MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 6^th OCTOBER 2015

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

A tidy sale of Gimmer Lambs today with Mashams, Dales Mule and Swaledales all having their main show & Sale, whilst we also held our 3^rd Seasonal Show & Sale of North of England Mule Gimmer lambs.  A big thank you to all our sponsors and judges for the day. 

SHOW RESULTS;

Masham Gimmers – Judge Mr J Dawson

1^st – W&R Verity sold for £120

2^nd – A&SL Throup sold for £118

3^rd – W&R Verity sold for £90

Dalesbred Mule Gimmers – Judge Mr R Partridge & Mr P Tucker

1^st – RH&EA Close sold for £90

2^nd – JA Stoney sold for £94

3^rd – W&R Verity & Son sold for £96

North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs - Judge Mr R Partridge & Mr P Tucker

1^st – ASE Crisp & Son sold for £128

2^nd – S&T Fawcett sold for £111

3^rd – AJ Mason sold for £100

Swaledale Gimmers – Judge Dick & Alan Burley

1^st – K Huck sold for £180

2^nd – CT Akrigg sold for £128

3^rd – JM&S Tennant sold for £118

MASHAM (£81.60)

Messrs J Verity & Son of Middlesmoor were once again xx and winners of the Kemp Spokes Memorial Trophy at the Annual Show & Sale of Masham Gimmer Lambs held on behalf of the Masham Sheep Breeders Association with a pen of lambs selling to K Liddle & Partners for £120.

£118 £106 £93 A&SL Throup; £120 £88 J Verity & Son; £84 GF Harker & Son; £80 £79 D&GC Newbould;

DALES MULE (£83.61)

The Josephine Bartlett Memorial Trophy awarded to the owner of the Champion pen of Dalesbred Mule Gimmer Lambs was won by RH&EA Close of Starbotton. Their lambs with a number in the pen by Tan House BFL ram from North Wales sold locally to Robert Wallbank of Embsay for £90.

£109 £90 JK Wilson; £98 £96 £88 J Verity & Son; £94 £92 JA Stoney & Son; £91 V Verity & Son; £86 SR Bradley.

NORTH OF ENGLAND MULE (£84.23)

Trade for North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs was brisk with NEMSA lambs averaging £84.23 and non NEMSA lambs averaging £82.50. Champion pen went to ASE Crips and joins RG Johnson for £128. The better tupping lambs were well past £100’s with mid range goods £93 - £100. Running lambs were as strong as ever with handy shearling makers and genuine runners £75 - £89 with very little under £70.

£128 ASE Crisp; £125 £122 £188 £102 JA Throup; £115 £105 J Verity & Son; £111 S&T Fawcett;

MULE (£82.50)

£101 £94 Ashfield  Farms; £97 DM&SV Throup; £95 RH&EA Close; £94 Woodend Farms; £94 SW&JE Ryder;

SWALEDALE (£77.31)

K Huck t/a G Huck & Son of Bordley retained his grip on the Craven Cattle Marts Trophy for the 2^nd year running with his Champion pen of Swaledale Gimmer Lambs that sold to the show judges Dick & Alan Burley of Wath for £180. The lambs like last year predominately sired by a Nattrass tup and for second year running joined Messrs Burley of Wath. The sale saw a total clearance and the sale day average up £10.89 on the year.

£128 £105 £92 CT Akrigg; £118 £100 £90 JM&S Tennant; AJ Mason £116; £102 MIR Heseltine ; £102 £96 £94 RW&B Chapman; £100 £98 I Wilson; £90 £88 WP&B Walker;