SKIPTON AUCTION MART MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 11th JANUARY 2017 Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep Forward: 1,172 Head, Overall av £51.65 A good entry headage wise for the time of year, although very mixed in quality. Strong lambs look well bid for on the day and some vendors would be well advised to store lambs on Wednesday rather than try to push them through Monday market. Smaller lambs found a very good enquiry and would be in front of most vendors expectations on the day.

Forward: 86 Prime cattle comprising 17 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 67 Cast Cattle. 2578 Prime Sheep comprising 2267Prime Hoggs, 311Cast Ewes & Rams. 44 Rearing Calves to £435: B&W av £67.50 Cont av £368.4 Native av £195. 24 Dairy Cattle. Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (Av £1596): to £2000 Newly Calven Heifers (Av £1407): to £1520 Newly Calven Cows (Av £1502): to £1760 7 Loads of produce.

44 Rearing Calves to £435: B&W av £67.50 Cont av £368.4 Native av £195. 24 Dairy Cattle. Pedigree Newly Calven Heifers (Av £1596): to £2000 Newly Calven Heifers (Av £1407): to £1520 Newly Calven Cows (Av £1502): to £1760

Forward: 960 head of cattle Comprising: 220 Young Feeding Bulls, 7 Beef Feeding Cows, 708 Bullocks & Heifers, & 25 Breeding Cattle. CCM Auctions conducted their opening Cattle sale of the new year at Skipton Mart where a good entry of 960 head were forward for sale. Cattle were generally not just as strong as previous years, but the quality was good, trade was brisk and overall 960 cattle sold in 6 hours 15 minutes

Forward: 85 Prime cattle comprising 26 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 58 Cast Cattle. 4,100 Prime Sheep comprising 3,638 Old Season Lambs, 462 Cast Ewes & Rams. 115 Rearing Calves. 5 Loads of produce.

Rearing Calves to £460 (115) B&W av £70.02 Cont av £338.7 Native av £224.6 A cracking show of Calves this morning and a strong trade to meet them, 115 calves saw a packed ringside on the new year bank holiday with the very best calves flying to strong prices. Fred Houseman and Geoff and Margaret Booth were at the Sharp end at £460 and £450 respectively with 12 Blue bulls past £400. The better blue heifers all sold away well with farmer buyers snaffling some quality entries with Martyn Jennings of Cowling having the pick of the trade at £390.

Forward: 182 head of cattle Comprising: 73 Young Feeding Bulls, 2 Beef Feeding Cows & 107 Bullocks & Heifers. A very tidy end to the year with cattle in high demand and numbers way short of requirements. Strong bulls very good to sell, medium to long keep bulls similar to previous weeks. In the stores everything was dearer as feeders looked to stock up sheds before Christmas. A nice show of cattle for the new year sale with a lot of strong sorts entered together with many annual consignments of yearling cattle for longer term keep. Catalogues online from Thursday 22nd December.

16 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 3 Cast Cattle. 3,879 Prime Sheep comprising 3,439 Prime Lambs, 440 Cast Ewes & Rams. 22 Rearing Calves. 5 Loads of produce.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Addingham Sheep Breeders Annual Show & Sale of a Mule Wether/Store Lamb. Forward: 1,675 Head, Overall av £51.98 Today was also the annual show of the Addingham Sheep Breeders Charity Mule Wether lamb Sale where all the proceeds were in aid of Manorlands hospice. A great thanks to all that presented lambs for sale today and to all who donated items for sale.

Baa-gains galore as annual charity lambs nets over £3,500 Big-hearted bidders were far from sheepish in their support for Addingham & District Sheep Breeders’ Association’s tenth annual charity lamb show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart, when a resounding £3,509, the highest in recent years, was raised for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope, Keighley.

Rearing Calves to £400 (79) B&W av £50.03 Cont av £332.8 Native av £184.75 Good trade for calves today with first quality calves selling away well. Johnny Moon from Wigglesworth topped the days trade with a run of ten calves peaking at £400 and all his bulls £370+ today. Black and Whites were not quite as fiery as last week but still good to sell with again first quality knocking on into £60+ were as second quality were penalised.

Forward: 43 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 29 Cast Cattle 4,076 Prime Sheep comprising 3,744 Prime Lambs, 332 Cast Ewes & Rams, 79 Rearing Calves, 27 Dairy Cattle, 9 Loads of produce.

CRAVEN FEATHER AUCTION CHRISTMAS SHOW The Judges were Large Fowl – Richard Boothman, Small Fowl – Mark Rangley, Waterfowl – both judges and the following results were given -

ANNUAL SALE OF INLAMB PEDIGREE BELTEX & TEXEL FEMALES. FULL REPORT BELOW.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 456 head of cattle Comprising: 166 Young Feeding Bulls, 10 Beef Feeding Cows, 274 Bullocks & Heifers & 6 Breeding Cattle.