PEDIGREE SHEEP

Wensleydale Longwool Sheep

Aged Rams                  to 90gns          P Woodall

Shearling Rams           to 350gns        A Fisher

Ram Lambs                 to 250gns        A Fisher

Ewe                             to 120gns        JA&F Elliott

Shearling Ewes            to 320gns        H Collinge

Ewe Lambs                  to 520gns        M Smith

Jacob Sheep

Aged Rams                  to 260gns        J Atkinson

Shearling Rams           to 580gns        S Dodsworth

Ram Lambs                 to 1100gns      DJ Price

Aged Ewes                   to 190gns        K Gaskell

Shearling Ewes            to 1000gns      RF&DJ Price

Ewe Lambs                  to 2600gns    A Reilly

NATIVE BREED & SATURDAY COLLECTIVE SHEEP

White Faced Woodland to 150gns A Needham

Dorsets to 88gns S Smith

Grey Faced Dartmoor to 270gns M Twigg

Ryeland to 190gns A Iveson

Herdwick to 300gns IK&AM Grisedale

Hampshire to 90gns K Brookes

CATTLE

Shorthorn Cow & Calf to 1850gns

GOATS

Goat Kids  £95

Toggenberg     £90

SHOW RESULTS

The rare breed sale at Craven Cattle Marts at Skipton Auction Mart was once again well supported, with a wide variety of sheep up for grabs at this sale. Today’s sale began with the cattle section and the pedigree beef shorthorn heifer and heifer calf at foot which was presented by A&C Ivinson of Ousby. The outfit which was highly sought after and sold for 1850gns to E&M Teesdale.

In the Sheep, the pre- sale show was won by the Herdwick 3 Shr from Ian Grisedale of Milnthorpe and went on to sell for the days top price of 300gns. In Reserve was a superb little Ryland Tup lamb from Miss A Ireson which sold for a breed top price on the day of 190gns.

Other noted prices was a Greyfaced Dartmoor Shearling Ram from M Twigg which sold for 270 gns. In the goats a set of three white goat wether and nanny kids sold for 95gns each at the end of the day. The Dorset 2shrs found a healthy market with some 2shr ewes selling for 120gns.

The rare breed sale was again another success with an 87% clearance for the sale held in the Craven Ring today.

Sheep –

Shetland Female:

1^st M&M Parkin

2^nd M&M Parkin

3^rd M&M Parkin

Shetland Male:

1^st M&M Parkin

Hebridean Shearling:

1^st C Shevelan

2^nd C Shevelan

3^rd D Smith & A Hailstone

Hebridean Gimmer Lamb:

1^st C Shevelan

2^nd C Shevelan

3^rd C Shevelan

Longwool Male:

1^st M Twigg

2^nd D Smith & A Hailstone

Longwool Female:

1^st D Smith & A Hailstone

Down Female:

1^st D&TA Blenkhorn

2^nd D&TA Blenkhorn

3^rd D&TA Blenkhorn

Ryeland Male:

1^st A Ireson

2^nd S Hipps

Hill & Heath Male

1^st I Grisedale

2^nd C Campbell

3^rd Countess of Swinton

Hill & Heath Female

1^st I Grisedale

2^nd I Grisedale

3^rd J Keefe

Champion – I Grisedale – Herdwick Female

Reserve – A Ireson – Ryedale Male

WENSLEYDALE

The 125^th Show & Sale held on behalf of the Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders Association saw Andrew Fisher lift the championship at the Friday evening show with the male champion, a shearling ram sired by Maesafon Tornado which sold to Adrian Tattersall of Hindley for 350gns. Andrew Fisher also took the reserve championship with the Naesafon Leonard Lloyd sired shearling gimmer selling to Jim and Sandra Thompson of Deytheur for 250gns. Mr & Mrs Thompson also won the reserve champion female prize with a ewe lamb by the same sire which made 320gns a prize matched by Helen Collinge of Silsden with a shearling by Nosterfield Flashman.

Class 1 – Aged Ram

1^st JN&SM Prescott Lot 597

2^nd P Woodall Lot 557

Class 2 – Shearling Ram

1^st A Fisher Lot 603

2^nd JN&SM Prescott Lot 604

3^rd H Collinge Lot 607

Class 3 – Ram Lamb

1^st J&S Thompson Lot 567

2^nd J&S Thompson Lot 566

3^rd A Fisher Lot 612

Champion Ram – A Fisher Lot 603

Reserve Ram – JN&SM Prescott Lot 597

Class 4 – Aged Ewe

1^st JA&F Elliott Lot 574

2^nd TA McDonald Lot 573

Class 5 – Shearling Ewe

1^st A Fisher Lot 575

2^nd H Collinge Lot 580

3^rd JA&F Elliott Lot 579

Class 6 – Ewe Lamb

1^st J&S Thompson Lot 549

2^nd J&S Thompson Lot 551

3^rd M Smith Lot

Champion Female – A Fisher Lot 575

Reserve Female – J&S Thompson Lot 549

Supreme Champion – A Fisher Lot 603

Supreme Reserve – A Fisher Lot 575

JACOB

The 41^st Jacob Sheep Society Northern Area show and sale saw a breed record equalled at 2600gns. Presented by Tony Riley’s Deerpath Flock in East Lothian the Supreme Champion and First Prize Ewe Lamb sire by Hyndshaw Highland Laddie and bred by Wyn and Siwan Harris sold to  the Show judge Gordon Connor of West Lothian. A strong trade for both females and rams saw 4 sheep change hands for 1000gns, or more including the first prize ram lamb from DJ Price (Pentrenant) at 1100gns, the second prize ewe lamb from S Dodsworth (Overdale) at 1200gns and the first prize shearling ewe from RF Price (Pentre) at 1000gns 

Aged Ewe

1^st K Gaskell Lot 418

2^nd DJ Price Lot 415

3^rd RF Price Lot 419

4^th DJ Price Lot 416

5^th JA Barnes Lot 422

Shearling Ewes

1^st RF Price Lot 438

2^nd K Gaskell Lot 431

3^rd R Verity Lot 423

4^th D Sizer Lot 441

5^th WM Hurford Lot 430

6^th JR Atkinson Lot 435

Ewe Lamb

1^st A Reilly Lot 532

2^nd S Dodsworth Lot 464

3^rd RF Price Lot 498

4^th S Carpenter Lot 500

5^th Mr & Mrs Moore Lot 451

6^th J Lewis Lot 458

Aged Ram

1^st E Wilson Lot 503

2^nd E Wilson Lot 504

Shearling Ram

1^st S Dodsworth Lot 512

2^nd GA Wood Lot 508

3^rd JR Atkinson Lot 506

4^th S Kendall Lot 507

5^th KA Metcalfe Lot 510

Ram Lamb

1^st  DJ Price Lot 521

2^nd H Walsh Lot 525

3^rd G Ridout Lot 526

4^th M Munro Lot 531

5^th S Dodsworth Lot 517

6^th D Sizer Lot 529

Overall Champion - A Reilly Lot 532

Reserve Champion - S Dodsworth Lot 512

Chief Prices

Shearling Ewes

MR & MRS R Verity (CRAMBE) 2720gns

K Gaskell (PIKEFIELD) 800gns

Ewe Lambs

Mrs DJ Price (Pentrenant) 750gns

Ms J Lewis (Milldale) 450gns

RF Price (Pentre) 820gns

Mr & Mrs S Carpenter (Lickhill) 550gns

T Riley (Deerpath) 380gns

Mrs AE Urwin & N Crook (Whowells) 250gns

Rams

Shearlings

Mr S Dodsworth (Overdale) 580gns

GA Wood & Mrs S Dickinson (Moorhouse) 400gns

Ram Lambs

H Walsh (Thornley) 900gns

Mr & Mrs G Rideout & Mrs HV Higginson (Meadowland) 450gns

POULTRY

Class 1 – Best Pen Large Fowl

1^st R Pickles

2^nd R Turnbull

3^rd L McKechine

Class 2 – Best Pen of Small Fowl

1^st R Pickles

2^nd J Hindle

3^rd Orchard Chickens

Class 3 – Best Water Fowl

1^st MI Bowman

2^nd MI Bowman

3^rd BE Teasdale

Champion – R Pickles

Reserve – R Pickles