Oddacres herd shines at Skipton pedigree Limousin showpiece The renowned Oddacres pedigree herd of John and Claire Mason in Embsay was the standout performer on Craven Limousin Day, the annual Spring show and sale of pedigree bulls and females at Skipton Auction Mart. The Masons secured the day’s leading price of 5,400gns (£5,670) with their first prize intermediate bull, Oddacres Hoggarth, a September, 2012-born son of their 10,500gns Homebyres Dixon, acquired from John Logan in Kelso, out of the home-bred Vandale daughter Oddacres Clover.

Tomschoice the top choice at 2014 Northern Limousin Extravaganza The Tomschoice pedigree Limousin herd of breed mainstays James and Sarah Cooper secured supreme championship honours at the 2014 Northern Limousin Extravaganza (NLE) at Skipton Auction Mart. Always among the leading performers at the annual early season highlight for up-and-coming halter-led pedigree and cross-bred Limousin youngsters born the previous year, the Coopers landed the overall title with their first prize 15-month-old male and pedigree champion Carwin Icaros, by the highly regarded Irish sire Roundhill Saturn.

Leading price at the Craven Limousin Day Sale was the Reserve Champion ‘Oddacres Hoggarth’ shown by John Mason of Embsay. By ‘Homebyres Dixon’ and out of the ‘ Vandale’ daughter ‘Oddacres Clover’ the first prize intermediate bull sold to Mac Townsend of Laneshawbridge for 5,400gns. Stephen and Michael Priestley, (Brontemoor) on a sortie from their base at Kirkcambeck received good support at the ringside with their pen lead by ‘Brontemoor Hawk’, the 2012 son of Elite Benn out of the good stock cow ‘Brontemoor Vanessa’ which sold to R Wood of Asygarth for 3,500gns. Supreme Champion was the Senior Bull first prize winner ‘Carlospride Henry’ travelling down from Hummerbeck in County Durham with Chris Moffett who achieved his first championship success with the ‘Wilodge Cerberus’ son which went to A Foster of Markenfield Hall for 3700gns.

Forward: 688 head of cattle Comprising: 205 Young Feeding Bulls, 384 Bullocks & Heifers, 35 Breeding Cattle & 64 Pedigree Limousins CCM Auctions conducted their fortnightly cattle at Skipton Mart on Wednesday. A nice entry of cattle were a shade harder to place than the previous sale, bulls more so than the stores. Buyers were out in force but more cautious with their bidding, especially for the out of spec older (15mo+) non assured bulls. In the store section again buyers were plentiful, and yearling cattle for summering found a very good following, with trade positive. The older cattle saw a little more resistance from the buyers, but anything with quality on its side quickly moved into 4 figures. A decent show of commercial breeding cattle complemented the pedigree Limousins’ and found a receptive audience for outfits to turn straight out to grass.

Northern Limousin Extravaganza. Annual Show of Pedigree & Commercial Limousin Cattle. Judge - Mr Chris Jerman, Caersws. Overall Supreme Champion – JM Cooper Overall Reserve Champion – Rice Family

32 Rearing Calves & 33 Dairy Cattle. Rearing Calves to £430 B&W av £58.05 Cont av £380 Native av £165.

Forward: 30 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle(under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 26 Cast Cattle 2,276 Prime Sheep comprising 346 Spring Lambs, 1,404 Old Season Lambs, 521 Cast Ewes & Rams & 6 Goats 1,497 Breeding Sheep comprising 539 Sheep with 838 Lambs @ Foot & 120 Geld Hoggs 32 Rearing Calves 33 Dairy Cattle 4 Loads of produce

2,540 Breeding Sheep The annual special sale of hoggs and lambs and geld gimmer hoggs was held at Skipton auction today. With 97 different successful purchasers during the sale, the ringside was packed and this helped produce a highly satisfactory sale. Our thanks to today’s judges and the prize awards are listed below. Next week’s sale will see an entry of approx 500 outfits of Hoggs, Shearlings, Ewes with Lambs @ Foot. Catalogue online from Friday Lunchtime.

Forward: 55 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle ( Under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (Over 30 mos) & 41 Cast Cattle 4,634 TOTAL SHEEP including 2,094 Prime Sheep comprising 172 Spring lambs, 1,508 Old Season Lambs, 414 Cast Ewes & Rams 2,540 Breeding Sheep comprising 840 Hoggs, Shlgs & Ewes with 1130 Lambs at foot and 570 Geld Gimmer Hoggs. 62 Rearing Calves 3 Loads of produce

Tim Robinson clinches first Skipton prime lamb title Red Rose sheep farmer Tim Robinson won his first-ever prime lamb championship at Skipton Auction Mart at the May Day bank holiday Monday show. Mr Robinson, of Springs Farm, Dillworth Bottom, Longridge, who has a flock of 600 sheep, clinched victory with a pair of home-bred 41kg Texel-cross lambs, which were awarded the title by show judge Paul Watson, of Hellifield, who then backed his judgement when purchasing the pair for £130 each, top price in show.

Annual Blue Wednesday Show & Sale - 18 Pedigree Blue Cattle The sale with an increased number of entries (95% clearance) was a huge success with bulls creating interest from premium suckled calf breeders underpinned by strong demand for bulls ready to work from local dairy producers. Champion - D Townsend. Reserve - JC Walker & Son. Intermediate Bulls to 6900gns av £3095. Junior Bulls to 3700gns av £3395.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 517 head of cattle Comprising: 142 Young Feeding Bulls, 347 Bullocks & Heifers, 2 Grazing Cows, 8 Breeding Cattle & 18 Pedigree Blue Cattle A straight trade once again in the store ring with further stores being hampered slightly by the falling primestock trade however summer grazing cattle were good to sell with buyers looking to take advantage of the early spring grass.

Forward: 63 Prime cattle comprising 4 Clean Cattle & 59 Cast Cattle 3,786 TOTAL SHEEP including 2,416 Prime Sheep comprising 134 Spring lambs, 1,705 Old Season Lambs, 577Cast Ewes & Rams 1,370 Breeding Sheep comprising 482 Ewes with 838 Lambs and 50 Geld Hoggs 30 Rearing Calves 4 Loads of produce

Forward - 158 STIRKS, WEANED CALVES & YOUNG STORE CATTLE, 51 SHEEP & 23 GOATS A very good entry of cattle for the monthly stirk sale saw the usual varied selection of young beef bred cattle and reared dairy bred stirks forward for sale with 59 separate customers buying and selling on the day, many keen to secure cattle for summer grazing.

23 Prime cattle comprising 1 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 21 Cast Cattle. 3,425 TOTAL SHEEP including: 1,939 Prime Sheep comprising 49 Spring Lambs, 1,453 Old Season Lambs, 437 Cast Ewes & Rams. 1,486 Breeding Sheep comprising 525 ewes with 957 lambs at foot & 4 geld gimmer hoggs. 73 Rearing Calves. 42 Dairy Cattle. 4 Loads of produce.