Welcome to the Welsh Halfbred website for information about one of Britain’s most successful crossbred ewes.

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Welsh Halfbreds win at Smithfield 2011

Congratulations to Association member Eifion Hughes, Gurrey Banc, Llandeilo - his pair of homebred Welsh Halfbred wethers won the class for lambs by a Longwool sire at Royal Smithfield Show at Peterborough.   

2011 SALES:

GO TO SALES/NEWS PAGE FOR SALE REPORTS & PICTURES 

DEMAND FOR WELSH HALFBREDS SEEMS TO HAVE OUTSTRIPPED SUPPLY IN 2011.  ASK FOR 2012 CATALOGUES NOW WHILE YOU THINK ABOUT IT - ANNA JOHNSON ON 01782 721165.

DECEMBER 2011 - A CUSTOMER IS LOOKING FOR IN-LAMB WELSH HALFBRED EWES. 

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Records show Welsh ewes have been crossed with Border Leicester rams since the early 1900s but it was not until the 1950s that the cross was given the name Welsh Halfbred and the Welsh Halfbred Sheep Breeders’ Association was formed to market the ewes and ewe lambs.

The standards the founder members set for their Welsh Halfbred sales were an innovation in the 1950s but they began to be copied and are now taken for granted at all commercial ewe sales.

The Association is divided into three regions - North, Mid and South Wales -  each hosting annual sales conducted by the auctioneers who have been with us for more than 50 years, selling sheep all over the UK.

The Welsh Halfbred is not the biggest ewe, nor does she boast the highest lambing percentages. But she has proved herself over many years to be an economical producer of quality lambs on both upland and lowland farms.