Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs, Feeding Ewes & Breeding Sheep Forward: 6,042 Head: Comp 5136 Store Lambs & Feeding Ewes & 906 Breeding Sheep, Gimmer Lambs & Rams Store Lamb Overall av £70.75. Mule Gimmer Lambs av £81.44. Texel Gimmer Lambs av £82.61.

Forward: 45 Prime cattle comprising 17 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 25 Cast Cattle. 3,954 Prime Sheep comprising 3719 Prime Lambs, & 235 Cast Ewes & Rams. 27 Rearing Calves. 1 Load of Produce.

Skipton Auction Mart crowns November prime champions Jim and Christine Scrivin, of Park House Farm, Elslack, clinched Skipton Auction Mart’s November prime cattle championship with a 575kg British Blue-x steer which made 269.5p/kg, or £1,550, when selling to Ralph Pearson Wholesale Meats in Bradford. (Mon, Nov 2)

Forward: 550 head of cattle - Comprising: 545 Feeding Cattle (30 Young Bulls, 40 Beef Feeding Cows, 475 Bullocks & Heifers) & 5 Breeding Cattle.

FORWARD: 221 Breeding Sheep & Rams. Today was the final Tuesday Sale for this season, and the sale was mainly taken up with rams. A good enquiry for Texel Shearling Rams with size and power, top price was £650 from S Breare of Silsden Moor who sold 7 in total to average £497.

MONDAY MARKET: Forward: 34 Prime cattle comprising 21 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 12 Cast Cattle. 3,832 Prime Sheep comprising 3389 Prime Lambs, & 443 Cast Ewes & Rams. 44 Rearing Calves. 21 Dairy.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Feeding Ewes Forward: 7,469 Head, (Overall Store Lamb av £69.46)

North Craven breeders clinch top honours at Skipton Dalesbred highlight Two Dalesbred sheep aficionados from the breed’s recognised heartlands in North Craven, both farmers from Horton-in-Ribblesdale, stood champion and reserve at the Dalesbred Sheep Breeders’ Association’s final seasonal prize show and sale of rams and females at Skipton Auction Mart. (Tuesday, October 20)

FORWARD: 1,929 Breeding Sheep & Gimmer Lambs. (1752 Gimmer Lambs and 177 Dalesbred Sheep) CCM Auctions conducted their fourth fortnightly sale of Gimmer Lambs at Skipton on Tuesday where a very nice entry followed the trend of the autumn and saw prices taking a very nice rise in price on the year.

ANNUAL SALE OF RIGISTERED DALESBRED SHEEP The winner of the Royston Baxter Trophy awarded for the Champion Dalesbred sheep was Michael Carr of Bracken Bottom with a John Bradley got shearling ram bred from a homebred ewe which sold to T&CM Kelsall & Sons of chipping for 450gns.

Forward: 38 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 21 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos), 1 Prime Cattle (over 30mos) & 16 Cast Cattle 4,575 Prime Sheep comprising 3,998 Prime Lambs, & 577 Cast Ewes & Rams 39 Rearing Calves

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 639 head of cattle Comprising: 600 Feeding Cattle (74 Young Bulls, 60 Beef Feeding Cows & Bulls, 466 Bullocks & Heifers) & 39 Breeding Cattle.

FORWARD: 908 Breeding Ewes & 29 Rams. A late season feel to the sale but still customers supporting good runs of Mule, Lleyn and Texel Shearlings. Hill ewe customers more selective with the highlight a run of sound 4 crop Cheviot ewes. Odd sheep losing a tooth averaging £91 and their 3 crop counter parts in the same conditions averaging £102.

Solid clearance rate and strong selling averages at CCM Skipton Swaledale rams highlight Skipton Auction Mart’s annual evening fixture for registered Swaledale rams attracted a tremendous turnout of 72 head, a dozen more than last year, recording an extremely high clearance rate and increased averages. (Mon, Oct 12)

Forward: 72 Registered Aged and Shearling Swaledale Rams A tremendous sale this year was seen for Swaledale Rams at Skipton with a very high clearance rate, seeing all 28 aged rams forward selling to a top of £1400 and a solid average of £539 each, whilst Shearlings sold to £1500, averaged £406.22 and an 85% clearance.