Suffolk improvements at the NSA Wales & Border Main Sale
11th March 2025
There will be more opportunity to select MV accredited Suffolk rams at the NSA
Wales & Border Ram Main Sale this year.
The organizers have agreed measures to improve the experience for both buyers
and vendors. The move follows a meeting with the western area branch of the
Suffolk Sheep Society.
It has been agreed that Lyndon Trumper from J Straker Chadwick
auctioneers will now start selling the MVA Suffolk rams before the MVA ram
lambs. The rams in this ring will be birth notified with the Suffolk Sheep
Society and eligible for registration.
It will give vendors more choice to sell the yearling rams either in this ring if
they are MVA or sell with another auctioneer, as they do now with
McCartneys in the Non MVA Ring. This choice is also geared to accommodate
the increasing number of buyers who want to buy an MVA ram.
The initiative will help relieve pressure in the non MVA ring. Numbers
permitting the Suffolk MVA ring will move to Hall 2, adjacent to the wall,
with the non MVA Suffolks in Hall 3, also adjacent to the wall.
The Western area branch, which covers Wales and bordering counties,
together with the southwest of England has welcomed the move. The branch
will organise a show on the Monday morning in the sheep ring, weather
permitting.
