Our Annual Sale days dates are all booked and we're excited to see you all! Whether you are planning on coming to our main sale day at Locks in Sussex, or Scotland or Wales, we're sure that we can find you the best ram for the job!

Following some pretty awful Autumn weather and the fact that we had new imported rams coming straight off a flight from NZ and in with ewes out of season, it’s fair to say we had been a bit apprehensive about scanning. But we needn’t have worried, the rams did their...

Let me start by wishing you a very happy healthy and prosperous New Year!  A quick recap of 2023 We started the year with a very good scan result for us. 188% over 4.500 ewes, a good 10 points above our target. It would not be an understatement to describe 2023...

I’m fortunate with my work through the year I visit farmers on a daily basis and in both hemispheres.Every country I visit has its own unique  challenges, as farmers we embrace and adapt to never ending changes.I get to visit a number of our clients who have...

Mel Stirling along with his nephew Rory run 1100 Romney Ewes & 200 suckler cows just north of Galashiels. The farm ranges from steep hill to rolling downs up on the tops. The flock consistently weans over 150% of lambs to ewes mated. All ewes are lambed outside...

You may have noticed that we have adopted a new name for the sheep breeding sideof our business. 'Locks' was chosen because it has been our home farm since 1982, a name that everybody knows,and the operating base for our ram selling. Our email address remains the...

As usual Rams will be available from our Scottish and Welsh Ram sellers after the Annual Locks Farm Ram Sale day. This year Rams will be available for purchase from the 10th August. Please see the flyer for more info and do feel free to get in touch with Phil Preece...