Forward: 74 Prime cattle comprising 21 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 50 Cast Cattle 3,275 Prime Sheep comprising 3,002 Old Season Lambs, 273 Cast Ewes & Rams 319 Breeding Sheep comprising 306 Ewes & Lambs & 13 Geld Hoggs 61 Rearing Calves 11 Loads of produce

Capstick family first-time championship at Skipton prime lamb show Father-and-son sheep farmers Nicky and Robert Capstick, of Yew Tree Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland, won the prime lamb championship for the first time ever at Skipton Auction Mart’s March show. (Mon, March 7) The Capsticks were not only clinching their first title, but also their first-ever prize at Skipton with the red rosette-winning pen of five Continental home-bred Texel-cross-Beltex 48kg prime lambs from their 200-strong flock. They sold for £119 per head to regular buyers Vivers Scotlamb in Annan

Malcolm Metcalfe champion again at Skipton prime cattle show Baldersby Park beef cattle farmer Malcolm Metcalfe notched up a second successive championship at Skipton Auction Mart’s March prime cattle show. (Mon, March 7) Mr Metcalfe clinched his latest title with his red rosette-winning all-black Limousin-cross bullock, bred in Cumbria and acquired from Clapham’s Jonathan Townley at last December’s annual Christmas store cattle show and sale at Skipton, when it was the first prize steer.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 461 head of cattle Comprising: 141 Young Feeding Bulls, 304 Bullocks & Heifers, 9 Feeding Cows & 7 Breeding Cattle.

MONDAY 29th FEBRUARY Sales of Breeding Sheep, including Ewes with lambs at foot, in lamb ewes and store hoggs have now reverted to the traditional season sales of weekly Mondays at Skipton, and will be sold at 12noon in the sheep ring. The normal online catalogue service will run and this will be posted every Friday afternoon so please log entries where possible with the Mart Office by 12noon on the Friday prior to sale.

Forward: 63 Prime cattle comprising 16 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 46 Cast Cattle. 3,129 Prime Sheep comprising 2,879 Old Season Lambs, 250 Cast Ewes & Rams. 72 Rearing Calves. 38 Dairy Cattle. 10 Loads of produce.

Rearing Calves to £400 (72) B&W av £92.21 Cont av £316.60 Native av £205.20 Those who responded to the call for calves went away very happy with all types a healthy trade and arguably no poor calves in the market. Limousin’s seemed to have found an extra gear today with Robert Metcalfe, Brearton topping with a pair of sweet heifers at £340 and Angus Dean £310 with a straight Limousin Bull. Black and White calves saw a marked increase today with an overall average of £92.21 for calves all under 8 ½ weeks. Attendance of spring rearers is a welcome sign to the ring side and a consistent run of calves is needed to keep them coming.

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 24th February 2016 Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep Forward: 717 Head, Overall av £55.78 CCM conducted their fortnightly store sheep sale at Skipton on Wednesday. Store lambs were a strong trade, peaking at £80 and £77 for Beltex crosses from Martin and Val Brown of Leyburn. Lambs were dearer than the previous sale helped by the rising prime market. The first sheep and lambs of this season were forward, and weekly sales commence from Monday 29th February, including Inlamb ewes and Store Lambs, approx. 60 outfits pre-entered already. Trade was brisk with weather brightening up a little and customers out looking. Keith Downs dispersed the second half of his flock, and trade was a shade stronger than the previous offering.

Forward: 63 Prime cattle comprising 19 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 41 Cast Cattle. 3,085 Prime Sheep comprising 2743 Old Season Lambs, 342 Cast Ewes & Rams. 40 Rearing Calves. 8 Loads of produce.

Walker family maintains dominance of Skipton store cattle show arena The Walker farming family from Dunsop Bridge again walked off with a fistful of honours, including the supreme championship, also the top price performer, at the new-look ‘Craven Champions’ double-header, the annual opening show and sale of store cattle with show potential at Skipton Auction Mart. (Tues & Wed, Feb 16 & 17)

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle inc Craven Champions Show. Forward: 680 head of cattle Comprising: 195 Young Feeding Bulls, 469 Bullocks & Heifers, 2 Feeding Cows & 14 Breeding Cattle.

Forward: 48 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos.), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos.) & 35 Cast Cattle. 3804 Prime Sheep comprising 3280 Old Season Lambs, 524 Cast Ewes & Rams. 54 Rearing Calves. 9 Loads of produce.

MARKET REPORT – SATURDAY 13th FEBRUARY 2016 CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle. A smaller show on this wintery Saturday. Forward – 89 head cattle & 15 head goats & sheep

Skipton Auction Mart charity fundraisers net £5,600-plus Brooklands Community Special School in Skipton and Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope have again received substantial charity windfalls from annual fundraisers at Skipton Auction Mart. Craven Cattle Marts’ high profile Christmas primestock shows and the Great Northern Pork Pie Competition staged at the end of November last year featured charity sales of pork pies, Scotch eggs, sausage rolls, fruit cakes, sponges and fodder hay – all donated by willing participants and fought for enthusiastically at the ringside by generous bidders.

Robin Dean heads the field at opening Skipton working sheep dog sale Red Rose sheep farmer and leading triallist Robin Dean ran away with top price honours at Skipton Auction Mart’s opening working sheep dog sale of 2016 when selling his October, 2013, black and white dog, Gunnerwell Alfie, for 3,600 guineas (£3,780). (Fri, Feb 12)