Forward: 37 Prime cattle comprising 22 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 15 Cast Cattle. 3,540 Prime Sheep comprising 3193 Prime Lambs & 347 Cast Ewes & Rams. 87 Rearing Calves. 4 Dairy Cattle. 7 Loads of produce.

Aireburn herd bags another Craven Dairy Auction title Local husband and wife dairy farmers, Brian and Judith Moorhouse, who run the Aireburn pedigree Holstein Friesian herd at Hesper Farm, Bell Busk, picked up their first Craven Dairy Auction championship of 2019 at the year’s second fortnightly show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. (Monday, Jan 28)

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 783 head of cattle Comprising: 774 Feeding Cattle (284 Young Bulls, 68 Beef Feeding Cows, 422 Bullocks & Heifers) & 9 Breeding Cattle. 216 of 284 head entry of feeding bulls aged between 5 and 10 months av £920 with top price of £1140. 11 to 12 month old bulls av £955with plenty of high quality bulls available but cattle not as strong as the same sale in 2018. All bull found a ready audience with 330-360kg bulls a very good trade despite the quality. Stronger bulls 400kg + met similar interest with £1100 stopping most bulls. Buyers cautious of the extreme end of bulls.

Forward: 50 Prime cattle comprising 23 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 25 Cast Cattle 2,585 Prime Sheep comprising 2231 Prime Lambs & 354 Cast Ewes & Rams 68 Rearing Calves 7 Loads of produce

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep Forward: 2432 Head, Overall av £65.96 (+£15.29 on Jan 2018 for 1129 more sold) A great start to the New Year with a large entry of sheep, almost double that seen at the same sale in 2018, and a trade to match. Buyers were out in force, with a large crowd assembled in the Lingfields Ring creating a trade for all classes that was beyond expectations, and an overall sale average of £65.96, being the dearest of the season.

Forward: 52 Prime cattle comprising 24 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 27 Cast Cattle 2740 Prime Sheep comprising 2352 Prime Lambs & 388 Cast Ewes & Rams 30 Rearing Calves 7 Dairy Cattle 8 Loads of produce

Rearing Calves to £440 B&W av £42 Cont av £302.49 Native av £226.5 A smaller show of calves forward this morning but a very handy trade for the calves forward. Topping the billing was the first calf in the market from Joss Lancaster of Horton in Craven with a strong British Blue bull rumbling its way up to £440. The natives found some strong bidding too, ending up at an average of £251.67 for AA bulls.

Robert Crisp milkers take principal honours at opening Craven Dairy Auction Malhamdale’s Robert Crisp, of Nelson House, Calton, was crowned both champion and reserve with a brace of newly calven entries at the opening Craven Dairy Auction show and sale of 2019. (Mon, Jan 14) He bagged the title with an eight days-calved 25-litre second calver cow, a daughter of Reagancrest S Isley, and the reserve championship with a 24-litre 11 days-calved heifer by Zelgadis. Both are Genus dairy sires. The principals headed the selling prices at £1,800 and £1,880 respectively, both heading to Queensbury with regular dairy buyer Richard Sutcliffe.

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle Forward – 118 head cattle & 1 Goat

NATSB WINTER SALE OF IN LAMB PEDIGREE TEXELS Forward: 55 head of Pedigree Texel New Texel Female Format Proves a Success Thursday evening saw Skipton Mart host the Northern Area Texel Clubs Winter Sale of Pedigree Females, where Peter Woofs Stainton Flock produced the champion sheep and top price.

Peter Woof takes pole position again at CCM Skipton Winter Texel showcase Cumbria’s Peter Woof, of Storth End Farm, Stainton, near Kendal, secured another Skipton Auction Mart title win with a shearling ewe at Northern Area Texel Sheep Breeders’ 26th annual opener winter show and sale of pedigree Texel females. (Thursday, Jan 10) Mr Woof was also following up on his championship coup at the breed society’s annual two-day Skipton highlight last September with another home-bred entry from his prolific Stainton flock, a March, 2017, daughter of the 8,500gns Anglezarke Uno, by Knock Trident, out of a dam by the same sire.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 1076 head of cattle. Comprising: 1025 Feeding Cattle (324 Young Bulls, 47 Beef Feeding Cows, 654 Bullocks & Heifers) & 51 Breeding Cattle.

Solid turnout and strong trade at CCM Skipton New Year cattle opener Packed ringsides and robust trade for a solid turnout of 1,076 head were the order of the day at Skipton Auction Mart’s opening New Year fortnightly Wednesday cattle sale. Four-figure selling prices across all classes were common throughout. (Jan 9) The 51 beef breeding cattle on parade featured four pedigree bulls and it was one of these, a four-year-old Limousin, the first entry into the main sale ring, from Richard and Val Brown, of Kirkby Mlaham, that headed the section and the day’s selling prices at £2,100 when finding a new home in Nidderdale with Ned Simpson, of Heathfield, Pateley Bridge.

Forward: 79 Prime cattle comprising 28 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 44 Cast Cattle 3,311 Prime Sheep comprising 2910 Prime Lambs & 401 Cast Ewes & Rams 127 Rearing Calves 7 Loads of produce

Rearing Calves to £460 (127) Dairy av £69 Cont av £303.65 Native av £170.5 A strong consignment of calves presented this morning after the three week Christmas break. However even more packed than the pens was the ringside of purchasers with no fewer than 25 different purchaser’s ringside. The pre-sale judging was carried out by the regular ringside face of Tom Heseltine of Bolton Abbey. The Champion was chosen from the pen of British Blue bulls with Shaun Sowray’s tremendous British Blue bull taking the top honours and the sale top price of £460. Throughout the sale calves were a good steady trade with the better end of the Continental cross bulls regularly past £400. Middle road of the continentals were a straight trade this morning however a lot less buyers on this type of calf today.