Forward: 27 Prime cattle comprising 14 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 21 Cast Cattle. 1,891 Prime Sheep comprising 1,628 Spring Lamb & 263 Cast Ewes & Rams. 42 Rearing Calves. 60 Breeding Sheep.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 368 head of cattle Comprising: 319 Feeding Cattle (120 Young Bulls, 20 Beef Feeding Cows, 179 Bullocks & Heifers) & 49 Breeding Cattle.

Forward: 49 Prime cattle comprising 18 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 27 Cast Cattle. 1340 Prime Sheep comprising 1071 Spring Lamb, & 269 Hoggs, Cast Ewes & Rams. 65 Rearing Calves. 77 Breeding Sheep.

Forward: 43 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 5 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 26 Cast Cattle. 1,263 Prime Sheep comprising 961 Spring Lamb, 302 Hoggs Cast Ewes & Rams. 62 Rearing Calves. 13 Dairy Cattle. 126 Breeding Sheep (comprising 56 Sheep with 70 Lambs at foot)

Forward: 53 Prime cattle comprising 30 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 22 Cast Cattle. 1,407 Prime Sheep comprising 1,098 Spring Lamb, 311 Hoggs and Feeding Ewes/Rams. 53 Rearing Calves. 158 Breeding Sheep.

Rearing Calves to £445 (53) B&W av £55 Cont av £316.78 Native av £181.25 A healthy number of calves through the door this Monday with some very heady prices for the best calves today. £445 was the pinnacle today achieved by a belting calf from Shaun Sowray of Bishop Thornton, who also achieved the top price heifer at £380. Not quite the desire on the Limousin bulls today with a top of £350 for a Colin Whitelock calf.

Critchleys sell, Countrystyle buy latest Skipton prime cattle champion Skipton Auction Mart’s June prime cattle show and sale produced an outstanding and quality turnout of 30 under 30-month entries, the majority high-end retail types which were again keenly sought after by both leading butchers and farm shops from across the region. (Mon, June 3)

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)

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 692 head of cattle. Comprising: 610 Feeding Cattle (170 Young Bulls, 73 Beef Feeding Cows & Stock Bulls, 367 Bullocks & Heifers) & 82 Beef Breeding & Pedigree Cattle.

Show principals claim leading prices at CCM Skipton beef cattle highlight British Blue and Charolais bulls bagged principal show and leading price honours at Skipton Auction Mart’s Lingfields Beef Cattle Fair, the multi-breeds finale of the venue’s 2019 pedigree beef season. (Wed, May 29) Claiming both the championship and top price of 2,600gns was a 22-month-old Blue bull from Stewart Gill’s Hallfield pedigree herd in Dacre, Harrogate, who was showing for the first time at the annual highlight.

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.

407 Breeding Sheep A lovely late season show for the Bank Holiday singles show experienced a nice trade, best of the day was £310 for the 1st Prize Lowland Ewe with a single lamb at foot. Presented by John & Janet Wilson, Settle, this Beltex cross Rouge Shlg with a Beltex Lamb sold to C Dabill, Yeadon. The same vendors had others at £240, £220 twice, and £200 twice. Hywell Williams Llangadog brought his second spring consignment north to Skipton and topped at £240 for a pair of Texel Hoggs with Singles. Other better end of Ewes with twins £180 to £200. Robert Johnson made £200 of Texel Hoggs with singles, JW Stockdale £190 of Texels with Twins, whilst best Mules with singles in the £180’s (£188 and £185 RG Johnson) and other good outfits in the £170’s, with Mule hoggs av £171 per outfit and Texles £174. Several batches of geld Gimmer hoggs had Texels at £150 MG Benson, £140 and £130 H Metcalfe, and Mules to £110 H Williams and £105 M Burton.

Craven Dairy Auction (10 head) A good trade in the dairy ring this morning with Peter Baul of Bishop Thornton claiming the championship with his Armitage Pesky daughter, which giving 30kg at just 11 days calved went on to sell for £1900 to JP&KE Hartley of Beamsley. A couple of 3rd calvers from Ian Parkinson of Barden sold away nicely to a high of £1500 to Roger and Sam Naylor of Middleton, Ilkley.

Peter Baul brace champion and reserve at Craven Dairy Auction A brace of newly calven heifers from Peter Baul’s Ravensgate pedigree herd in Bishop Thornton stood champion and reserve at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest Craven Dairy Auction show and sale. (Mon, May 27) Mr Baul, who trades as M Baul & Partners, picked up his second title win of the year with his 11 days-calved, 30-litre and rising heifer, Ravensgate Pesky Heather 377, by the well regarded Genus sire, Welcome Armitage Pesky. She sold locally for £1,900 top call to the Hartley family in Beamsley.

Longster bull calf claims champion and top price honours at Skipton North Yorkshire dairy farmer Mike Longster won his first-ever rearing calf championship at Skipton Auction Mart’s Spring show and sale. (Mon, May 20) Mr Longster, who runs a 225-strong Holstein Friesian dairy herd at New Causeway Farm, Fellbeck, Harrogate, with his father, Fred – Mike’s wife, Caroline, is calf feeder-in-chief – clinched the title with his first prize British Blue-cross bull calf, a home-bred by the Genus sire, Glacier.