CCM Auctions conducted their fortnightly sale of store sheep at Skipton on Wednesday where prices were up in the region of £5 to £7 each from the previous sale. Today concluded what has been a busy week with 11,500 lambs sold between 2 days. With cattle now being housed up and down the country and winter eatage finally becoming available there was a much larger attendance of travelled buyers who bid strongly for all classes of lambs. Quality wintering lambs were especially good to sell with customers looking to secure lambs to feed for February-March. On this showing vendors are encouraged to take advantage and enter lambs for the next sale.

PRINCIPLE PRICES

Suffolk – Av £59.90

£67.50 RD Metcalfe; £66.80 K Mitchell; £65.80 £62.80 SL&SD Lund; £65 AJ Shepherd; £64.50 HW&G White; £62.50 AS Staveley; £62 GC Pickup; £60.50 MD Parkinson; £60 JA&E Metcalfe;

Texel – Av £60.26

£73 AM Leach; £70.50 C Smith; £70.50 AR Beckerton; £69.50 RH&DE Parker; £69 £67 RT Booth; £68.20 £66.50 AM Leach; £67 G Hayton & EC Stocks; £66.50 K&FA Lambert; £66.50 J Garth & Son; £65.80 CG Dibb; £65 Townhead Farm Ptnrs; £64.50 £64.20 R Dakin;

Masham – AV £56.79

£61 £58.50 JM Wilson & Son; £56 £52.80 K Lister & Son;

Mule – Av £54.77

£60.60 J Metcalfe & Son; £60 W Furniss & Son; £59.20 SL&SD Lund; £59x2 JW Hall; £58.80 AJ Ogden; £58.80 W&A Lambert; £58.50 F Reeday & Son; £58 D Sayer; £58 MD Parkinson; £58 H Morphet & Son; £57.50 MJ&PJ Campbell; £57.20 G Wareing; £57 JW Tinkler; £57 FM Shepherd & Son; £57 TB Moorhouse;

Charollais – Av £50.37

£58 N Speake; £56 JA&E Metcalfe; £56 FH&N Bell; £50 D Pearson; £40 C&N Shearing;

Swaledale – Av £31.22

£39 AJ Ogden; £38.50 JA&PJ Lambert; £38 RG Lund; £37 G Hayton & EC Stocks; £35 £32.50 E&E Metcalfe;

£34.50 ST Gardner; £33 G Gott; £33 R Crabtree & Son; £32.50 R Berry; £30.50 M Wynne; £30 C&N Shearing; £29.50 R Crabtree & Son; £28.50 W Banks & Son;

Dalesbred – Av £38.50

£38.50 JM Wilson & Son;

Lonk – Av £40.62

£53.50 JW Brown; £45.50 MJ Holmes; £39.20 JA&E Metcalfe;

Cheviot – Av £54.22

£62 PR&J Wood; £59.50 T Robinson & Son; £56.20 K Lister; £55 £46 AM Gray; £53.50 J Binns;

£29 TE Goldring & Son

Lleyn – Av £58.82

£63.50 N Speake; £57 Beeston Hall Farms;

Beulah – Av £51

£51 FM Shepherd & Son

Beltex – Av £61.18

£77 JA Stoney & Son; £66.50 £60.50 AS Staveley; £65.00 Townhead Farm Partners; £62.50 JW Tinkler & Son; £58 C Beresford; £57 M Wynne; £57 RG Greenwood; £56 WM&E Dugdale; £55 AR&FT Naylor;

GIMMER LAMBS

Suffolk – Av £66.17

£69.50 AJ Shepherd; £68.50 £63.50 AS Staveley; £59 W Crane;

Texel – Av £66.11

£80  £71 M Harker; £70 AJ Haggas; £68 JA Stoney & Son; £66.50 C Dibb; £66.50 W Crane; £66 CG Dibb;

£65 MJ&PJ Campbell; £64.50 D Holland;

Mule – AV £67.67

£69 £67 J Garth & Son;

Beltex – Av £68.50

£68.50 F Reeday & Son;

PRIZES FOR HIGHEST PRICE PEN OF 50 OR MORE;

VOUCHERS FROM JACS DIY WAREHOUSE FOR THE VENDOR

VOUCHERS FROM JG ANIMAL HEALTH FOR THE BUYER

Continental                      AR Beckerton, Gisburn                                  54 Texel x                            £70.50

Down                                RD Metcalfe & Son                                         54 Suff x                               £67.50

Mule/Masham                 W Furniss & Son, Dacre                                 51 Mule Wethers            £60.00