Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs.
Forward: 8,188 Head, Overall av £58.30
A cracking sale of Store Sheep at CCM Skipton today with 8,188 head presented and sold to a total clearance. Short keep lowland lambs were keenly contested all sale long, with Suffolk and Continental crosses from mid £60’s to early £70’s, the better smart but smaller Beltex sorts from £70 to £80. Medium keep lambs were generally in the early 60’s, or down into the late 50’s. Long keep lambs in the 50’s. Nearly 6000 Suffolk and Continental lambs in the entry levelled at £60.19. A few pens of drawn Gimmer lambs getting into the mix, Chris Ryder presenting 3 wonderful pens at £107 £106 & £100. The next sale is the main day for Suffolk and Continental drawn gimmer lambs and potential buyers will have a super choice of 1500 to 2000 Gimmer Lambs of all sizes.
A great show of 2,228 Mule Wether lambs forward today seeing the best sorts from £58 to £65, medium lambs £54 to £57, smaller long keep types £48-£52. The Mule Wethers averaged £54.61
A few batches of Cheviot and Cheviot cross lambs coming forward now, topping at £60 averaging £56.63.
Shows –
Pens of 50 Down x (R Morphet Memorial Trophy)
1st SL&SD Lund 50 @ £65
2nd RD Metcalfe 50 @ £69
3rd RD Metcalfe 70 @ £63.50
Pens of 50 Mule Wethers ( S Foster Memorial Trophy)
1st W&ME Dugdale 50 @ £65
2nd S&D Robinson 50 @ £57.50
3rd V Verity 50 @ £62.50
Next Sale is Wednesday 4th September – Entry of 9000 expected.
Entries close Monday 26th August
This sale includes Prize Show & Sale of Suffolk & Continental Gimmer Lambs. (Pens of 10)
Prize show for Masham Wethers. (Pens of 40 or more)
Friday 23rd August
700 Breeding Sheep at 10:30am & 129 Rams at 12noon
Special “CRAVEN CONTINENTALS SALE” for Texel and Continental Gimmer Shearlings and Ewes.
This sale also includes a genuine reduction sale draft of 32 Pedigree Texel Females
from the Gillians Laithe Flock.
Followed by 600 Mule, Suffolk and other halfbred Ewes & Shlgs
Special August Sale for 129 Suffolk & Continental Rams
Wednesday 28th August
70 Feeding Bulls, 50 Feeding Cows, 575 Store Cattle, 30 Breeding Cattle
Tuesday 10th September
Opening Show & Sale of 7,168 North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs
Ballot will be drawn by the Skipton Branch Committee for the catalogue later this week
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Suffolk – Av £60.97
£73 J Bracewell; £69 £63.50 RD Metcalfe; £65.50 NW&J Moorhouse; £65 SL&SD Lund; £64 J Shorrock;
Beltex – Av £66.55
£80 £78 BR Lawson; £79x2 MJ Wells; £78 AJ Haggas; £76.50 JR&PH Hodgson; £75 D Thornley; £75 GA Hewitt;
Texel – Av £59.06
£81 I Dowbiggin; £73 £69 E&AM Simpson; £72 JB Bancroft; £69.50 JR Carr; £69 R Wilson; £69 J Sugden;
Texel Gimmers – Av £88.56
£107 £106 £100 CM Ryder; £76 S&D Robinson;
Mule – Av £54.61
£65 WM&E Dugdale; £62.50 V Verity; £60.50 A Newbould; £60.50 W Mason; £60 MJ Wells; £60 RD Metcalfe;
Charolais – Av £53.04
£55 AG Horn; £51 R Falshaw;
Cheviot – Av £56.53
£60 £55 £51 B Woodcock; £59 L Woodcock; £58.50 £58 D Thornley; £57 S Beeforth; £56 P&JA Fielding;