2024 National Romney Sale Results
ARBA’s National Sale was a big success this year. For the first time this sale was held in Greenville, Ohio in conjunction with the Ohio Showcase Sale. It is our intent to have our National Sale at this venue for the next five years and then to reevaluate and determine if it’s serving our membership to its fullest potential. This year we received 40 consignments and 6 were scratched prior to sale time. Therefore 34 head went through the show and sale. The White Romneys numbered 19 total, 7 rams and 12 ewes. The Natural Colored Romneys had a total of 15, 8 rams and 7 ewes. The 7 NC ewes included a donated lamb (to benefit the Juniors) from the Plank Family. There were a total of 11 breeders from 10 states. The following breeders (in alphabetical order) supported the sale with many of them nominating their ewes into our Futurity program:
E/C Plank MI
Emma Rogers CT
Fonke Family Farm NC
Little Hooves Romneys NJ
MCS Livestock NY
Mill Ridge Farm OH
Mis-Fit Acres NY
Rincker Land & Livestock IL
Schmoll Livestock WI
Thistle Down Farm SC
Winding Wicks NH
National Sale Show Champions:
Champion White Romney Ram went to Rincker Land & Livestock’s Yearling Ram
Reserve Champion White Romney Ram was the January Ram from Winding Wicks
Champion White Romney Ewe was Winding Wick’s Yearling entry
Reserve Champion White Romney Ewe was the January Ewe Lamb from Winding Wicks
Champion NC Romney Ram was the Yearling Ram from Thistle Down Farm
Reserve Champion NC Ram was the Fall Ram Lamb from Winding Wicks
Champion NC Romney Ewe was Thistle Down Farm’s Yearling Ewe
Reserve Champion NC Romney Ewe was the January Ewe Lamb from E/C Plank
There was a lot of interest around the show ring and the pens. ARBA provided coffee, juice, donuts and fruit for any Romney folks wandering by our pens with plenty of conversation provided by breeders, buyers, sellers and Romney enthusiasts. Prices had a fairly wide range with the top seller being the NC Champion Ewe which brought an all time record selling price of $5250, the NC Reserve Champion Ewe brought $1700. The Champion and Reserve White Ewes brought nice bids of $2500 and $3250. The sale average was $1154. Overall, the sale went quite well. The only negative to the sale, in my opinion, was that it was ram heavy compared to ewes. In the past, we have put in rules that made it mandatory to enter 2 ewes for every ram, this year we chose not to do that. The sale committee may want to re-discuss this rule before next year. Despite this thought, I believe the National Sale was well received, the sheep all looked like they deserved to be in the limelight. Many will leave this venue and continue to show in youth and open shows across the US. Congratulations to all buyers and many thanks for the support. The NC Donated Ewe Lamb deserves her own article so be sure to look for it in the Ramblings,
on the website and social media.
Click here to see the full report of sale results.
Special thanks to the Ohio Showcase sale for allowing us to join this sale, thanks to the association for encouraging us to try this sale option, many thanks to the National Sale committee for putting it all together, and the folks who helped get the balloons filled with helium and provided our coffee and snacks. It was really a fun time. Hope to see you there next year.
Updated 6/14/24