ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF SWALEDALE EWES & GIMMER SHEARLINGS Forward: 2217 head. Overall Average was £130.23 (+£13.89) CCM Auctions conducted their Annual Sale of Swaledale Draft Ewes and Gimmer Shearlings at Skipton Mart on Saturday.

CCM Skipton Swaledale females average shows healthy increase on year ‘Ladies day’ for Swaledale females, the annual Saturday show and sale of gimmer shearlings and draft ewes at Skipton Auction Mart, saw horns aplenty,

Sound trade and good clearance levels at CCM Skipton multi-breeds highlight Robinson Texel-x shearling ram tops at 2,200gns Skipton Auction Mart’s annual multi-breeds sheep showcase for pedigree and pure-bred rams and females produced some solid trade,

CCM Auctions held their their Annual Multi Breed Rams & Females Sale at Skipton Mart, which for just this year has been split over 2 days again. Forward: 815 head of Rams & Females. Thursday – 140 head. Friday – 675 head.

The Lleyn Sheep Society held their Annual Sale at Skipton on Thursday. The sale saw a good enquiry for ewe lambs and the middle runs of yearlings, however trade wasnt as good as last year for the better end. Ram had a decent enquiry for the good end of breeders sheep, but unlike the females, the more commercial end of rams were a slow trade. Messrs H&M Dugdale of Stackhouse, and Messrs G&A Fort of Steeton shared the spoils in the yearling prices when making £200 per head, whilst Messrs Fort topped the ewe lambs at £135. Messrs Dugdale peaked the ram section at 900gns.

Breed stalwarts dominate annual CCM Skipton Lleyn highlight The Lleyn Sheep Society’s traditional seasonal finale, the annual registered show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart, provided a fitting climax,

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 455 head of cattle; Comprising: 445 Feeding Cattle (54 Young Bulls, 50 Beef Feeding Cows & Bulls, 341 Bullocks & Heifers) & 10 Breeding Cattle.

CCM Skipton BFL highlight one of the best on record Skipton Auction Mart’s 2021 Bluefaced Leicester show and sale produced one the best turnouts in terms of quality ever seen at this annual fixture, notably in the ram lamb section, which averaged £704. 27, a solid increase on the previous year’s £437, while shearling rams averaged £893, again well up on 2020’s average of £513. In total, 27 sheep sold at four-figure prices and there was virtually total clearance of the 117 head on offer, with just a single sheep unsold.

Forward: 117 BFL Rams & Females: A superb sale of Blue Faced Leicester’s this evening with one of the best shows of sheep ever seen at this sale, especially in the ram lamb section. Shearling Rams averaged £893, and Ram Lambs were £704, 27 sheep sold at 4 figure prices and there was a virtual total clearance with only 1 sheep unsold.

1786 Forward: CCM Auctions fortnightly sale of breeding sheep, correct & broken mouthed. A good sale for breeding sheep today. Nice Mule Shearlings and young ewes £140 to £160, good older ewes £110 to £135. Decent correct below sheep £85 to £110. The Annual Sale of correct below Swaledale Ewes produced a good average of £65 and best strong pens at £90 to £110, JE Cowperthwaite Eldroth selling two pens at £110, JM&S Tennant £110 and £105 twice, and G&GJ Schofield Buckden also £105. This coming Saturday is the Draft Ewe sale and next Tuesday the Swaledale Gimmer Lamb Sale.

Forward: 46 Prime cattle comprising 13 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 33 Cast Cattle. 4,378 Prime Sheep comprising 3469 Prime Lambs & 909 Cast Ewes & Rams. 48 Rearing Calves. 36 Dairy inc Autumn Jersey Sale.

Shades of Autumn colour the sale ring at late September CCM Dairy Auction With this time of year resonating with the golden colours of Autumn the latest Craven Dairy Auction at CCM Skipton did similarly with a fine entry of over 40 lots sold to include Holsteins, Ayrshire, Red and White Holstein and the Autumn Jersey sale, held for the third time and again sold by leading breed auctioneer Mark Davis, of Devon-based Kivells.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs. Forward: 8,810 Head, 8723 Store Lambs Overall av £77.75. 87 Horned Feeding Ewes Overall av £40.48.

3,000-plus wether lambs take centre stage at CCM Skipton This season’s horned wether lambs had their main show and sale day of the year at Skipton Auction Mart when another large turnout of 8,723 store lambs included 2,100 Mule and Masham wethers, and 1,200 horned wethers, all trading to an overall selling average of £77.75 per head.

Second Prize Show & Sale of North of England Mule Ewe Lambs on behalf of NEMSA Members. Forward: 6,567 head at an overall average of £118.12 (+15.86 on 2020)