MARKET REPORT - TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER: 2,510 head of Breeding Sheep & 68 Pedigree Charollais. CCM Auctions held the fortnightly sale of Gimmer Shearlings and Breeding Ewes at Skipton Mart on Tuesday where trade was seen to be slightly better than at the previous sale especially for the commercial types of sheep.

MARKET REPORT - MONDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER: 72 PRIME CATTLE comprising 2 Clean Cattle (under 30 mo’s), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mo’s), 64 Cast Cattle & 4 Cast Bulls 3,926 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3,220 Prime Lambs, 706 Cast Ewes & Rams 65 REARING CALVES 4 LOADS OF PRODUCE

MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 9th SEPTEMBER 2013 FORWARD: 55 PRIME CATTLE comprising 2 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) 1 Prime Bull, 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos), & 48 Cast Cattle 3,939 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3218 Prime Lambs, 721 Cast Ewes & Rams 77 REARING CALVES 22 DAIRY CATTLE 2 LOADS OF PRODUCE

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 11th SEPTEMBER 2013 FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF YOUNG FEEDING BULLS, STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS, BREEDING CATTLE FORWARD: 547 HEAD OF CATTLE Comprising: 82 Young Feeding Bulls, 452 Bullocks & Heifers, 13 Breeding Cattle A great show of strong store cattle attracted seasonal buyers from down country who produced a very strong trade for all types. Buyers were keen and potential vendors are encouraged to take advantage by selling strong store cattle whilst the large numbers are here to attract buyers travelling some distance. No shortage of cattle at 4 figure prices. Another feature of the sale were some good runs of Angus cattle which sold well. Next Sale – Wednesday 25th September

Great Annual Show & Sale of North of England Mule Ewe Lambs onbehalf of NEMSA Members. Forward: 7,068 head at an overall average of £102.00 per head (-£7.11 down) CCM Auctions conducted the opening show and sale of NEMSA members Mule Gimmer Lambs at Skipton Auction Mart, North Yorkshire on Tuesday. Another increased show of lambs at this major sale sold well on the day to record an overall average of £102.00 per head, just over £7 per head down on the year. Given all the external factors affecting the sheep trade at the moment this looks a fair result all round for both buyers and sellers.

Forward: 201 head; 5 Aged Rams; 96 Shearling Rams; 27 Lamb Rams; 13 Aged Ewes; 55 Shearling Ewes; 8 Ewe Lambs

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 4th SEPTEMBER 2013 Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 6046 Head, Overall av £56.18 A tidy show of lambs met with a decent trade. More travelled buyers were in attendance from Wales and the Eastern counties, stretching all the way down into Norfolk. There were more Mule Wethers on offer at this sale with over 1500 head of these averaging £1 more than the previous sale to level at £50.91 each. Texel and Cheviot lambs also found a much better following with more seasonal customers arriving for wintering lambs. Strong end £60 to £65, keeping lambs £54 to £59.

MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2013 Forward: 919 head of Breeding Sheep

MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2013 FORWARD: 50 PRIME CATTLE comprising Clean Cattle & Cast Cattle 4,608 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3768 Prime Lambs, 840 Cast Ewes & Rams 71 REARING CALVES 1 LOADS OF PRODUCE

Craven Feather Auction – 333 Pens of Poultry & Waterfowl; 51 Lots of Equipment & Hatching Eggs

MARKET REPORT – SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 2013 Forward – 164 Store & Breeding Cattle, 718 Native & Rare Breed Sheep, 38 Goats, 9 Pigs & 2 Ponies. Craven Feather Auction – 333 Pens of Poultry & Waterfowl; 51 Lots of Equipment & Hatching Eggs

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 28th AUGUST 2013 FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF YOUNG FEEDING BULLS, STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS, BREEDING CATTLE FORWARD: 344 HEAD OF CATTLE Comprising: 63 Young Feeding Bulls, 262 Bullocks & Heifers, 19 Breeding Cattle A very nice show of strong cattle was presented at the fortnightly sale and proved very easy to place to a keen ringside of regular customers. Bullocks topped at £1435 from Greame Coates, Barrowford, with plenty of others from £1200 to £1300. Heifers followed suit and Donald Sunderland sold Charolais heifers to top at £1335 and he also presented a pen of 3 Charolais at £1100.

MARKET REPORT – MONDAY 26th AUGUST 2013 FORWARD: 19 PRIME CATTLE comprising 3 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos), 14 Cast Cattle 3,705 PRIME SHEEP comprising 3112 Prime Lambs, 593 Cast Ewes & Rams 127 REARING CALVES 2 LOADS OF PRODUCE

Forward: 426 head; 407 Ewes & 19 Rams CCM Auctions held a new Special Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams at Skipton Mart on Friday morning, where an entry containing young correct ewes right the way through to ewes broken mouthed & correct below met with an enthusiastic ringside of buyers. There was a near total clearance and the following prices achieved.

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 21st AUGUST 2013 Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 6046 Head, Overall av £54.42 (£60.52 in 2012) CCM Auctions held their fortnightly sale of store lambs at Skipton Mart on Wednesday where trade was seen to be slightly dearer against the previous sale. With more buyers in attendance from the Southern counties and Wales the longer keep lambs and mule wethers found a much better trade whilst short keep lambs were in line with recent improvements to the prime trade.