Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep Forward: 930 Head, Overall av £60.91 As the Wednesday season draws to a close there was another great entry of nearly 1000 sheep for todays sale. The entry was very mixed for quality, strong Suffolk mid 70’s to £80, Strong Continentals £80 plus, Best Mules in the 70’s, good horned lambs mid 40’s to mid 50’s. Inlamb ewes met a mixed response, nice young sheep selling well, but older plainer sorts hard to cash.

Forward: 38 Prime Cattle comprising 18 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 17 Cast Cattle 3,727 Prime Sheep comprising 3533 Prime Hoggs & 194 Cast Ewes & Rams 66 Rearing Calves 114 Breeding Sheep comprising 45 Ewes with 71 Lambs 8 Loads of produce

Northumberland shepherdess’s 14,000gns world record price coup at Skipton sheep dog sale Emma Gray bitch finds new home in United States A new world record price for a working sheep dog bitch at an official sale of 14,000gns, or £14,700, was the standout highlight at the opening fixture of 2019 at Skipton Auction Mart in North Yorkshire. (Fri, Feb 22) It fell to Northumberland shepherdess and media star, 33-year-old Emma Gray, and her two-year-old tri-coloured bitch Brenna.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle including CRAVEN CHAMPIONS Show & Sale. Forward: 805 head of cattle, Comprising: 767 Feeding Cattle (238 Young Bulls, 58 Beef Feeding Cows/Bulls, 479 Bullocks & Heifers) & 30 Breeding Cattle inc 9 Pedigree Bulls & Females.

The store cattle sale included the Craven Champions Show & Sale (full results below). Neil Slack kindly judged the show on Tuesday evening. Well done to all exhibitors and thankyou to the show sponsors; NFU Skipton – Top Tags – Thornton Breakers – Craven Farm Vets – Muilberry Asset Finance – Massey Feeds – J Sheard – Fairhurst Concrete – Great Yorkshire Show – Preston Fuels.

East Anglian success at Craven Champions showcase Keasden Head female champion tops sale at £3,000 There was a long distance success at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Craven Champions highlight when Norfolk breeders Henry Harvey & Son, from Waxham Hall, Waxham, took the supreme championship. (Tues & Wed, Feb 19 & 20) At the two-day show and sale of 2018-born store cattle with show potential, Mr Harvey’s April-born British Blue-cross bullock won the first class of the evening show for un-haltered steers, before progressing to become champion steer, then overall supreme champion.

Siddall herd shines at Skipton beef breeding cattle show The Fletcher family’s Siddall pedigree Limousin herd stood champion at the annual early season show and sale of pedigree beef breeding cattle at Skipton Auction Mart. (Wed, Feb 20) Paul Fletcher, who farms with his wife, Tracey, and daughters, Charley, 19, and 12-year-old Bree, at Top O’Th Hill Farm, Birch, Heywood, claimed top spot with his home-bred March, 2017, bull, Siddall Nipper, by the family’s former stock bull, Icarus.

Forward: 50 Prime cattle comprising 25 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 24 Cast Cattle. 3,370 Prime Sheep comprising 3131 Prime Hoggs & 239 Cast Ewes & Rams. 25 Rearing Calves. 7 Dairy Cattle. 29 Breeding Sheep. 13 Loads of produce.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep - Forward: 1,204 Head – 1136 Store Lambs av £63.44. 21 Blue Face Leicester Females & 18 In-Lamb Ewes Another strong show of lambs forward considering the time of year with 1136 through the ring.

BLUE FACED LEICESTERS - At CCM’s Winter Sale of Blue Faced Leicester Females the Blubberhouses based Hewness Flock owned by Kevin Wilson and his son James took championship and top priced honours at £1000 with their gimmer hogg L11. Highly admired by many, this classy hogg with great length and style with a good skin to match sired by the Harland F1, Big Head, fell for the top price of the day to JC&N Throup, Draughton.

NEMSA chair’s champion and top price double at Skipton BFL females highlight North of England Mule Sheep Association (NEMSA) chairman Kevin Wilson and his son, James, who run the Hewness flock in Blubberhouses, secured championship and top price honours at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual winter sale of Blue Faced Leicester females. (Wed, Feb 13)

Forward: 49 Prime cattle comprising 21 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 28 Cast Cattle, 3596 Prime Sheep comprising 3193 Prime Hoggs & 400 Cast Ewes & Rams, 44 Rearing Calves, 14 Loads of produce,

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle. Forward – 133 head cattle & 38 Sheep

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 760 head of cattle. Comprising: 741 Feeding Cattle (267 Young Bulls, 54 Beef Feeding Cows & 2 Cast Feeding Bulls , 418 Bullocks & Heifers) & 19 Breeding Cattle.

Forward: 36 Prime cattle comprising 20 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 15 Cast Cattle. 2551 Prime Sheep comprising 2282 Prime Hoggs & 269 Cast Ewes & Rams. 40 Rearing Calves. 6 Loads of produce.