Double prime champions coup at Skipton for Red Rose retail butcher Frankland Farms in Rathmell clinched a prime lambs championship and reserve championship double with a brace of Beltex-cross pens at Skipton Auction Mart’s August show and sale. (Mon, Aug 6) The frontrunners were shown by Richard Frankland and his son, Jon, who run the sheep operation at Frankland Farms, whose New Hall Farm will host NSA North Sheep in June next year.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 455 head of cattle Comprising: 425 Feeding Cattle (55 Young Bulls, 21 Beef Feeding Cows, 364 Bullocks & Heifers) & 30 Breeding Cattle. Bulls sold to a reduced audience with trade in line with expectations. A few fresh Autumn born bulls now hitting the market and these are a respectable trade with U Grade potential stirks £850 to £1150 depending on weight. Scarcity of sound strong 13 – 15 month old bulls kept prices in the £1150 to £1300 range for the best.

46 Prime cattle comprising 28 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 18 Cast Cattle. 2,270 Prime Sheep comprising 1961 Prime Lambs & 309 Cast Ewes & Rams. 81 Rearing Calves. 10 Dairy Cattle. 4 Loads of produce.

Five-year-old Kieran celebrates young handlers show hat-trick at Skipton Kieran Robinson may only be five-years-young, but he is already an old hand in the livestock show area, as the West Craven youngster clearly demonstrated when taking the supreme championship for the third year in succession at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual young handlers’ prime lamb show and sale

Jennings Stainbank herd champion again at Craven Dairy Auction Robin Jennings, who runs the Stainbank pedigree Holstein Friesian dairy herd at Hull House Farm, South Stainley, Ripon, picked up his third Craven Dairy Auction championship of the year with a commercial entry at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest show and sale

156 head cattle: 40 Bulls & 116 Bullocks & Heifers. 4 Ponies. 50 Goats & Sheep.

Forward – 156 head cattle: 40 Bulls & 116 Bullocks & Heifers, 4 Ponies, 50 Goats & Sheep, 134 Plants, 237 lots of Machinery, 396 lots of Reclaim & Stone.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep Forward: 4,818 Head, Overall av £55.16 A much larger show of store lambs as the grazing situation brings more lambs onto the market to sell. Stronger lambs were a nice trade with feeders relatively keen as the prime sheep trade holds firm, suffolks especially finding a ready market. However a medium to long keep lamb was certainly more buyable with grass at a premium on most farms and making this class of lamb harder to place.

Forward: 32 Prime cattle comprising 15 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), & 27 Cast Cattle. 2,742 Prime Sheep comprising 2363 Prime Lambs, 5 Prime Hoggs & 374 Cast Ewes & Rams. 48 Rearing Calves & Stirks. 1 Loads of produce.

Dalesbrad dairy production sale sets 2,600gns top price A successful on-farm production sale of 171 pedigree Holstein dairy cattle from the Throup family’s well-known Dalesbrad herd was staged at Higher House Farm, Silsden Moor. (Friday, July 20) With cattle on the ground standing at an all-time high and buildings full to capacity, Allan and Susan Throup, and their son, Richard, decided it was time to reduce numbers and a tremendous crowd arrived ringside for the beginning of the sale.

Forward: 793 head of cattle Comprising: Feeding Cattle (134 Young Bulls, 66 Beef Feeding Cows, 521 Bullocks & Heifers) & 72 Breeding Cattle. Feeding Bulls easing in line with prime cattle trade and anticipated higher finishing costs, however todays sample was not quite representative of the usual strength and quality. Premium quality September born bull stirks £1100 + for K&GJ Huck, Austwick and £1200 for November born bulls for KA &HL Fawcett, Barden.

Craven Dairy Auction (11 head) A few extras to the catalogue were a welcome addition to a quiet show of milkers. A few less buyers present but still all heifers were sold by the end of the sale with 1st and 2nd prize heifers topping the sale at £1650 from Sally Wellock of Oakworth and Wilson Stewart, Carlisle respectively. Middle of the road heifers harder to place with future feed stocks beginning to become a concern despite farm gate price increases.

Forward: 59 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & Cast Cattle 1886 Prime Sheep comprising 1519 Prime Lambs, 25 Prime Hoggs & 342 Cast Ewes & Rams 88 Rearing Calves inc 16 Stirks 11 Dairy Cattle 2 Loads of produce

Harehills herd hat-trick at Craven Dairy Auction Sally Wellock’s Harehills pedigree Holstein Friesian herd at West House Farm, Oldfield, near Oakworth, rattled up a hat-trick of consecutive championship wins at July’s second Craven Dairy Auction show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. (Monday, July 16)

Heartening sale average at Skipton store lamb opener Skipton Auction Mart’s main sheep sale season got off to a flying start when the traditional pipe-opener for store lambs produced a heartening overall selling average of £61.52 per head. (Wednesday, July 11) This represented a fall of just £1.32 on the year, with a good crowd of buyers vying for the 2,126 lambs penned for sale. They were slightly stronger and in better condition than most would have expected, which certainly helped the day’s proceedings.