MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2013 43 PRIME CATTLE comprising 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 42 Cast Cattle 3,782 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3,447 Prime Lambs, 335 Cast Ewes & Rams 51 REARING CALVES 5 LOADS OF PRODUCE

MARKET REPORT - SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2013 PRESS PIGS Calderdale’s John Midgley, of Dean House Farm, Ludendenfoot, landed his third prime pig championship in four years at Skipton Auction Mart’s sixth annual Lingfield Christmas primestock shows and sales.

MARKET REPORT - SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2013 PRESS PIES There’s no keeping a champion pie-maker down! Farmhouse Fare in Skipton won its fourth successive championship at the fifth annual Great Northern Pork Pie Competition, which ran alongside the 2013 Christmas primestock shows at Skipton Auction Mart.

MARKET REPORT - SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2013 A seven-strong haul of prize-winning prime beef cattle, among them the overall supreme champion and the male champion, fell to Keelham Farm Shop in Thornton, Bradford, at Skipton Auction Mart’s sixth annual Lingfield Christmas primestock shows and sales.

MARKET REPORT - SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2013 PRESS LAMBS The Brown family – husband and wife Martin and Val, and their daughter Hannah, of Beechwood House Farm, Newton-le-Willows, Bedale – retained their 2012 supreme champion prime lamb championship at Skipton Auction Mart’s sixth annual Lingfield Christmas primestock shows and sales.

MARKET REPORT - SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2013 PRESS CARCASS A total of 51 lamb carcases were put forward for judging in a standalone competition class that again proved an integral and highly popular feature of Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Christmas primestock shows and sales.

MARKET REPORT - SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2013 CHRISTMAS PRIMESTOCK SHOW Full results and prices from the Sunday Show

MARKET REPORT - WEDNESDAY 27TH NOVERMBER 2013 Forward: 3,969 Head A decent entry for the time of year, but a lot of smaller lambs about as people tidy up the end of this season’s crop of lambs and sell their last lots. Trade not just as sharp as the previous sale, but still looking well sold when placed against the current prime trade.

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2013 47 PRIME CATTLE comprising 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 43 Cast Cattle 3,989 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3,714 Prime Lambs, 275 Cast Ewes & Rams 98 REARING CALVES 102 DAIRY CATTLE 4 LOADS OF PRODUCE

MARKET REPORT - WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2013 FORWARD: 302 HEAD OF CATTLE Comprising: 111 Young Feeding Bulls, 186 Bullocks & Heifers, 5 Breeding Cattle

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2013 41 PRIME CATTLE comprising 1 Clean Cattle & 40 Cast Cattle 4,714 PRIME SHEEP comprising 4,232 Prime Lambs, 482 Cast Ewes & Rams 24 REARING CALVES 7 LOADS OF PRODUCE

MONDAY MARKET - WEDNESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2013 Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep Forward: 6,432 Head – 4,913 Store Lambs & 1,519 Breeding Sheep & Gimmer Lambs. The fortnightly catalogue sale attracted a very good entry for the time of year. 4,913 Store & wether lambs were forward for the Main ring sale where all classes easily up kept the rates of the previous sale, some lambs been slightly dearer

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2013 42 PRIME CATTLE comprising 3 Clean Cattle(under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle(over 30 mos) & 37 Cast Cattle 4170 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3,822 Prime Lambs, 348 Cast Ewes & Rams 75 REARING CALVES 8 DAIRY CATTLE 7 LOADS OF PRODUCE

MARKET REPORT - SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2013 119 head stirks, weaned calves & young store cattle; 45 head Sheep & Goats; 347 lots Poultry & Equipment; 305 Lots of Agricultural Machinery, Plant & Implements, Stone & Timber; 10 Tractors & Misc vehicles; 689 lots of Reclaim & Salvage, Small Tools etc; 129 lots of Furniture, Collectables & Household items

MARKET REPORT - WEDNESDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2013 PRESS Red Rose raiders in Skipton prime time coups Red Rose farmers successfully mounted another cross-border raid to pillage the championship spoils at Skipton Auction Mart’s November prime shows. (Mon, Nov 4) Father and son Richard and Mark Ireland, from Whalley, sent out the prime lamb champions, while Jimmy Baines, who farms in both Trawden and Clitheroe, was responsible for yet another prime cattle title winner. Both victors fell to Keelham Farm Shop in Thornton, Bradford.