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. Any photos will be available next week.
Cattle –
Dexter Cow to £370
Shetland to £550
Blue Albion to £735
Sheep –
Primitive Female –
1st 2nd 3rd E Cooper
Longwool Female –
1st 2nd DW Booth
Down Male –
1st R Bale
Down Male –
1st JA Barnes
Hill & Heath Male –
1st E Eaton
2nd I Grisedale
3rd L Middleton
Hill & Heath Female –
1st L Middleton
2nd I Grisedale
3rd L Middleton
Champion – E Eaton
Reserve Champion – R Bale
Principle Prices:
Herdwicks – 350gns;
Ryedale – 150gns
Grey Faced Dartmoor – 150gns
Zwartable – 150gns
Shetland – 82gns
POULTRY
Judge – Geoff Marsden
Class 1 – Best Pen Small Fowl
1st R Bailey
2nd R Clarke
3rd M Pickering
Class 2 – Best Pen of Large Fowl
1st J Hindle
2nd M Pickering
3rd L Ormerod
Class 3 – Best Water Fowl
1st S Hitchen
2nd W Noble
3rd W Noble
Champion – S Hitchen
Reserve – J Hindle
Top Prices
Pair of Emu to £200
Pair of Rheas to £100
Welsummer Pullets to £85
Silver Laced Wyandotte to £80
Silver Appleyard Ducks to £75
Welsummer Pullets to £65
Copper Black Maran to £65
Wheeled Ark to £110
Easy Care Sheep
Ewes to £115
Shearlings to £132
Rams to 310gns
Special Show & Sale of Goats
2nd Show & Sale of Pedigree and Pure Bred Goats with a decent catalogue put together prior to the sale.111 goats went under the hammer with the large majority being Boer or Boer X Goats.
The stand out run of Boers were presented from the Key family from Stone, Staffordshire with a number of 4 yr Doe’s down to this years April born Does which sold between 170gns and 250gns for pens of 3.
Top price of the day came for a superb Boer Buck presented by the Dickinson Family of Penrith who once again took the top Champion Rosette at the CCM Annual Goat Sale. The 18mth Old Boer Buck went on to sell 380gns with another 14mth old Buck selling for 300gns.
Principle prices
380gns, 300gns C Dickinson; 250gnsx2, 240gns x2 A Key; 220gns T&G Mcgarrell; 200gns J Todd; 190gns A Key