Oddacres Oswald sets new centre record price of 10,000gns at CCM Skipton pedigree Limousin highlight Procters Farm secure first-ever supreme championship success A new centre breed record selling price of 10,000gns (£10,500) was established at Skipton Auction Mart’s premier Limousin cattle highlight, the annual Spring show and sale of pedigree bulls and females. (Wed, May 15)

MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 14h MAY 2019. NORTHERN LIMOUSIN EXTRAVAGANZA. Judge – Mr Craig Ridley. Full results below. Photos will be available on Facebook & Flickr Gallery later this week.

Willy Barron bull reigns supreme at Northern Limousin Extravaganza A standout 14-month-old bull from County Durham breeder Willy Barron’s pedigree herd was crowned champion at the 2019 Northern Limousin Extravaganza (NLE), the opening day of Skipton Auction Mart’s annual two-day breed showcase. (Tues, May 14)

NATIVE Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 115 head of cattle Comprising: 101 Feeding Cattle (8 Young Bulls, 93 Bullocks & Heifers) & 14 Breeding Cattle.

Elliott Hereford crowned Craven Native Day champion Fox Foot Angus claims 3,400gns top price Weardale husband and wife Hereford cattle aficionados Harry and Janet Elliott, who run the award-winning Cornriggs pedigree herd at Lowcornriggs Farm, Cowshill, scooped championship honours at Skipton Auction Mart’s fourth annual Craven Native Day show and sale. (Wed, May 8) The couple clinched the title with their first time shown Cornriggs 1 Red Knight, a home-bred 14-month-old son of Cornriggs 1 Super Guy (by Baldinnie 1 Carlton). The sire was only recently sold as a six-year-old, having been used successfully on the herd.

BLUE WEDNESDAY Annual Sale of Pedigree Blue Cattle. Judge – Richard Pedley

Coates Greystone herd claims leading prices at CCM Skipton Blue Wednesday highlight Littlebank herd retains supreme championship North Craven brothers Alan and Graham Coates, who trade as Messrs Coates and run the Greystone herd at Rainscar Farm, Stainforth, were the standout performers on price when claiming top calls of 4,600gns and 4,000gns with a brace of April, 2017-born bulls at Skipton Auction Mart’s 2019 pedigree beef season opener – the annual ‘Blue Wednesday’ show and sale for British Blue bulls and females. (Wednesday, May 1)

Countdown commences to CCM Skipton 2019 pedigree beef show season The 2019 pedigree beef show and sale season at Skipton Auction Mart begins on Wednesday, May 1, with the traditional pipe-opener, the annual ‘Blue Wednesday’ showcase. The fixture, for up-and-coming breeding bulls, the majority ready for work, along with breeding females, is again expected to create keen interest among pedigree, commercial, beef and dairy breeders. Catalogue entries closed last Monday. (Apr 8)

Siddall herd shines at Skipton beef breeding cattle show The Fletcher family’s Siddall pedigree Limousin herd stood champion at the annual early season show and sale of pedigree beef breeding cattle at Skipton Auction Mart. (Wed, Feb 20) Paul Fletcher, who farms with his wife, Tracey, and daughters, Charley, 19, and 12-year-old Bree, at Top O’Th Hill Farm, Birch, Heywood, claimed top spot with his home-bred March, 2017, bull, Siddall Nipper, by the family’s former stock bull, Icarus.

NATSB WINTER SALE OF IN LAMB PEDIGREE TEXELS Forward: 55 head of Pedigree Texel New Texel Female Format Proves a Success Thursday evening saw Skipton Mart host the Northern Area Texel Clubs Winter Sale of Pedigree Females, where Peter Woofs Stainton Flock produced the champion sheep and top price.

Peter Woof takes pole position again at CCM Skipton Winter Texel showcase Cumbria’s Peter Woof, of Storth End Farm, Stainton, near Kendal, secured another Skipton Auction Mart title win with a shearling ewe at Northern Area Texel Sheep Breeders’ 26th annual opener winter show and sale of pedigree Texel females. (Thursday, Jan 10) Mr Woof was also following up on his championship coup at the breed society’s annual two-day Skipton highlight last September with another home-bred entry from his prolific Stainton flock, a March, 2017, daughter of the 8,500gns Anglezarke Uno, by Knock Trident, out of a dam by the same sire.

7th WINTER SALE OF IN LAMB PEDIGREE BELTEX ON BEHALF OF THE NORTHERN BELTEX CLUB Forward: 46 Females. Judge: Mrs K Shuttleworth

Matthew Burleigh champion again at CCM Skipton Beltex winter females showcase Northern Ireland breeder Matthew Burleigh’s Matt’s pedigree flock stood supreme champion for the second consecutive year, also taking the reserve championship at The Northern Beltex Society’s seventh annual winter show and sale of pedigree in-lamb ewes at Skipton Auction Mart. (Sat, Dec 8) Mr Burleigh, who again travelled over from Shanra, Enniskillen, in Co Fermanagh, retained the title with his first prize shearling ewe, Matt’s Candle Light, which, like his 2017 victor, is a daughter of Kingledores Apollo, bred in Scotland by Biggar’s Richard Wood and acquired for 5,580gns in 2015 when standing male and reserve supreme champion at Carlisle.

Inaugural Aberdeen-Angus females show at CCM Skipton a great success A top call of 3,400gns and a clearance rate of 95% produced the headlines at The Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society’s inaugural autumn show and sale of pedigree females at Skipton Auction Mart. (Wed, Nov 7) The much-anticipated sale of 55 head comprised a collective portion, followed by a draft of matron cows from the local Airedale pedigree herd of South Craven father and son farmers and butchers, David and Joshua Isherwood.

Curries in red hot form at CCM Skipton Beef Shorthorn highlight Beautry reserve champion sets all-time centre record price of 11,000gns There was a standout local success at the North of England Beef Shorthorn Club’s ninth annual show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart, when Stuart and Gail Currie’s Beautry herd in Rathmell, near Settle, secured a scintillating championship and reserve championship double, with the overall runner-up setting a new centre sales record by far for the breed of 11,000gns. (Wed, Nov 7)