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RARE BREEDS - SATURDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2018

RARE BREEDS 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. David and Kath Wilson of Crimple head kindly donated a Teeswater Shearling Gimmer to be auctioned for Parkinsons UK charity. The gimmer made £120 and was bought by Mr Sleightholme. Top price today came from Mr D Booth 240gns. Full report below.





Cattle –

Dexter Cow & Calf                  to £250

Dexter Heifer                          to £320

 

Sheep –

Primitive Male –

1st 2nd M&M Parkin

Primitive Female –

1st GAM Farm              2nd 3rd M&M Parkin

Longwool Male –

1st D Booth

Longwool Female –

1st H Chapman            2nd 3rd DW Booth

Hill & Heath Male –

1st I Grisedale

Hill & Heath Female –

1st S Spaven 2nd 3rd I Grisedale

 

Champion I Grisedale (Herdwick)

Reserve Champion S Spaven (Herdwick)

 

Principle Prices:

Herdwicks – 200gns 100gns IK&AM Grisedale;

Kerry Hill – 100gns 85gns 75gns P Ormerod

Wensleydale – 60gns I Wood

White Faced Woodland – 95gns C Wray

Grey Faced Dartmoor – 240gns D Booth; 180gns SK Watson

 

POULTRY

Class 1 – Best Pen Large Fowl

1st D Pownall

2nd J Brougham

3rd J Danforth

Class 2 – Best Pen of Small Fowl

1st J Hindle

2nd P Milne

3rd J Hindle

Class 3 – Best Water Fowl

1st A Jennings

2nd A Jennings

3rd J Teasdale

 

Champion – D Pownall

Reserve – J Hindle

 

Top Prices

Silver Laced Wyandotte                to £80

2 Red Sussex                                     to £75

Pair White Wyandotte                  to £70

Trio Guinea Fowl                             to £60

3 Barnevelder                                   to £60

Trio Silver Laced Wyandotte       to £60

 


Easy Care Sheep

 

Ewes                     to £100

Ewe Lambs         to £51

Rams                     to 350gns

 

 

Special Show & Sale of Goats

 

Inaugural sale of Pedigree and Pure Bred Goats with a decent catalogue put together prior to the sale. Of the entries forward the day an 86% clearance rate was achieved. In the pre sale show James Ormerod of West Marton chose a Pedigree 2017 Boer Buck from Chris Dickinson of Penrith as his Champion (selling for 340gns) with Ellie Crisp of Calton, Nr Skipton taking Reserve Champion with a Pure 2018 Boer Buck (Selling at 260gns) .

Top price of the day went to a pair of 2018 Pygmy Nanny Kids from St Leonards Farm which saw some fierce bidding and ending up at 365gns each. Next in line was the 3rd Prize Pedigree Boer Sifelly Neddy from Sarah Brocklebank, Goole selling for 350gns.

A run of 1 crop Dairy Nannies in kid to Pure Boer Buck from Ellie Crisp saw a very healthy trade. Scanned with Singles to Triplets they sold to 160gns twice and averaging £132.5, with a run of February 2018 born Dairy X Boer Nannies topping at 180gns and averaging at £126.52.   

 

Best Male –

1st CG Dickinson               2nd E Crisp           3rd S Brocklebank

Best Female –

1st 2nd 3rd E Crisp