Forward: 5,648 GIMMER LAMBS, comprising 198 Masham Lambs av £81.60 (-£3.37 on 2014). 1730 Mule Lambs av £82.50. 2436 North of England Mule av £84.23 (-£1.44 on 2014) 323 Dales Mule av £83.61 (-8.24 on 2014) 961 Swaledale av £77.31 66.45 (+£10.46 on 2014)

Ewe lambs shine at annual Skipton highlight It was ‘Ladies Day’ at Skipton Auction Mart, when ewe lambs from the region’s leading sheep farmers were on parade for their annual fixture, which attracted another large entry of 5,648 head, more than 300 up on the previous year. (Tues, Oct 6) There were four breed shows – the third seasonal turnout for North of England Mule gimmer lambs, along with others for Masham, Dales Mule and Swaledale gimmers.

Forward: 82 Prime cattle comprising 17 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 64 Cast Cattle 3,304 Prime Sheep comprising 3016 Prime Lambs, 288 Cast Ewes & Rams 53 Rearing Calves

Amy Bradley lands her first Skipton prime cattle championship Amy Bradley, of Hartwith, Harrogate, landed her first-ever prime cattle championship at Skipton Auction Mart’s October show and sale, with brothers Clive and Trevor Robinson, of Tosside, lifting the prime lamb title for the second month in succession. (Mon. Oct 5)

MARKET REPORT – SATURDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2015. ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF SWALEDALE EWES & GIMMER SHEARLINGS. Forward: 3,939 head. Overall Average was £104.23.

Cowperthwaite coup at Skipton Swaledale female highlight Swaledale females took centre stage at Skipton’s Auction Mart’s annual Saturday show and sale of draft ewes and gimmer shearlings, when an increased entry of 3,939 head sold to an overall average of £104.23 per head. (Sat, Oct 3) The cream of the turnout received plenty of interest at the ringside, producing some good top end prices. However, it was a more commercial type of ewe that saw the most disparity in prices on the year, as buyers looked to source the smarter end.

CCM Auctions held their Annual Sale of Rams at Skipton Mart on Friday. With selling today spread across 4 sale rings the market was full to capacity with breeds covering the main sales for Blue Faced Leicesters, Suffolks, Hampshire Downs, Blue Texels and Zwartbles together with second sales for Texels, Charollais, Beltex and other breeds.

Hampshire Down females hit 500gns twice at Skipton Top bids of 500gns were paid twice for Hampshire Down females at the breed association’s annual North East region show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. (Fri, Oct 2) First up at 500gns was the first prize winning Graylen shearling ewe from Cumbrian breeders Graham and Judith Galbraith, in Endmoor, Kendal, who were responsible for the Skipton show champion in both 2012 and 2013.

FORWARD: 682 HEAD OF REGISTERED LLEYN SHEEP CCM Auctions conducted the Annual Sale of MV Acc Registered LLeyn Sheep at Skipton Mart on Thursday for members of The Lleyn Sheep Society. Champion was a shearling Ram (Lot 48) from WJ&DJ Williams which sold for 500gns and joins Miss H Dean of Appleton Roebuck. The Williams family also had the 1st Prize pen of Ewe Lambs these sold for £125 per head and travel to Dunfries with J Kingan. 1st Prize pen of Shearlings came from JK Goldie these sold for £205 per head and join H Metcalfe of Silsden.

Lleyn Society seasonal finale at Skipton ends on a high note The Lleyn Sheep Society’s annual seasonal finale, the registered show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart, finished on an upbeat note, with strong clearance rates seen across all sections. (Thus, Oct 1) An encouraging shearling ram trade produced bids for most entries, with Wharfedale breeders Mark Shields, of Plum Tree Farm, Timble, Otley, topping the section and the day’s selling prices at 1,000gns with his one and only entry, sired by a Laga ram, out of a home-bred ewe. The buyer was North & East Lleyn Breeders Club secretary Linda Barnard, of Hall Farm, Welham, Malton.

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2015 Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 702 head of cattle Comprising: 108 Young Feeding Bulls, 579 Bullocks & Heifers, 3 Feeding Cows & 12 Breeding Cattle.

Forward: 3,037 Breeding Sheep: Comp 1,511 Shearlings & Correct Ewes and Annual sale of 1,526 Broken Mouth Ewes CCM Auctions held their Fortnightly Sale of Breeding Ewes together with The Annual Sale of Broken Mouth Ewes. Trade for the correct and younger lowland sheep was in line with previous sales, whilst the Swaledale Broken Mouthed ewes were in strong demand for both breeding and feeding.

Forward: 76 Prime cattle comprising 15 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 61 Cast Cattle. 4,410 Prime Sheep comprising 4,054 Prime Lambs, 356 Cast Ewes & Rams. 101 Rearing Calves. 51 Dairy Cattle. 6 Loads of Produce.

Rearing Calves to £430 (101) B&W av £68.41 Cont av £325.5 Native av £232 101 calves forward today with trade a touch easier with larger numbers coming forward. Continental heifers would see the most buoyant trade with a number of heifer buyers charging each other for the better end of calves. Dairy bred would remain similar on the week with plane calves looking as dear as anything. £430 stopped the best calf today from Fred Houseman with Colin Whitelock the best of the rest in the bulls at £400 and Richard Sutcliffe topping the heifers at £410. Numbers still in demand with arable buyers returning steadily after a slow drilling.

Success for Calvert family at Craven Dairy Auction A strong show of 51 animals at Monday’s Craven Dairy Auction (September 28) saw success for the Calvert farming family at Skipton Auction Mart. The Calverts exhibited some fine specimens as part of their ongoing dispersal, and claimed both Champion and Reserve. They also secured first, second and third place in the newly calved cows, with Calton Bolton Tanya named the overall champion. The third calver by Sandy Valley Bolton and giving 55 litres, was judged the best on show by judge Wick Williams of Nantwich. It was picked up by Malcom and Stephen Abbott of Dacre for £1,680.