Fox Farms claim championship at Skipton prime lambs show Spring lamb numbers are on the rise at Skipton Auction Mart, with 1,098 head, the largest entry to date, penned for sale this week – and while prices are easing countryside due to increasing numbers a solid overall selling average of £93.10 per head, or 225.28p/kg, was recorded. (Mon, June 3)

Forward: 25 Prime cattle comprising 15 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 10 Cast Cattle. 1,053 Prime Sheep comprising 453 Spring Lambs, 357 Prime Hoggs, 25 Mature Hoggs, 218 Ewes & Rams. 407 Breeding Sheep. 44 Rearing Calves. 10 Dairy Cattle.

Forward: 58 Prime cattle comprising 21 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 36 Cast Cattle. 1,681 Prime Sheep comprising 460 Spring Lamb, 1042 Prime & Mature Hoggs & 179 Cast Ewes & Rams. 124 Rearing Calves. 470 Breeding Sheep.

Forward: 47 Prime cattle comprising 31 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 15 Cast Cattle. 1,879 Prime Sheep comprising 237 Spring Lamb, 1179 Prime Hoggs & 43 Mature Hoggs 420 & Cast Ewes & Rams. 60 Rearing Calves. 7 Dairy Cattle. 932 Breeding Sheep – 354 Ewes with 578 Lambs.

Forward: 33 Prime cattle comprising 20 Clean Cattle & 13 Cast Cattle. 1,498 Prime Sheep comprising 150 Spring Lambs, 1067 Prime Hoggs, 66 Mature Hoggs & 215 Cast Ewes & Rams. 40 Rearing Calves. 2756 Breeding Sheep (inc. 1065 Geld Gimmer Hoggs and 735 outfits of Breeding Sheep with 956 lambs at foot). 1 Loads of produce

Red Rose successes in CCM Skipton prime lamb show arena Kitson & Sons Butchers buys include title winners Red Rose husband and wife sheep farmers, David and Laura Coar, of Yew Tree Farm, Darwen, secured Skipton Auction Mart’s May prime lambs championship with a brace of home-bred Spring-born Beltex-cross. (Monday, May 6)

Forward: 46 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 6 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 28 Cast Cattle 3245 Prime Sheep comprising 177 Spring Lamb, 2401 Prime Hoggs, 93 Mature Hoggs & 574 Cast Ewes & Rams. 42 Rearing Calves. 14 Dairy Cattle. 827 Breeding Sheep comprising 309 Sheep with 518 Lambs at foot. 3 Loads of produce.

Forward: 24 Prime cattle comprising 14 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 10 Cast Cattle. 2345 Prime Sheep comprising 42 Spring Lamb, 2026 Prime Hoggs & 277 Cast Ewes & Rams. 46 Rearing Calves. 1184 Breeding Sheep comprising 456 Sheep with 728 Lambs at foot. 2 Loads of produce.

Forward: 50 Prime cattle comprising 33 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos),4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 13 Cast Cattle 4,223 Prime Sheep comprising 101 Spring Lamb, 3786 Prime Hoggs, 43 Mature Hoggs & 293 Cast Ewes & Rams 61 Rearing Calves 705 Breeding Sheep – 240 Ewes with 465 Lambs 2 Loads of produce

Robert Towers triumphs again at CCM Easter Spring lambs showcase North Craven’s Robert Towers won the high profile Easter prime lambs show at Skipton Auction Mart for the second year in succession. (Mon, Apr 15) Mr Towers, who farms with his wife, Jackie at Greenlands Farm, Ingleton, saw his first prize home-bred single 53kg Suffolk-cross Continental ram lamb, by a tup bought out of Skipton two years earlier, progress to become champion at the seasonal showcase. It again attracted leading retail butchers from a wide area seeking the pick of the region’s Spring lambs for their customers’ Easter tables from this coming weekend, with lamb roasts in particular remaining highly popular.

Forward: 62 Prime cattle comprising 19 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Bull (under 30mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 39 Cast Cattle. 5,065 Prime Sheep (comprising 58 Spring Lambs 4,706 Prime Hoggs & 301 Cast Ewes & Rams). Also 396 Breeding Sheep (111 Ewes with 175 Lambs & 110 Geld Gimmer Hoggs). 44 Rearing Calves. 2 Dairy Cattle. 5 Loads of produce.

Forward: 57 Prime cattle comprising 27 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 29 Cast Cattle. 3184 Prime Sheep comprising 2914 Prime Hoggs & 270 Cast Ewes & Rams. 43 Rearing Calves. 325 Breeding Sheep comprising 129 Ewes with 196 Lambs. 2 Loads of produce.

Henry’s hoggs on a high at CCM Skipton prime lambs show As anticipated, trade for the 2,914 prime hoggs penned for sale at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest Monday sale took a very nice lift on the week to level at 210p/kg across the board, or £95.31 per head, with an SQQ average of 222p/kg. Similar numbers the previous week sold to an overall average of £90.32, or 198.1p/kg (SQQ 210.6p).

Barden Fawcetts claim CCM Skipton prime cattle victory A ten-month-old heifer by a British Blue stock bull, Heather View Jack, out of a beef-cross Brown Swiss suckler cow, was crowned champion at Skipton Auction Mart’s April prime cattle show and sale, the annual Easter fixture. (Mon, April 1) It was consigned by father and son, John and Joe Fawcett, of Dale Head Farm, Barden. Weighing in at 535kg, the victor sold for the day’s top per kilo price of 269.5p, or £1,442, to retail butcher George Cropper Jnr for his Sandersons Butchers shop in Manchester Road, Baxenden.

Forward: 33 Prime cattle comprising 15 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 17 Cast Cattle 3,378 Prime Sheep comprising 3065 Prime Hoggs & 313 Cast Ewes & Rams 52 Rearing Calves 4 Dairy Cattle 734 Breeding Sheep – 256 Ewes & 478 Lambs 9 Loads of produce