MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2013 Forward: 919 head of Breeding Sheep

MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2013 FORWARD: 50 PRIME CATTLE comprising Clean Cattle & Cast Cattle 4,608 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3768 Prime Lambs, 840 Cast Ewes & Rams 71 REARING CALVES 1 LOADS OF PRODUCE

Craven Feather Auction – 333 Pens of Poultry & Waterfowl; 51 Lots of Equipment & Hatching Eggs

MARKET REPORT – SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 2013 Forward – 164 Store & Breeding Cattle, 718 Native & Rare Breed Sheep, 38 Goats, 9 Pigs & 2 Ponies. Craven Feather Auction – 333 Pens of Poultry & Waterfowl; 51 Lots of Equipment & Hatching Eggs

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 28th AUGUST 2013 FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF YOUNG FEEDING BULLS, STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS, BREEDING CATTLE FORWARD: 344 HEAD OF CATTLE Comprising: 63 Young Feeding Bulls, 262 Bullocks & Heifers, 19 Breeding Cattle A very nice show of strong cattle was presented at the fortnightly sale and proved very easy to place to a keen ringside of regular customers. Bullocks topped at £1435 from Greame Coates, Barrowford, with plenty of others from £1200 to £1300. Heifers followed suit and Donald Sunderland sold Charolais heifers to top at £1335 and he also presented a pen of 3 Charolais at £1100.

MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 26th AUGUST 2013 FORWARD: 19 PRIME CATTLE comprising 3 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos), 14 Cast Cattle 3,705 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3112 Prime Lambs, 593 Cast Ewes & Rams 127 REARING CALVES 2 LOADS OF PRODUCE

Forward: 426 head; 407 Ewes & 19 Rams CCM Auctions held a new Special Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams at Skipton Mart on Friday morning, where an entry containing young correct ewes right the way through to ewes broken mouthed & correct below met with an enthusiastic ringside of buyers. There was a near total clearance and the following prices achieved.

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 21st AUGUST 2013 Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 6046 Head, Overall av £54.42 (£60.52 in 2012) CCM Auctions held their fortnightly sale of store lambs at Skipton Mart on Wednesday where trade was seen to be slightly dearer against the previous sale. With more buyers in attendance from the Southern counties and Wales the longer keep lambs and mule wethers found a much better trade whilst short keep lambs were in line with recent improvements to the prime trade.

MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 19th August 2013 FORWARD: 30 PRIME CATTLE comprising 2 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 6 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 22 Cast Cattle 3,941 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3410 Prime Lambs, 531 Cast Ewes & Rams 67 REARING CALVES 44 DAIRY CATTLE inc 4 PEDIGREE BULLS 3 LOADS OF PRODUCE

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 14th AUGUST 2013 FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF YOUNG FEEDING BULLS, STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS, BREEDING CATTLE FORWARD: 368 HEAD OF CATTLE Comprising: 102 Young Feeding Bulls, 208 Bullocks & Heifers, 58 Breeding Cattle A nice mid-summer entry of store and breeding cattle were forward for sale at Skipton today. The usual company of buyers made all classes a straight trade, not as many of the big strong short keep cattle on offer today, with a lot of 12 to 18 month grazing cattle making up the entry. Quite a few runs of Charolais bred cattle were keenly bid for, as were native bred bullocks and heifers. Not many of the premium cattle about today, but what were available were as usual good to sell. Breeding cattle continue to come forward in good numbers and offer anybody looking for replacement cows a good selection to choose from.

MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 12th AUGUST 2013 FORWARD: 34 PRIME CATTLE comprising 1 Clean Cattle(under 30 mos), 8 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 25 Cast Cattle 3990 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3674 Prime Lambs, 316 Cast Ewes & Rams 76 REARING CALVES 1 LOAD OF PRODUCE

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 7th August 2013 Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep Forward: 7985 Head; 7580 Store Lambs & 405 Breeding Sheep Overall av £55.68 (£62.12 in 2012)

The Lawson family in Wharfedale bagged their second Craven Dairy Auction championship and reserve championship double in as many outings at the early August show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. (Mon, Aug 5)

MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 5th AUGUST 2013 FORWARD: 54 PRIME CATTLE comprising 11 Clean Cattle and Young Bulls (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 41 Cast Cattle 4,877 PRIME SHEEP comprising 4008 Prime Lambs, 869 Cast Ewes & Rams 105 REARING CALVES 35 DAIRY CATTLE comprising 32 Newly Calved & 3 Maiden Heifers 2 LOADS OF PRODUCE

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 31st July 2013 FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF YOUNG FEEDING BULLS, STORE & BREEDING CATTLE FORWARD: 419 HEAD OF CATTLE Comprising: 102 Young Feeding Bulls, 6 Grazing Cows, 247 Bullocks & Heifers, 64 Beef Breeding Cattle A good entry presented for the fortnightly sale were of a rather more mixed quality than of late but they found a decent trade with feeders looking to keep fields and sheds topped up. A large show of breeding cattle included a production sale of Pedigree Beef Shorthorn cattle from the Beautry herd of Mr Stuart Currie that provoked quite a bit of interest from the ringside. Rowan Lea Erika a 2011 red and white daughter of Cairnsmore Zidane was top call of the day. Erika was offered for sale with her red bull calf at foot sired by the Beautry Stock bull Excaliber and there is every chance that the calf may be noted again after joining Tracy Severn’s “Highlee” Beef Shorthorn herd for £2400. The very saleable Roan heifer Rowanlea Edith by Zidane made £2280 when sold with her Roan heifer calf at foot to W Denham of Barnard Castle for £2280.