Belle rings true to claim top price, as records tumble at Skipton working dogs showcase Phenomenal trade, including a top price of 5,600gns (£5,880), saw records tumble at Skipton Auction Mart’s Autumn working sheepdogs sale, with a new record for the number of dogs sold and a new all-time high selling price for a dog under 12-months-old. (Fri, Oct 23)

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 8,096 Head, Overall av £50.83 A very large entry of lambs proved harder to cash than of late with prime prices under pressure. However there was a full attendance of buyers from countrywide and trade was still good enough for the time of year. Men now looking for decent wintering lambs as well.

Annual Dalesbred Sheep Sale. 149 head - 24 Rams & 125 Females. Rams sold overall average £183, Judges- Edward Hird & Matthew Close. Champion: GC Hargarth. Prices below.

FORWARD: 2664 today saw a typical show for a fourth gimmer lamb sale with mainly running and late born lambs up for grabs with the odd pen of tuppers interspersed. Top price of the day went John Harker, Lofthouse with his pen of strong lambs at £96. Plenty of smart running pens in mid 70’s to early 80’s with last draw lambs steadying the average.

Forward: 50 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 35 Cast Cattle 3,140 Prime Sheep comprising 2,776 Prime Lambs, 364 Cast Ewes & Rams 69 Rearing Calves 4 Loads of produce

69 Rearing Calves to £460 B&W av £71.87 Cont av £341.76 Native av £311.4 David Smith of Bents Farm, Sutton In Craven took the top honours at the Autumn Show and Sale of Calves. With a strong show of top end calves Richard Umpleby’s job was not easy, with some deliberation the sweet 5 ½ week old calf from the Smith family took his eye and took the top rosette and went to the day’s top price of £460.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 605 head of cattle Comprising: 67 Young Feeding Bulls, 497 Bullocks & Heifers, 25 Breeding Cattle & 16 Pedigree Bulls Another large show of cattle presented for sale at Skipton this week which has been the case all summer and Autumn, with Young Feeding Bulls a decent trade, as were smart stores, strong cattle and yearling bullocks. However anything second quality, regardless of age was certainly less money than the previous sale.

FORWARD: 2,029 Breeding Sheep & Rams including Annual Sale of Lleyn Breeding sheep and Gimmer Lambs, Fortnightly Sale of Breeding Sheep and Third Sale of Swaledale Ewes. A typical mixed entry for the time of year with a few pens sailing nicely away, but buyers also looking for some late season value for money as well. Horned ewes were mainly correct below sheep or feeders and sold to a solid trade when compared to fat, whilst the Lleyn sheep received a mixed reception, young strong sheep a decent trade, but ewe lambs difficult to place.

Forward: 62 Prime cattle comprising 9 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 53 Cast Cattle. 4,775 Prime Sheep comprising 4371 Prime Lambs, 404 Cast Ewes & Rams. 100 Rearing Calves. 34 Dairy Cattle. 3 Loads of produce.

Craven Dairy Auction (34 head) A straight run of 34 dairy cattle in the market today with 13 in milk and 21 Youngstock. Despite the small show of milk today enough buyers were present to make them a handy trade with regular Robin Jennings of South Stainley taking the top honours and top price today at £1850 for his 2nd prize heifer. Brian Moorhouse of Hesper Farm took the Reserve Champion position with a 2nd Calver from his pedigree Aireburn Herd selling to the highest cow price of £1650. Ian Parkinson of Barden also received a good trade with his two home bred cows selling at £1400 and £1500 respectively.

Forward: 70 Registered Swaledale Rams CCM Auctions conducted the Annual Sale of Swaledale Rams at Skipton on Monday evening. A great show of rams attracted a very large crowd from a wide area to this well established annual sale and trade was strong as a result. As ever at Skipton a big strong ram found a ready market with 7 rams selling a four figure prices. The sale leading price of 1,500gns was paid for the champion ram on the night, consigned by John and Neil Cowperthwaite of Howith Farm, this shearling sired by a Peter Lightfoot, Gillside out of a Catlow sired ewe was purchased by Mr F Macaskill, Killin.

Forward – 196 head cattle: 54 Bulls, 126 Bullocks & Heifers and 16 Breeding Cattle. 22 Breeding/Store Sheep and Goats. 95 Lots of Poultry & Waterfowl. 66 Pedigree Charollais Females.

Octobers Premier Poultry Show & Sale. Judge – Mr E Boothman. Champion & Reserve – Ms L Fiddler

66 Pedigree Charollais Females on behalf of The BCSS Females were in strong demand at the British Charollais Sheep Sale held at Skipton on Saturday, with a strong clearance rate, the best seen for several years. A strong commercial trade underpinned the day, whilst there were some higher top end prices. Charles Marwood’s Foulrice flock twice hit 1,000gns, the first for the days champion. This strong shearling by Langstone K2, a Wraycastle i-pod son, she sold carrying triplets to Lowereye Neils Favourite to DB Roberts of Shrewsbury.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 7,378 Head, Overall av £50.95