Forward: 2,530 Head comp: 2,466 Ewes & Shearlings & 64 Pedigree Charollais CCM Auctions held the fortnightly sale of Gimmer Shearlings and Breeding Ewes at Skipton Mart on Tuesday. Young Ewes were a reasonable trade, although older ewes would be harder to place than the previous sale. The offering of gimmer shearlings comprised a nice selection and the average stood at £152, £3 up on the August sale, with trade seen to be every bit as good.

Breed stalwarts to the fore at Skipton Charollais ram showcase Leading North Yorkshire breeders Kenton Foster and Charles Marwood vied for top honours at the British Charollais Sheep Society’s annual show and sale of commercial rams at Skipton Auction Mart.

Goosnargh gardener blooms at Skipton gimmer shearling show Full-time gardener Tim Jackson, who raises sheep as a hobby, bloomed when turning out the first prize pen of Mules at Skipton Auction Mart’s second annual shearling gimmer show and sale. Mr Jackson, of Raigill Farm, Goosnargh, near Preston, landed the spoils with ten shearlings bought at a Skipton gimmer lamb sale the previous year, growing them on at home with the help of his father Joe.

Forward: 52 Prime cattle comprising 5 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 44 Cast Cattle 3,707 Prime Sheep comprising 2782 Prime Lambs, 925 Cast Ewes & Rams 41 Rearing Calves

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2014. Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 629 head of cattle comprising of: 59 Young Feeding Bulls, 550 Bullocks & Heifers, 17 Breeding Cattle & 3 Grazing Cows.

Great Annual Show & Sale of North of England Mule Ewe Lambs onbehalf of NEMSA Members. Forward: 7,810 head at an overall average of £99.88 per head (-£2.12 down) CCM Auctions conducted the opening show and sale of NEMSA members Mule Gimmer Lambs at Skipton Auction Mart, North Yorkshire on Tuesday. The overall sale average levelled at £99.88 (-£2.12 on the year) with an increase of 10% on the numbers sold. The general story of the sale was that running lambs were dearer on the year, but tupping lambs would be cheaper.

Booth repeat championship double at Skipton NEMSA opener A back-to-back championship double was secured by the Smearsett flock of North Craven’s WA&A Booth at the big opening annual ewe lamb show and sale for members of the North of England Mule Sheep Association (NEMSA) at Skipton Auction Mart.

Craven Dairy Auction (29 head) A hard day selling with a lot of strong dairy cattle hard sold, the knock on effect of the downturn in the dairy sector. Robert Crisp took top honours with David Lawson taking a deserved second in the show ring. But all eyes were on the sale ring with concerns how much cheaper the milkers would be. Thankfully a responsive ringside made the cattle a straighter trade than first predicted with a respectable overall average for 1st Class and Pedigree Heifers of £1751 and Cows £1606.

Forward: 74 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 67 Cast Cattle. 3,339 Prime Sheep comprising 2731 Prime Lambs, 608 Cast Ewes & Rams. 104 Rearing Calves. 29 Dairy Cattle. 3 Loads of produce.

BELTEX TOP 9500gns AT SKIPTON. NEW RECORD PRICE FOR A SHEEP AT SKIPTON MART. BELTEX SHEEP SOCIETY ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF PEDIGREE RAMS AND FEMALES. At this years’ Beltex Society sale, Skipton once again demonstrated the sound base of strong commercial trade for which it is known, with shearling ram averages rising by £140.78 to level at £726.49p.

Cropper supreme champion sets all-time mart record sheep price at Skipton pedigree Beltex highlight A new Skipton Auction Mart record price for a single sheep of 9,500 guineas, or £9,975, was established at the Beltex Sheep Society’s 14th annual show and sale of pedigree rams and females at Skipton Auction Mart

Forward: 7,251 Head, Overall av £54.10 The largest show of the season so far saw the first of the drawn Suffolk and Continental gimmer lambs forward for sale. Trade for these was good for the quality sorts, with nice skinned clean headed lambs receiving good attention. Smaller lambs however are best left mixed with the wethers. The Store Lambs saw Suffolk & Continentals in strong demand. Smaller lambs £50 to £53, medium types £54 to £57 and strong end £58 to £62. Quality smart store lambs (Beltex) £64 to £72. A very large show of Mule & Masham Wethers (2,198 head) did not maintain the trade of the previous sale, keeping lambs £45 to £50, medium term lambs £50 to £53.

Breed chairman lands Skipton Masham wethers show The largest entry of CCM Skipton’s peak sheep sale season so far saw JM Wilson & Sons, of Beckwithshaw, triumph in the Masham wethers annual prize show. David Wilson, chairman of the Masham Sheep Breeders Association, picked up the top prize for a pen of 40 Masham wethers, which sold for £55 per head.

CCM Auctions fortnightly Sale of Breeding Sheep produced a nice trade for younger sheep, with Shearlings to 3crop ewes, especially Mules in strong demand. Topping the sale at £195 was Geoff Carr, Gisburn with Charollais Gimmer Shearling to £195 each. Older ewes and broken mouthed ewes were generally £10 in front of the Monday trade.

SKIPTON AUCTION MART MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2014 Forward: 70 Prime Cattle comprising 9 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 57 Cast Cattle. 5,138 Prime Sheep comprising 4,208 Prime Lambs, 930 Cast Ewes & Rams. 58 Rearing Calves. 1 Load of produce.