Curtis, 2nd – J Curtis Ewe: 1st J Curtis, 2nd – J Curtis

Show results: Ram: 1st – AL Brown, 2nd – A and A PedrickRam Lamb: 1st – AL Brown, 2nd – A and A PedrickEwe: 1st –

Show results: Shearling Ram: 1st – E McCann, 2nd – S and S Cummings, 3rd S and S Cummings Ram Lamb: 1st – S and

Show results: Ram: 1st – Messrs GroveRam Lamb: 1st – DS and SL BrigginshawEwe: 1st – DS and SL BrigginshawEwe Lamb: 1st – DS and SL Brigginshaw,

Show results: Ram Lamb: 1st – Eleanor Hobson, 2nd – Georgina HobsonEwe: 1st – S and J HobsonShearling Ewe: 1st – Georgina Hobson – 2nd –

Show results: Ram: 1st – RC Hopper, 2nd – Barker familyRamLamb: 1st – A and A Pedrick, 2nd – RC HopperEwe: 1st – Barker family,

Show results: Ram: 1st T Nancekivell, 2nd – T Nancekivell, 3rd – Louise PollardRamLamb: 1st J Osborne, 2nd – J Osbourne, 3rd – K, H

Show results: Ram: 1st – M RobertsShearling Ram & Upwards: 1st – M Roberts, 2nd G and C Watson, 3rd G and C Watson RamLamb:

Show results: Shearling Ram & Upwards: 1st – S and J HobsonRam Lamb: 1st – SC Hodgson, 2nd – S and J Hobson, 3rd – R and J

Show results: Shearling Ram: 1st – E and E DuncanRam Lamb: 1st – E and E Duncan, 2nd – Yvonne Spence, 3rd – Yvonne SpenceEwe: 1st

Show results: Ram: 1st – A DaviesShearling Ram: 1st – W and C Ingram, 2nd – A DaviesRam Lamb: 1st – W and C Ingram,

Show results: Ram: 1st – J Curtis, 2nd – B James, 3rd – Tompkins BrosRamLamb: 1st – J Curtis, 2nd – B James, 3rd – J

Show results: Shearling Ram: 1st – W and C IngramRam Lamb: 1st – W and C Ingram, 2nd – Misses E and E DuncanEwe: 1st – W

Show results: Shearling Ram: 1st – B James, 2nd – M and M RushbrookeRam Lamb: 1st – B James, 2nd – M and M Rushbrooke, 3rd M

Show results: Royal Welsh Show Results 2019Ram: 1st – Adrian Davies, 2nd – David Curran, 3rd – Charles SercombeShearling Ram: 1st – Arwyn Thomas, 2nd – Gerald Burrough, 3rd – Charles SercombeRam Lamb: 1st – W and C Ingram, 2nd –

Show results: Ram: 1st – D and J Norman, 2nd – R and J Towers, 3rd – J and J WalesRamLamb: 1st – D and

Show results: AGED RAM: 1st – Helen Sloan, 2nd – Percy Tait, 3rd – Thomas HunterSHEARLING RAM: 1st – D and J Norman, 2nd – John Stott Jnr, 3rd – G and C WatsonRAM LAMB: 1st – D and

Show results: Ram: 1st T Nancekivell, 2nd – T Nancekivell, 3rd – M ThomasRamLamb: 1st – A and A Pedrick, 2nd – T Nancekivell, 3rd –

Show results: Ram: 1st – D Morphett, 2nd – S ClarkShearling Ram: 1st – D Morphett, 2nd – K Tucker, 3rd – K Tucker RamLamb: 1st

A ram lamb with all the credentials; super breeding and top performance figures was the sale topper at the Charollais premier sale held at Worcester

Show results: Ram: 1st – C Sercombe, 2nd – J BarberShearling Ram: 1st – C Sercombe, 2nd G and C Watson, 3rd G and C

Class results: Ram: 1st Helen Sloan, 2nd Helen SloanShearling Ram: 1st – G and B Ingram, 2nd – M and M Alford, 3rd – Percy TaitRam Lamb: 1st – Helen Sloan, 2nd – Jonathan Aiken, 3rd –

Show results: Ram: 1st – Charles Sercombe, 2nd – Percy Tait, 3rd – Ben JamesShearling Ram: 1st – Jennifer Curtis, 2nd – G and C Watson, 3rd – Percy TaitRam Lamb: 1st Jennifer Curtis, 2nd Jennifer Curtis, 3rd – Paul

Show results: Ram: 1st – C Sercombe, 2nd – T and J HunterShearling Ram: 1st – C Sercombe, 2nd – G and C Watson, 3rd

Show results: Ram: 1st – ID DennisRamLamb: 1st – D Dennis, 2nd – K Foster, 3rd – RJ and J TowersRamLamb (Untrimmed): 1st – K

Show results: Ram: 1st – ID and EM Griffiths, 2nd – N Sheldon, 3rd – N Sheldon RamLamb: 1st DS and SL Brigginshaw 2nd –

Will Price undertook the task of judging his first county show at Royal Cornwall, which was the region’s feature show for 2019. He found his

Show results: Ram: 1st W McAllister, 2nd – W McAllister, 3rd – Ms R McBratneyEwe: 1st W McAllister, 2nd Ms R McBratney, 3rd G HoustonShearling Ewe: 1st W McAllister,

Show results: Ram: 1st – P Tait, 2nd – RS and JA Gregory, 3rd – P TaitEwe: 1st – P Tait, 2nd – RS and JA Gregory,

Arwyn Thomas judged in cold, damp conditions at The Royal Bath and West Show and found his champion in the form of Gerald Burrough’s shearling

Show results: Ram: Simon EvansSingle Ewe: 1st ID and EM Griffiths, 2nd DS and SL Brigginshaw, 3rd Simon EvansEwe Lamb: 1st Brigginshaw, 2nd Brigginshaw, 3rd Simon EvansRam Lamb: 1st Brigginshaw, 2nd ID and EM GriffithsGroup

Geoff Watson from Kettering undertook the task of judging at Devon County Show this year. He found his breed champion in Gerald Burrough’s aged ram,

Show results: Senior Ram: 1st – Trevor Bell, 2nd – Malcomson family, 3rd – Trevor BellShearling Ram: 1st – Trevor Bell, 2nd – Malcomson family, 3rd – Allister MooreRam Lamb: 1st – Jim Aiken, 2nd – William

Show results: Ram: 1st H Sloan, 2nd H SloanEwe: 1st B Radley, 2nd H SloanShearling Ewe: 1st B Radley, 2nd H Sloan, 3rd B RadleyEwe Lamb: 1st H