2,540 Breeding Sheep
The annual special sale of hoggs and lambs and geld gimmer hoggs was held at Skipton auction today. With 97 different successful purchasers during the sale, the ringside was packed and this helped produce a highly satisfactory sale. Our thanks to today’s judges and the prize awards are listed below.
Next week’s sale will see an entry of approx 500 outfits of Hoggs, Shearlings, Ewes with Lambs @ Foot. Catalogue online from Friday Lunchtime.
Show Results:
Class – Geld Mule Hoggs
1st IT Manning sold for £130
2nd J Whitaker sold for £136
3rd C Hall sold for £130
Class – Cont Mule Hoggs
1st KG Stapleton sold for £138
2nd SD Bennett sold for £140
3rd P Leeming sold for £98
Class – 5 Mule Hoggs & Lambs
1st DR Hanson sold for £215
2nd R Johnson sold for £200
3rd DR Hanson sold for £198
Class – 5 Cont Hoggs & Lambs
1st KG Stapleton sold for £255
2nd KG Stapleton sold for £250
3rd SJ Buckley sold for £285
Class – 5 Cont Ewes & Lambs
1st T Boothman sold for £260
2nd T Boothman sold for £220
Prices & Averages
Mule Hoggs & Singles to £220 RG Johnson & Son (£191.89)
Texel Hoggs & Singles to £255 KG Stapleton (£193.56)
Suffolk Hoggs & Singles to £160 B&D Willison (£150.50)
Charolais Hoggs & Singles to £175 F Cleary (£136.00)
Beltex Hoggs & Singles £320 AM&HV Brown (£290.83)
Zwartbles Hoggs & Singles to £175 RE&LM Harker
Down x Shlgs to £220 T Boothman
Texel Shlgs & Twins to £260 T Boothman (£225.00)
Beltex Shlgs & Twins to £300 SJ Buckley (£253.33)
Zwartble Shlgs & Twins to £360 TA Sutcliffe (£335.00)
Texel Shlgs & Singles to £195 AP&D Sowerby (£187.50)
Cheviot Mule & Singles to £170 DR Findlay
Beltex Ewes & Singles to £230 DR Findlay (£215.00)
Texel Shlgs & 1.5lambs to £145 R Harrison
Rouge Shlgs & 1.5 lambs to £220 DR Findlay (£212.86)
Suffolk Ewes & Twins to £218 SJ Buckley (£204.29)
Texel Ewes & Twins to £255 T Boothman (£190.20)
Mule Ewes & Twins to £170 AM&HV Brown (£164.14)
Beltex Ewes & Twins to £400 AM&HV Brown (£229.32)
Suffolk Ewes & Singles to £175 L Newburn
Texel Ewes & Singles to £185 AM&HV Brown (£155.94)
Beltex Ewes & Singles to £210 Hannah Brown
Zwartbles Ewes & Singles to £270 TA Sutcliffe
Texel Ewes & 1.5 lambs to £142 DR Findlay (£116.69)
Mule Ewes correct & 1.5 lambs to £170 AM&HV Brown
Rouge Ewes & 1.5 Lambs to £188 DR Findlay
Beltex Ewes & 1.5 lambs to £208 AM&HV Brown
Geld Gimmer Hoggs
Mule to £172 SD Bennett (£123.93)
Texel to £142 KG Stapleton (£113.05)
Masham to £102 JC Lund
Swaledale to £88 GB&G Grange & Son (£70.93)
Lonk to £79 H Wilson
Beltex to £158 AM&HV Brown (£151.75)
Zwartbles to £90 RE&LM Harker (£78.40)