Regulations for Sales held under the Auspices of RFBS Ltd
1. The sale will be as per the order of sale page.
2. All animals must be earmarked in accordance with the Society’s regulations. Each animal presented for sale must be paint marked with the appropriate lot number before it is presented for inspection.
3. Any error of description in the catalogue will be notified and announced by the Auctioneer at the time of the sale.
4. Rams must be supplied with a halter by the vendor.
5. Vendors must provide food for their sheep. An initial supply of bedding is provided.
6. Breeders are responsible for the registration of all entries in the Society’s Flock Book. There will be no refund of the registration if the animal is unsold and subsequently butchered.
7. Vendors should notify reserve prices to the Auctioneers prior to the commencement of the sale. Animals for which no notification has been given will be presumed for sale without reserve. The upset price for ram lambs and shearling rams is £100. It is the responsibility of the vendor to set a reserve price if they wish to ensure that their animals are sold for breeding purposes.
8. Certificates of Pedigree for all sheep shall be available for collection from the Auctioneers at the end of the sale.
9. Vendors shall ensure that each entry is adequately prepared for sale.
10. All animals entered or exposed for sale must be the bona fide property of the vendor at the time of entry to the sale and be free of liens, charges, and incumbents.
11. No sheep are to be penned before they are inspected by an inspector and a vet, both appointed by the Council - they have the authority of the Council to reject unhealthy or sub-standard sheep. Vendors of sheep rejected by the inspectors have the right of appeal to the Show Appeals Committee, except in the case of rejections by the veterinary inspector on grounds of illness or infection. Appeals may only be lodged via the administrator and the vendor of the animal is not permitted to be present during any inspection carried out by the Committee. The decision of the Show Appeals Committee is final. Rejected sheep cannot be offered for sale. They will be identified with a red tag around the neck and must be removed from the sale pens. Any relevant feedback will be provided by the administrator or the officiating vet.
12. Each animal forward at the sale must be offered for sale by auction before any private sale shall be permitted or recognised by the Auctioneers.
13. All animals must be forward on the day of sale if at all possible.
14. All members presenting sheep for sale must have adequate public liability insurance.
15. A commission of 5% will be charged by the auctioneers on all sales.
16. Male animals born in the current year are exempt from the Ram Warranty offered by the LAA.
Additional Guidelines re Substitutions:
i) Substitutions are strictly only allowed to replace animals that have been taken ill, are injured, or have died.
ii) The Administrator must be notified as soon as possible. The pedigree certificate of the substitute must be forwarded to the office if time allows, or handed to the Administrator on the morning of the sale.
iii) The breeder can self certify ill health of the sheep or provide photographic evidence of the animal’s injury but the Society retains the right to insist on a veterinary certificate where deemed appropriate.
iv) In the event of the death of an animal, the breeder must provide a copy of the certificate of disposal or other appropriate evidence to the Administrator as soon as is practicably possible.
v) A sheep may be substituted for an original entry provided that any substitution is a sheep in the same class.
vi) The substitute must be clearly marked with a yellow dot at the base of the neck, at least one inch in diameter.
vii) The substitute’s pen must be clearly marked and include details of the animal’s dam, sire, grand dam and grand sire clearly available for potential purchasers to see.
viii) The Auctioneers must be informed of the change so that a clear announcement can be made when the substitute animal enters the sale ring.
It is the Vendor’s responsibility to ensure that all ear tag numbers are correct and agree with the printed catalogue and RFBS registration details. The use of marker pens on ear tags is prohibited
Additional Information: BIO-SECURITY.
Intending purchasers are requested to have livestock vehicles cleansed and disinfected and have waterproofs and wellington boots when coming into contact with livestock.
MOVEMENT LICENCES
Market Holding Number: - 08/067/8019
• Intending Purchasers should have their CPH number ready to supply the Auctioneers, so that the correct movement licence may be issued before departure from the market.
• Vendors and purchasers must comply with current DEFRA regulations for Animal Movements in force at the time of the Sale.
• All movement licences must be submitted to McCartneys office once sheep have been unloaded.
• No sheep will be allowed to depart from the market without a licence from the auctioneers office.
REFRESHMENTS
Refreshments will be available from the market café.
Sheep
Important Information for Vendors
must be penned
by 9.00am on the day of sale.
Sheep must arrive at the market between 5 - 7pm on the evening prior to the sale or between 6.30 and 8.30am on the morning of the Sale. Stock will not be allowed into the market outside of these times
Sheep will undergo a two stage inspection: An initial check by an RFBS inspector will confirm the correctness of paint marks and ear tags as specified under RFBS rules. If this is passed, animals will be subject to an inspection by a qualified veterinary surgeon.
Vendors are expected to check their entries for fitness for sale before leaving home. RFBS requires vendors to make every effort to maintain the standard of sheep offered for sale.
• All animals must be clearly paint marked with their lot number before arrival at the market.
• In endorsing your sheep for sale, the RFBS must be confident that they are fit for purpose and correctly marked. Please make every effort to ensure that this is the case.
• Entries must be correctly tagged or tattooed in accordance with DEFRA and RFBS regulations. Ear tag numbers (both pedigree and EID) MUST match the details listed in the catalogue and on the animal’s pedigree certificate.
• Animals must be fit for the purpose of breeding i.e. Their teeth are correctly positioned, Rams have 2 evenly sized testicles, females have an udder free from lumps and that all sheep are free from disease and in a good bodily condition.
• It’s the responsibility of the vendor to supply any additional information on the pens of individual entries.
• The length of the tail must comply with the current DEFRA animal welfare regulations
• Entries that are not correctly identified and/or not clearly marked with their Lot numbers will not be admitted to the market.
• Any animals that are rejected by the inspectors or the officiating vet will be identified with reg flag tags around the neck and will be removed from the sale pens. Vendors are asked to note that it may not be possible to pen these animals under cover.
• Vendors are asked to make every effort to arrive as early as possible. Stewards will be in the market to assist you 5-7.30pm Friday and from 6am on the day of sale.
• Vendors who wish to place reserves on lots offered for sale must lodge them with the auctioneers office before the auction begins.
• It is the responsibility of vendors to ensure that they have adequate public liability insurance.
• Vendors are advised to bring spare bedding for the pens. An initial supply of straw will be provided by the market.
• Vendors will be able to remain in the pens with their sheep during viewing by potential purchasers and will also be permitted to accompany their sheep into the ring at the time of sale.
Conditions of Sale.
Vendors and Purchasers are reminded that McCartneys have advised the Society that all stock is sold in accordance with The Livestock Auctioneers’ Association Ltd conditions of sale for all sales of livestock at all livestock auction markets and every Vendor, bidder and Purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of these Conditions and by taking part in the sale agrees to be bound by them. Vendors and Purchasers are advised therefore to familiarise themselves with the conditions as recommended for use by The Livestock Auctioneers’ Association Ltd (Revised August 2017). Please note that the Ryeland Flock Book Society provides no warranty, and none shall be implied, as to title, description, or the quality of any Lot. The Ryeland Flock Book Society shall not be liable to the Purchaser in any respect for any defect of title, error of description or imperfection or for any announcement or statement concerning any Lot offered for sale whether made orally or in writing (whether in a sale catalogue, order of sale, advertisement for the sale or otherwise) and whether given before, during or after the sale, nor shall the Ryeland Flock Book Society Ltd incur any liability in relation to any dispute between a Vendor and Purchaser. For the avoidance of doubt please be advised that the Ryeland Flock Book Society shall not become involved in any dispute between a vendor and purchaser.
The Ryeland Flock Book Society draws Vendor and Purchasers attention particularly to the following extracts from The Livestock Auctioneers’ Association Ltd conditions of sale for all sales of livestock at all livestock auction markets:
PLEASE NOTE THAT 2024 BORN MALES ARE EXEMPT FROM THE FOLLOWING RAM FERTILITY WARRANTY UNDER RFBS RULES.
Ram Fertility
• Vendors must warrant that any ram sold as a stock ram is capable of natural service. This is a 10 week warranty.
• Where there is doubt over a ram’s fertility, purchasers should contact the auctioneers in the first instance.
• If a purchaser can prove a breach of warranty, the purchaser may return the ram to the vendor who shall, at the purchaser’s option, either replace the ram with another ram of equal value which is capable of natural service, or refund the purchase price together with such other costs and charges as the purchaser may be entitled to.
• For the avoidance of doubt, if the purchaser is able to obtain a viable semen sample from the ram for use by artificial insemination he shall not be entitled to any claim against the vendor for breach of warranty.
• Notice of a claim must be supported by a Veterinary Surgeon’s certificate confirming that the ram’s inability, incapacity or ineffectiveness is not the result of injury, illness or accident occurring after the time of the sale and the purchaser’s breeding stock are not responsible for the ram’s inability, incapacity or ineffectiveness.
Animal Health Guidance for Vendors
Management of suspected cases
• Any animal or group of animals suspected of exhibiting signs of illness, infection or infectious disease to be rejected/quarantined pending veterinary inspection by the named veterinary officers. The veterinary officer’s opinion is final and conclusive.
• If infectious disease is suspected then the whole batch to be quarantined pending veterinary surgeon inspection.
• Two options for quarantine: i) move to isolation pens in mart which are located away from all stock and people traffic to prevent potential spread of infection. Ideally this should be outside the airspace where sale animals are penned (location of these pens to be agreed with mart). ii) Return sheep into livestock trailer they arrived in until veterinary inspection.
• If on hand, veterinary officer to inspect sheep immediately whilst in the steward’s enclosure.
• If such sheep arrived in mart in shared livestock trailer then ALL sheep in that trailer to be quarantined.
• The Veterinary Officer(s) is authorised to refuse permission for any such sheep or batches to be admitted into, or to have removed from the sale. The owner of such animal(s) may obtain a certificate from RFBS stating the nature of the disease or infection.
• Evidence of an attempt to conceal disease will result in disqualification from show and RFBS disciplinary action.
• Any costs relating to materials, drugs used to treat animals is responsibility of owner/ agent.
Steward Biosecurity
• Mart to make available suitable DEFRA approved disinfectant for personal cleansing and disinfection and, where necessary, wash floor of inspection area.
• Stewards should wear wellingtons and waterproof over trousers.
• Disposable gloves to be made available for use by stewards and other personnel when handling suspect sheep.
• A suitable disinfectant hand wash for stewards and personnel.
• Paper towels to dry hands.
Some of signs that might raise suspicion of infection, illness or infectious disease:
• Animals shouldn’t be allowed in if they show signs of any fluid or other discharges eg eyes, nose, mouth, diarrhoea, vulval discharge, mastitis (swollen udder, uneven quarters) , discharging skin wound, open wounds, infected cuts.
• Skin conditions – wool loss with lesions, scratching, rubbing, crusts, abscess, discharging lesions (wounds etc), growths. Example conditions : Sheep scab, ringworm (zoonosis but uncommon in sheep), Orf (zoonosis), CLA (contagious lymphadenitis) which is contagious skin infection, skin/lymph node abscess of sheep, lice, active fly strike, other parasites (eg ticks).
• Lameness – Scald, footrot, CODD (contagious ovine digital dermatitis). In practice DO NOT allow lame sheep into show and sale.
• Pneumonia – coughing, abnormal breathing (not to be confused with travelling in hot trailer).
• Any local further actions will be on the basis of veterinary advice eg sheep scab where suspicion contact with stock of other vendors.
• Of course, responsible owners will be vigilant in inspecting their sheep thoroughly prior to travel to show and sale.
Genetic Testing Results : Disclaimer
White fleeced Ryeland sheep have the ability to produce coloured fleeced Ryeland sheep due to the expression of a recessive coloured gene. Not all white fleeced Ryelands carry the recessive coloured gene. When they don’t, they are referred to as homozygous (WW) and cannot produce coloured fleeced lambs. White fleeced Ryeland sheep that carry the coloured recessive coloured gene are known as heterozygous (WH) and can sometimes produce coloured fleeced lambs if mated with another heterozygous Ryeland. The Society offers members a genetic testing service, carried out by Cardiff University, to test white fleeced Ryeland sheep to determine if they have the genetic ability to produce coloured fleeced lambs. Vendors that are submitting animals for sale and that have been previously tested are permitted to publish the result obtained at their discretion in this catalogue as homozygous (WW) or heterozygous (WH). Please note that where genetic testing results are included, that those results are an indication only and no form of guarantee or warranty is offered by the Vendor, Auctioneer, Ryeland Flock Book Society or Cardiff University for the accuracy of the result.
Schedule for the Ryeland Flock Book Society Ltd Carlisle Sale 2024
Saturday 31st August 2024- Borderway Mart, Carlisle.
Schedule of Classes RYELANDS
Judge: Aled Morgan
CLASS 1 Ryeland Breeding Ewe
CLASS 2 Ryeland Shearling Ewe
CLASS 3 Ryeland Ewe Lamb
Sp 1: Ryeland Female Champion - trophy awarded to the best exhibit in classes 1-3
CLASS 4 Ryeland Aged Ram
CLASS 5 Ryeland Shearling Ram
CLASS 6 Ryeland Ram Lamb
Sp 2: Ryeland Male Champion - trophy awarded to the best exhibit in classes 4-6
CLASS 7: Ryeland Wool on the Hoof
COLOURED RYELANDS
Judge: Stephen Hipps
CLASS 8 Coloured Ryeland Breeding Ewe
CLASS 9 Coloured Ryeland Shearling Ewe
CLASS 10 Coloured Ryeland Ewe Lamb
Sp 3: Coloured Ryeland Female Champion - trophy awarded to the best exhibit in classes 8-10
CLASS 11 Coloured Ryeland Aged Ram
CLASS 12 Coloured Ryeland Shearling Ram
CLASS 13 Coloured Ryeland Ram Lamb
Sp 4: Coloured Ryeland Male Champion - trophy awarded to the best exhibit in classes 11-13
CLASS 14: Coloured Ryeland Wool on the Hoof
It is the Vendor’s responsibility to ensure that all ear tag numbers are correct and agree with the printed catalogue and RFBS registration details.
List of Vendors
Lot Nos.
Archer Simon [Archer] Stone Stile, Catton, Hexham, Northumberland, NE47 9QH (1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1970,1971)
Atkinson-Shaw Katie and Mark [Coxwold] East Wildon, Coxwold Road, Carlton Husthwaite, Thirsk, Yorks, YO7 2BU (2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2029,2036,2037,2049)
Briggs & Michael Whitehurst Steve [Lodgeway] Manor Farm, Nobut Road, Leigh, Stoke On Trent, Staffs, ST10 4QG (1929,1930,1931,1932,1933)
Briggs & Michael Whitehurst Steve [Nobut Manor] Manor Farm, Nobut Road, Leigh, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 4QG (1996,1997,1998,1999,2015,2016,2017)
Brownrigg Caitlin [Street Head] The Croft, Street Head Farm, Hesket, Newmarket, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 8JZ (1934,1935,1936,1956,1967,1968,1969,1975,1986)
Burns Katie, Robert & Tom [Spallander] Glenside Farm, Kirkmichael, Maybole, South Ayrshire, KA19 7JZ (1954,1955,1991,1992)
