In-lamb Charollais female sales have kicked off at a steady pace this autumn with a new-look private sale at Worcester, The Oktoberfest Sale, replacing the previous Saucy Sale, and attracting its fair share of sellers and buyers from across the border.

The Ingram family travelled down from Aberdeenshire with consignments from both the Logie Durno and Loanhead flocks and dominated the trade throughout, topping the sale at 2,200gns.

Sale leader was Logie Durno 23ZNN49212 from William and Carole Ingram, a Crogham Aries II daughter out of a homebred Logie Durno Umpire daughter that has already produced a former Premier Sale ram lamb champion.

Scanned for twins to Moelfryn Corker, this one went home with the breeder of the service sire, Gethin Davies, Llanon, Ceredigion.

Two further females from the same home then shared a 1,600gns price tag, the first being Logie Durno 23ZNN49157. A daughter of the 15,000gns Wernfawr Ace and out of a homebred Rhaeadr Orlando daughter, this one is from the same family as the 12,000gns sale leader at the Ingram family’s production sale and the 9,500gns Logie Durno Walking Thunder. She sold carrying triplets to Moelfryn Corker and was the pick of Messrs Pickles, York, North Yorkshire.

At the same money was Logie Durno 23ZNN49147, another Crogham Aries II daughter, this time out of a Loanhead Talisman daughter. Scanned twins for Corker, Paul Curran took this one for his Brecon-based Wernfawr flock.

Three further in-lamb shearling ewes sold for 1,250gns. The first of these came from Llandeilo-based Adrian Davies with Glyn Coch 23XCA02104, a Southam Exotic daughter out of a Wedderburn female by Wrenvale Mad 4 Ewe. AI’d and carrying twins to Glyn Coch Ace, the hammer fell for this one with T Lewis, Rhondda.

Other vendor highlights included Gethin Davies, Moelfryn 23WGC03098, sold for 1,000gns to Dave Roberts, Shrewsbury.

Averages: 50 in-lamb shearling ewes £918.33; 5 ewe lambs £745.50 (McCartneys).