Triple 4,000gns joint tops at CCM Skipton Blue Wednesday highlight Greystone herd claims championship with Belgian-bred bull Triple joint top 4,000gns selling prices were achieved at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual ‘Blue Wednesday’ highlight, the traditional pedigree beef season opener for British Blue bulls and females.

Skipton Auction Mart launches 2022 pedigree beef season With lambing on lowland farms across Craven now complete, though the lambing season on hill farms remains in full swing, activity at Skipton Auction Mart is on the increase with the launch this week of the 2022 pedigree beef season.

‘Key transition period for British agriculture’ - CCM News Hot off the press is Skipton Auction Mart’s annual magazine, CCM News, packed with agricultural-related features and informed comment from sector experts, both in-house and externally, along with an-in depth round-up in both words and pictures of the 2021 show and sale season.

Winter Sale of Pedigree Texel, Badger Face Texel and Blue Texel Sheep. Forward 142 Head.

Winter Texel females double-header launches 2022 pedigree year at CCM Skipton Breed stalwarts shine at Blue Diamonds renewal A pedigree Texel winter females double-header for breed societies at Skipton Auction Mart – the 29th annual open Texel show and sale and the second annual in-lamb Blue Texel fixture – marked a successful launch of the 2022 pedigree sheep year at the North Yorkshire venue.

Matt Burleigh bags another CCM Skipton Beltex winter females championship Making his annual sortie across the Irish Sea, Northern Ireland’s Matthew Burleigh, who runs the Matt’s pedigree flock at Shanra, near Enniskillen in Co. Fermanagh, once again stood supreme champion at The Northern Beltex Society’s tenth annual winter sale of pedigree in-lamb females at Skipton Auction Mart.

PEDIGREE & PURE BRED SHEEP

11,000gns breed centre record price matched by Podehole junior heifer at CCM Skipton Beef Shorthorn Club highlight The all-time centre breed record selling price of 11,000gns was matched at the North of England Beef Shorthorn Club’s 12th annual pedigree show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart.

FORWARD: 130 HEAD OF CATTLE. 86 Pedigree Beef Shorthorn Cattle. 35 Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Cattle. 9 Pedigree British Blue Cattle.

Angus females popular at annual CCM Skipton breed fixture The Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society’s fourth annual autumn sale of pedigree females at Skipton Auction Mart had an excellent clearance rate for a catalogue entry of 36 head comprising mainly young cows coming with their 2nd to 4th calves. (Wed, Nov 10)

Four-figure prices galore at CCM Skipton Suffolk females highlight Maverick dispersal top of the flocks with 3,200gns for champion In only its third year, Skipton Auction Mart’s annual autumn weekend show and sale for pedigree Suffolk females made its biggest impact yet, attracting a huge crowd both in the pens and ringside, where a host of four-figure selling prices were achieved, including a brace of sale tops at 3,200gns and 3,000gns.

3rd ANNUAL AUTUMN SHOW & SALE OF PEDIGREE SUFFOLK FEMALES. A host of four figure prices, including two at 3000 plus, were the highlights of this years sale which included the dispersal of the Maverick Flock alongside regular consignments from noted flocks. In only its third year, this female sale is gaining in popularity and there was a huge crowd ringside and in the pens drawn by the offering.

Pedigree Charollais Inlamb Females and Ewe Lambs A nice sale today, and a fairly good clearance rate as well. Mr Oliver Chapman of Louth was the judge for the day and his chosen champion was a Shearling Ewe from CW Marwood & Son.

Marwood Foulrice flock supreme championship and top price coup at CCM Skipton Charollais females highlight The Marwood Charollais sheep championship bandwagon rolled on when a shearling ewe from the family’s top-performing Foulrice flock at Whenby, north of York, was crowned supreme champion, also scooping 1,400gns top price honours at the British Charollais Sheep Society’s annual autumn show and sale of registered breeding females at Skipton Auction Mart.

Sound trade and good clearance levels at CCM Skipton multi-breeds highlight Robinson Texel-x shearling ram tops at 2,200gns Skipton Auction Mart’s annual multi-breeds sheep showcase for pedigree and pure-bred rams and females produced some solid trade,