Livestock & Dairy: Bakewell Market
Ram Fair Saturday 3rd October
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Bakewell Market Ram Fair
Show & Sale
Saturday 3rd October 2026
An excellent catalogued entry of 562 rams for the annual show & sale was kindly judged by Harry Young who had classes of up to 17 line ups.
SHOW RESULTS
Suffolk Lamb
| 1st | C Boden |
| 2nd | SJ Buckley |
| 3rd | C Boden |
Suffolk Shearling
| 1st | H Turner |
| 2nd | A Furness |
| 3rd | I Gregory |
Texel Lamb
| 1st | Boden & Davies |
| 2nd | Boden & Davies |
| 3rd | F Kunica |
Texel Shearling
| 1st | P Furness |
| 2nd | Furness & Taylor |
| 3rd | DR Buckley |
Char Lamb
| 1st | CW Marwood |
| 2nd | CW Marwood |
| 3rd | Madders & Johnson |
Char Shearling
| 1st | S Furness |
| 2nd | S Furness |
| 3rd | S Furness
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Best Suffolk – H Turner
Best Texel – P Furness
CHAMPION RAM
Texel P Furness
The sale commenced with the Texels with trade flying right from the start.
The champion Texel shearling went on to sell for £4000 with the second prize topping the day £4900. In the Suffolks an outstanding ram lamb peaked at £3050.
Texel
Aged to £780 ave £356
Shearlings to £4900 ave £1219
Lambs to £1050 ave £685
Beltex
Shearlings to £1950 ave £776
Lambs to £300
Char
Shearlings to £1800 ave £1020
Lambs to £1250 ave £624
Suffolks
Aged to £1500 ave £927
Shearlings to £2000 ave £1152
Lambs to £3050 ave £913
Rouge
Shearlings to £820 ave £660
Dutch Spotted
Aged to £950 ave £585
Shearlings to £880 ave £492
Auctioneer:
Peter Oven
Market Associate
Holly Swift
Rural Chartered Surveyor