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,

CCM Auctions held their their Annual Multi Breed Rams & Females Sale at Skipton Mart, which for just this year has been split over 2 days again. Forward: 815 head of Rams & Females. Thursday – 140 head. Friday – 675 head.

CCM Skipton BFL highlight one of the best on record Skipton Auction Mart’s 2021 Bluefaced Leicester show and sale produced one the best turnouts in terms of quality ever seen at this annual fixture, notably in the ram lamb section, which averaged £704. 27, a solid increase on the previous year’s £437, while shearling rams averaged £893, again well up on 2020’s average of £513. In total, 27 sheep sold at four-figure prices and there was virtually total clearance of the 117 head on offer, with just a single sheep unsold.

Forward: 117 BFL Rams & Females: A superb sale of Blue Faced Leicester’s this evening with one of the best shows of sheep ever seen at this sale, especially in the ram lamb section. Shearling Rams averaged £893, and Ram Lambs were £704, 27 sheep sold at 4 figure prices and there was a virtual total clearance with only 1 sheep unsold.

1786 Forward: CCM Auctions fortnightly sale of breeding sheep, correct & broken mouthed. A good sale for breeding sheep today. Nice Mule Shearlings and young ewes £140 to £160, good older ewes £110 to £135. Decent correct below sheep £85 to £110. The Annual Sale of correct below Swaledale Ewes produced a good average of £65 and best strong pens at £90 to £110, JE Cowperthwaite Eldroth selling two pens at £110, JM&S Tennant £110 and £105 twice, and G&GJ Schofield Buckden also £105. This coming Saturday is the Draft Ewe sale and next Tuesday the Swaledale Gimmer Lamb Sale.

Second Prize Show & Sale of North of England Mule Ewe Lambs on behalf of NEMSA Members. Forward: 6,567 head at an overall average of £118.12 (+15.86 on 2020)

NEMSA gimmer lamb averages up again at 2nd CCM Skipton sale Another improved overall selling average of £118.12 per head, up £15.86 on the year, was achieved at Skipton Auction Mart’s second annual gimmer lamb show and sale on behalf of members of the North of England Mule Sheep Association (NEMSA), with the turnout of 6,567 head almost 400 up on 2020 and again producing solid prices for top-end pens, with runners also in high demand.

Forward: 1717 Head comp: 1688 Ewes & Shearlings & 29 Pedigree Charollais Rams CCM Auctions held their fortnightly sale of Gimmer Shearlings and Breeding Ewes at Skipton Mart on Tuesday.

Good trade today for the Rare Breeds with buyers out for quality. Herdwick ewes from C Mellin sold from 150-180gns. Plenty of customers ringside for Hill bred sheep including quality Herdwick tups. 10-year-old Poppy Throup, Silsden sold her Herdwick shlg Tup for 260gns.

Grisedale Herdwicks victorious again at Skipton Native & Rare Breeds highlight Cumbrian Herdwick sheep breeders, Ian and Angela Grisedale, who run the Swinside flock in Crooklands, Kendal, picked up their fifth supreme championship in recent years, also stepping forward with the reserve champion at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Rare & Native Stock Breeders Auctions of rare, minority and traditional cattle and sheep.

Tuesday 7th September - Opening Show & Sale of North of England Mule Ewe Lambs on behalf of NEMSA Members. SOLD: 5,567 head at an overall average of £130.35 per head (+£25.54)

CCM SKIPTON NEMSA EWE LAMBS OPENER PRODUCES SOLID TRADE UP OVER £25 PER HEAD ON YEAR Dunsop Bridge Walkers claim memorable championship hat-trick The high profile opening North of England Mule gimmer lamb sale at Skipton Auction Mart, one of the earliest official fixtures to be staged on behalf of members of the North of England Mule Sheep Association’s (NEMSA) annual calendar, so providing a realistic barometer to potential future trading levels, did not disappoint, with 5,567 head selling at an overall average of £130.35, an increase of £25.54 on the year.

Forward: 4,770 head of Gimmer Shearlings Shearling Gimmers were forward in good numbers today for the Annual Special Sale at Skipton where averages were significantly up on the year, very much in line with both vendors and purchasers expectations. This year we were able to return to having a Prize Show in the usual manner, and classes were held for Continental, Suffolk, Cheviot Mule, Masham and North of England Mule. A full list of results and prize awards is below.

Strong Skipton gimmer shearling trade up £25 on the year Skipton Auction Mart’s opening prize show and sale of gimmer shearlings, the traditional launch fixture for its annual breeding sheep season and one of the keynote early fixtures in the calendar, saw a total of 4,770 head sell to an overall all-breeds average of £177.43, well up on the previous year’s £152.05 and very much in line with both vendors’ and purchasers’ expectations. (Tues, Aug 24)

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Early Breeding Sheep Forward: 5,305 Store Lambs, Overall av £84.64. 526 Breeding Ewes A mixed show of Store Lambs with a larger proportion of younger, smaller and crossed lambs in today with trade for all classes selling tremendous.