127 Easy Care Sheep
CCM Auctions hosted the Inaugural Sale of Registered Easy Care Sheep at Skipton on Saturday on behalf of members of the Easy Care Sheep Society. Females were a strong trade and bidding was fast with a top call of 130gns achieved for a pen of 5 yearling ewes from Messrs E&F Shepherd of Ainsworth. Good yearlings sold for 120gns plus. Best of the ewes were a pen of 2crops from G&MC Shepherd of Woodplumpton selling for 112gns. Yearlings sold to an average of £112.08, ewes sold to an average of £99.55
Rams sold well with a top call of 400gns for a 3 shear with the Myomax gene from JT&JK Bargh of Walton le Dale with others at 300gns from G&MC Shepher and also from G Lentham Farming Ltd.
Ewes 112gns 95gns G&MC Shepherd
100gns 95gns 90gns G Lentham Farming Ltd
Yearlings 130gns 112gns E&F Shepherd
128gns 120gns G&MC Shepherd
120gns 118gns 115gns J Hobson
Ram 400gns JT&JK Bargh
300gns G&MC Shepherd
300gns 220gns G Lentham Farming Ltd