MONTHLY COLLECTIVE LIVESTOCK SALE
FORWARD: 397 Head of Store & Breeding Stock
comprising 162 Stirks, Weaned Calves & Young Store Cattle (inc 14 Suckler Breeding Cattle) 222 Head of Ewes
with Lambs, 13 Breeding & Store Goats.
On Saturday CCM Auctions held their Monthly Collective livestock auction at Skipton Mart where a good entry
of mainly hard outwintered stirks met a good trade from customers looking for grazing cattle. In the bull
section a number of useful entries from low input herds gave buyers the opportunity to buy pens of good
Friesian crosses which sold well.
In the sheep and goat section a tidy entry met with a good enquiry from a full ringside of buyers.
PRICES AND AVERAGES
BREEDING CATTLE
British White Cows with Hfd Bull Calves to £1,000
British White Cows RWB to £670
Hfd Cows RWB to £530
YOUNG BULLS
B&W to £435 av £287
Ayrshire to £180
Hfd x to £570
Simm x to £310
Lim x to £650
Brit Blue x to £350
MRI to £180
AA x to £170
Montbelliarde to £420
Principle Prices:
Hfd £570 C Winterburn; B&W £435 R Baldwin.
STORE BULLOCKS –
B&W to £440
Hfd x to £310
Simm x to £360
Lim x to £820
Brit Blue x to £398
AAx to £580
Swed Red to £430
Principle Prices:
B&W £440 G France; Lim x £820 M Hodder; AAx £580 G France; Lim x £440
STORE HEIFERS
Hfd x to £510
Char x to £630
Lim x to £630
BBx to £430
AAx to £360
Principle Prices:
Hfd £510 FD&J Smith; Char x £630 NM Breaks; Lim x £630 NM Breaks; BBx £430 PJ Bolland; AAx £360 M Hutchinson
BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS
In the breeding sheep section a prize show was held for pens of 5 Ewes with lambs. 1st & 2nd prize being awarded by our judge for the day, Mr Richard Caton, to 2 pens of 5 Texel crosses with Beltex lambs from Mr Thomas Boothman, Linton selling at £214 the outfit and £198 the outfit. 3rd Prize was a pen of Mule Ewes with singles from Phillip Sowerby, Hawes selling at £125. Best Pair of Sheep with lambs were 2 Black Texel cross Hoggs with single lambs from Mr Shaun Richards, Hapton that sold for £176 the outfit.
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Jacob Ewes with 1.5 lambs to £90
Jacob Ewes with Singles to £135
Texel Gimmer Hoggs with Singles to £176
Texel Gimmer Hoggs with Twins to £180
Texel Shlgs with Twins to £214
Texel Shlgs with Triplets to £212
Texel Ewes correct with Twins to £148
Texel Ewes Correct with Singles to £110
Texel Ewes b/m with Twins to £110
Texel Ewes b/m with 1.5 lambs to £110
Mule Ewes Correct with Singles to £125
Mule Ewes b/m with Twins to £130
Suffolk Ewes Correct with Twins to £182
Oxford Ewes Correct with twins to £195
Zwartbles x Ewes with Twins to £172
Zwartbles x Ewes with Triplets to £172
Nanny’s & Kids to £85
Store Nannys to £50
Store Wethers £38
Billy Kids to £12.50