Forward: 35 Prime cattle comprising 13 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 22 Cast Cattle. 1,360 Prime Sheep comprising 488 Spring Lambs & 682 Hoggs & 190 Cast Ewes & Rams. 66 Rearing Calves. 475 Breeding Sheep. 1 load of Produce.

Ayrtons take title as rearing calf shows make welcome return at CCM Skipton Rearing calf shows made a welcome return at Skipton Auction Mart on Monday for the first time since January and bridging the gap to lift the title on resumption were local husband and wife, Andrew and Louise Ayrton, of Bower House Farm, Eastby. (Mon, May 17)

CCM Auctions conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle on Saturday at Skipton. There was plenty of trade about today for the 167 on sale. All sorts of quality in today with young 5/6 month continentals the trade of the day. A&SL Throup & Son topped the Blue blks at £900 for a 14 month old.

Tomschoice supreme championship and top price double at Craven Limousin Day highlight Procters Farm and Oddacres bulls real eye-catchers in both show and sale James and Sarah Cooper’s well-known Tomschoice pedigree Limousin herd at Hill Top Farm, Dacre, Harrogate, picked up yet more high profile successes when securing both top price and supreme championship coups at Skipton’s Auction Mart’s annual Craven Limousin Day highlight. (Wed, May 12)

Pedigree Limousin Cattle Report

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 692 head of cattle Comprising: 607 Feeding Cattle (114 Young Bulls, 54 Beef Feeding Cows & Bulls, 439 Bullocks & Heifers) & 4 Breeding Cattle also 81 Pedigree Limousin Cattle (separate report)

MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 11th MAY 2021. Weekly Sale of Ewes with Lambs at Foot. Forward: 632 Breeding Sheep. A flying trade today with prices increased on the week, aided by the weeks’ worth of showery rain and slightly warmer days bringing out more purchasers. Texel Hoggs with singles from E Crisp, Calton selling to £255, £252.

Forward: 40 Prime cattle comprising 10 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 29 Cast Cattle. 3,942 Prime Sheep comprising 412 Spring Lambs & 2,597 Hoggs & 933 Cast Ewes & Rams. 45 Rearing Calves. 4 Dairy.

PEDIGREE BREEDING CATTLE Top price of the day at the Craven Native Day was 2000gns ‘Yearsley Royal Lion’ a well grown Rawburn Jackson Eric son bred from one of the Yearlsey herds best cow families Yearlsey Royal Lady and shown by TA&P Johnson from Brandsby selling to Robert Gemmell.

CRAVEN NATIVE DAY Forward: 128 head of cattle Comprising: 108 Feeding Cattle, 5 Breeding Cattle & 15 Pedigree Native Cattle Native Store Cattle – A good show of Native bred store cattle with very active competition ringside. Grazing sorts well away with pens of Luing cross Galloway young yearling grazers making £685 with the over year Luings from the same home realising £930.

MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 4th MAY 2021. May Prize Show & Sale of Geld Gimmer Hoggs & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot, together with Weekly Sale of Ewes with Lambs at Foot. Forward: 2,552 Breeding Sheep.

Bumper entry at CCM Skipton ewes and lambs highlight Stapletons taste further success as show classes return Skipton Auction Mart’s annual May breeding sheep highlight for hoggs with lambs at foot and geld gimmer hoggs attracted a large entry of 2,552 head - well over double the previous year’s turnout - with the usual excellent consignments put forward for sale to a large crowd of eager buyers. (Tues, May 4)

£2K-plus raised at CCM Skipton in memory of Hannah Brown A magnificent total of £2,240 was realised when generously donated sheep were sold at Skipton Auction Mart in memory of young farmer Hannah Brown, whose untimely death in March aged just 26 left the agricultural world in deep shock.

Forward: 31 Prime cattle comprising 15 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 16 Cast Cattle 2,163 Prime Sheep comprising 267 Spring Lambs, 1287 Hoggs & 609 Cast Ewes & Rams 25 Rearing Calves 37 Dairy

Leading honours change hands at Skipton prime cattle show Same frontrunners, though an about turn in principal honours was the order of play at Skipton Auction Mart’s May prime cattle show, when the previous month’s reserve champions, the North Craven Smith family, stepped up to clinch the title, with April victors, the Kitchings, from Threshfield, having to settle for overall runners-up slot. (Mon, May 3)