Skipton regular presents champion rearing calf Sutton-in-Craven farmer Richard Spence produced the champion and top price at Skipton Auction Mart’s autumn rearing calf show and sale. The Skipton regular’s British Blue-cross heifer, by the Cogent sire Echo out of a top-quality British Friesian cow, reached the heady heights of £620 when selling to Vickers and Richardson, of Scarborough. Mr Spence also sold a same way bred bull calf for £490 to prolific buyer Robert Foster, of Wetherby.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: Head, Overall av £54.37 A big show of lambs forward for sale, and a big ringside of buyers as well helped produce a much better trade than anticipated. Lowland lambs found favour with buyers as averages were pushed higher than the previous sale. Beltex were keenly contested with several pens over £70, whilst the best of the Texels also topped £70. A few pens of nice Texel gimmer lambs also sold well with James Earnshaw topping the sale at £100 and Julie Eddington made £87 of another nice pen. Hill bred lambs were out in force, the 2085 Mule and Masham Wethers averaging a solid £52.53 per head, and 646 Swaledale and Dalesbred Wethers averaging £38.10 each.

Forward: 1,825 Breeding Sheep & 72 Rams Annual Prize Show & Sale of Lleyn Gimmer Lambs (pens of 10) for the JA Simpson Trophy Judge – Mr JA Simpson 1st – MR Field sold for £96 2nd – J Bownass sold for £80 3rd – Denton Park sold for £88

85 Rearing Calves to £460 B&W av £57.08 Cont av £321 Native av £203 Good show of calves today with quality present right the way through the sale, there were strong prices for all stamps of calf with the top price coming from Richard Spence of Sutton who made £460 for a British Blue Bull. Other notable prices were £240 from David Holmes for a Shorthorn Bull and £430 for a British Blue Heifer from Church Farm Enterprises. A strong trade which looks good coming in to Next Weeks CALF SHOW!! Judging: 10.30am Sale 11am Prizes for all Classes and Strong trades expected

Forward: 68 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Young Bull & 64 Cast Cattle 4,176 Prime Sheep comprising 3940 Prime Lambs, 236 Cast Ewes & Rams 85 Rearing Calves 33 Dairy Cattle 2 Loads of produce

Jennings continues a tradition of success at Skipton Auction Mart Robin Jennings, who runs the Stainbank pedigree dairy herd in South Stainley, emerged as champion at the early October Craven Dairy Auction show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. His title-winning newly calven heifer, four weeks calved and giving 31 litres, was by the Genus sire, Lutz-Brookview Burt, out of the home-bred Stainbank Honeysuckle. It sold for £1,980 to judge and regular Skipton buyer, Wick Williams, of Nantwich, Cheshire.

Forward: 90 head of Pedigree Charollais Females CCM Auctions conducted the 10th Anniversary Sale of Charollais females held under the auspices of The British Charollais Sheep Society. John & Richard Geldard of Low Foulshaw, Gilpin Bridge claimed Championship & Reserve Champion honours with 2 gimmer shearlings from their long established Wraycastle Flock. The champion (Lot 54) sired by Parkgate Jack and scanned twins to Galtres Never Say Never Again, which was a 2500gns purchase at the Worcester Premier Sale this year, It sold for 720gns to Messrs Beaumont of Longridge, Preston. Messrs Geldard also presented the Reserve Champion with the same sire and service details, this time for the top price in sale of 950gns to Messrs Tindall of Linton Springs, Wetherby.

AT THE OPENING PREMIER POULTRY SALE AT CCM AUCTIONS THERE WERE 175 LOTS. ENTRIES WERE CARD GRADED AND SOLD IN THE MAIN RING. CHAMPION BIRDS WERE EXHIBITED BY D POWNALL. THE NEXT POULTRY SALE 'IN THE PENS' IS ON SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER.

FORWARD – 215 Store Cattle; 136 Breeding Sheep & Goats; 90 Pedigree Charollais Sheep; 175 Lots of Poultry; 369 Lots of Machinery; 781 Lots of Reclaim & 130 Lots of Furniture.

Geldards grasp double glory at Skipton Charollais females highlight Breed mainstays, the Geldard family from Cumbria, clinched a memorable championship and reserve championship double at the milestone 10th anniversary show and sale of pedigree breeding females staged under the auspices of the British Charollais Sheep Society at Skipton Auction Mart.

Skipton Autumn Pedigree Event Top call of the day was 3900gns paid for the second prize senior bull, a British Blue bull consigned by Messrs H&S Maudsley of Stainforth, ‘Little Bank Hercules’ is a son of Empire D’ochain and a proven sire from the high health status ‘Littlebank’ herd and he went on to join Colin Whitelock of Gargrave. With a number of buyers in the market for a British Blue Bull, the first prize senior bull Keasden Head Herbi from Keasdens Shelia Mason was the next highlight at 2,500gns by ‘Imperial de L’ecluse’. The 2012 born bull joined Malhamdales Jeffery Burrow.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: head of cattle Comprising: 84 Young Feeding Bulls, 3 Grazing Cows, 444 Bullocks & Heifers, 15 Breeding Cattle & 17 Pedigree Cattle A busy day at Skipton Mart and another large entry of cattle was penned for sale. Bulls were again a sharp trade and bullocks and heifers attracted the usual large ringside of buyers and proved easy to cash.

MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 7th OCTOBER 2014 ANNUAL SALE OF MASHAM GIMMER LAMBS ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE M.S.B.A. ANNUAL SALE OF SWALEDALE GIMMER LAMBS THIRD SEASONAL SHOW & SALE OF NORTH OF ENGLAND MULE GIMMER LAMBS ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF DALESBRED MULE GIMMERS Forward: 5,320 GIMMER LAMBS, comprising 174 Masham Lambs av £84.97 (+£1.89 on 2013) 3782 North of England Mule av £85.67 (-£2.23 on 2013) 391 Dales Mule av £91.85 (+£2.49 on 2013) 963 Swaledale av £66.45 (-£4.04 on 2013) 10 Dalesbred av £40.00

Ewe lambs – all 5,320 of them from the pick of the region’s sheep farmers - were in the spotlight for their annual show and sale day at Skipton Auction Mart. Standalone shows for Masham, Dales Mule and Swaledale ran alongside the third seasonal fixture for North of England Mule gimmer lambs. Trade was level across all breeds, producing averages very similar to 2013.

Forward: 96 Swaledale Rams CCM Auctions conducted the Annual Sale of Swaledale Rams at Skipton on Monday evening. Trade was not up to the levels seen in recent years. There was a shortage of good old tups which are usually a feature of this sale, whilst demand for shearlings was very selective. Show Results; Judges – Mr Jimmy Baines & Mr Paul Baines