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3RD GIMMER LAMBS - TUESDAY 9TH OCTOBER 2018

CCM Auctions held their third fortnightly sale of gimmer lambs at Skipton Mart - ANNUAL SALE OF MASHAM GIMMER LAMBS ON BEHALF OF MEMBERS OF THE M.S.B.A. ANNUAL SALE OF SWALEDALE GIMMER LAMBS, THIRD SEASONAL SHOW & SALE OF NORTH OF ENGLAND MULE GIMMER LAMBS, ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF DALESBRED MULE GIMMERS.

 

 

Forward:   4188 GIMMER LAMBS

The total entry of 3117 Mule Gimmer Lambs av £59.39 per head

Comprising –

2235 North of England (NEMSA) Mule av £59.12 (-£17.96 on 2017)

631 Mule Lambs (Non Members) av £58.16 (-£16.28 on 2017)

251 Dales Mule av £64.94 (-£8.20 on 2017)

169 Masham Lambs av  £62.92 (-£7.71 on 2017)

902 Swaledale av £50.41 (-£1.99 on 2017)

 

Trade was very much as expected, some nice pens of lambs late season finding a ready trade at £70 plus, a few show pens over £100. Stronger runners in the late 50’s and 60’s, others late 40’s to early 50’s.
Mashams and Dales Mules both had their main sales, with trade mixed, Dales Mules recording the strongest average on the day at £64. Swaledale Gimmer Lambs were the trade of the day with a busy ringside keen for nice lambs with good skins, and the trade levelling at £50.41, a fall of only £1.99 on the year.

 

SHOW RESULTS;

 

MASHAM

Judge Mr M Elliott

1st – BC Ashby

2nd – AS&L Throup

3rd – AS&L Throup

 

£104 £88 £80x2 AS&L Throup; £95 BC Ashby; £65 J Barker & Son; £59 £58 D&GC Newbould;

 

DALES MULE

Judge Mr N Brown

1st – JA Stoney & Son

2nd – RH&EA Close

3rd – W&R Verity

 

The Josephine Bartlett Memorial Trophy awarded to the owner of the Champion pen

£100 £70x3 JA Stoney & Son; £80 £70 W&R Verity; £76 £68 RH&EA Close;

 

NORTH OF ENGLAND MULE – MEMBERS LAMBS

Judge Mr N Brown

1st – JC&N Throup

2nd – KA&HL Fawcett

3rd – JA Throup

 

£128 JC&N Throup; £105 JA&HL Fawcett; £96 ASE Crisp & Sons; £90 JA Throup; £84 £80 CD&RF Kitching;  

 

MULE - NON MEMBERS LAMBS

£71 RG&H Preece; £70 TB Moorhouse; £68 ML&JE Kayley; £66 W Harrison & Son;

 

SWALEDALE  

Judge Mr BS Simpson

1st – J&S Tennant sold for £125 AL Dean, Toft House

2nd – I Wilson sold for £115 JH Throup, Silsden Moor

3rd – KG Huck sold for £100 JK Wilson, Blubberhouses

 

£125 JM&S Tennant; £115 I Wilson; £100 K Huck; £90 JM&S Tennant; £80 CT Akrigg; £76 AJ Mason; £75 I Wilson; £75 R Tennant; £72 JM&S Tennant; £72 K Huck; £70 I Wilson;