Supreme champion coup for Calderdale’s John Midgley at CCM Skipton Christmas prime lambs highlight Title winners a sell for £360 per head top call to Accrington family butcher Calderdale sheep farmer John Midgley won the supreme lowland championship for the first time at Skipton Auction Mart’s high profile 2020 Christmas prime lambs show. (Mon, Dec 7)

Prospect House Pietrains regain CCM Skipton Christmas prime pigs title North Yorkshire pig farmer Daniel Thackray, of Prospect House Pietrains, picked up another Christmas prime porkers supreme championship at Skipton Auction Mart with a trio of pure-bred gilts. (Mon, Dec 7)

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs. Forward: 3156 Head; 3055 Store Lambs (Overall av £73.18). 101 Feeding Ewes & Breeding Sheep

Bordley Stephensons clinch supreme championship hat-trick at CCM Skipton Christmas prime cattle highlight Father and son Yorkshire Dales beef farmers, John and John Stephenson, secured a spectacular hat-trick when crowned supreme champions for the third consecutive year, also picking up the reserve supreme championship for good measure, at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Christmas prime cattle show and sale. (Monday, November 30)

Craven Dairy Auction Christmas coup No4 for Aireburn herd An unprecedented fourth successive Craven Dairy Auction Christmas championship was bagged by local husband and wife, Brian and Judith Moorhouse, who run the multi award-winning Aireburn pedigree Holstein herd at Hesper Farm, Bell Busk. (Monday, November 30)

Forward: 59 Prime cattle comprising 38 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 21 Cast Cattle. 4,235 Prime Sheep comprising 3855 Prime Lambs, & 380 Cast Ewes & Rams. 45 Rearing Calves. 17 Dairy.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 367 head of cattle Comprising: 366 Feeding Cattle (48 Young Bulls, 43 Beef Feeding Cows, 275 Bullocks & Heifers) & 1 Breeding Cattle.

Forward: 39 Prime cattle comprising 33 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 5 Cast Cattle. 4,077 Prime Sheep comprising 3663 Prime Lambs, & 414 Cast Ewes & Rams. 76 Rearing Calves.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs, Feeding Ewes & Breeding Sheep. Forward: 3,788 Head: Comp 3,348 Store Lambs & Feeding Ewes, 440 Breeding Sheep, Gimmer Lambs & Rams.

Forward: 28 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 16 Cast Cattle. 3,120 Prime Sheep comprising 2660 Prime Lambs, & 460 Cast Ewes & Rams. 34 Rearing Calves.

Sandwick herd 6,200gns top price coup at CCM Skipton Beef Shorthorn Club highlight A top call of 6,200gns was achieved at the North of England Beef Shorthorn Club’s 11th annual sale-only at Skipton Auction Mart for a September, 2018, heifer from Andrew and Caroline Ivinson’s Sandwick pedigree herd at Townhead, Ousby, in the Eden Valley. (Wed, Nov 11)

Airedale herd dominates annual CCM Skipton Aberdeen-Angus females sale The Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society’s third annual autumn sale-only of pedigree females at Skipton Auction Mart was dominated by the local Airedale herd of South Craven father and son breeders, David and Josh Isherwood, of Lane Bridge Farm, Kildwick. (Wed, Nov 11)

Annual Pedigree Sale - FORWARD: 67 HEAD OF CATTLE. 24 Pedigree Beef Shorthorn Cattle. 38 Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Cattle. 5 Pedigree British Blue Cattle.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 483 head of cattle Comprising: 390 Feeding Cattle (77 Young Bulls, 75 Beef Feeding Cows & Bulls, 238 Bullocks & Heifers) & 26 Breeding Cattle & 67 Pedigree Cattle (separate report)

Forward: 39 Prime cattle comprising 24 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 14 Cast Cattle. 4,843 Prime Sheep comprising 4,274 Prime Lambs & 569 Cast Ewes & Rams. 63 Rearing Calves. 8 Dairy. 1 Produce.