Supreme champion beef boosts K&J Green Butchers Christmas offering K&J Green Butchers is now serving up supreme championship-winning prime beef for customers’ festive tables at its two shops in Heskin and Standish.

Supreme champion prime lamb now available for Christmas tables at Cropper Family Butchers Cropper Family Butchers & Deli in Accrington is now serving up prize-winning prime lamb for its customers’ festive tables.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs, Feeding and Breeding Sheep Forward: 2,385 Head (Overall av £71.12) A tidy entry of lambs for the last sale of 2020 and trade every bit as good as we had hoped with feeders still clearly keen to secure lambs for feeding into the hogg season, and a super overall average of £71.12 per head which is very comparable to the previous few sales given the increased proportion of hill lambs and many vendors coming towards the end of this seasons lambs.

Gambles grab glory yet again at Skipton Christmas cull ewes fixture Easingwold husband and wife, Ken and Hazel Gamble, gained further glory when sending out the cull ewe champions for an eighth consecutive year no less at Skipton Auction Mart’s festive show and sale. (Mon, Dec 14)

Woofa Bank Mules clinch Christmas prime hill lambs championship at Skipton Silsden Moor’s Ken and Lynne Throup, of Woofa Bank Farm, won the hill bred lambs supreme championship with their first prize North of England Mules at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Christmas show. (Mon, Dec 14)

Forward: 24 Prime cattle comprising 20 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 4 Cast Cattle. 4,121 Prime Sheep comprising 3,784 Prime Lambs, & 337 Cast Ewes & Rams. 80 Rearing Calves. 41 Dairy.

PEDIGREE & PURE BRED SHEEP Annual Sale of Pedigree Beltex A small but select entry of Pedigree Beltex females at todays sale were a sharp trade and a nigh on total clearance. Leading the section at 1,000gns was Matts Endeavour, a daughter of the 3500gn Hackney Download and with the 3400gn Warrior in the Dam line, it sold carrying twins to JGE Heseltine of Bolton Abbey. The same farming sold further inlamb sheep at 850gns 650gns and 600gns a price matched by MR Davis Rathbone. (Full report to follow)

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle Next Sale – Saturday 23rd January 2021 Forward – 118 head cattle & 214 Pedigree Sheep.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle. Forward: 558 head of cattle, Comprising: 550 Feeding Cattle (86 Young Bulls, 52 Beef Feeding Cows, 412 Bullocks & Heifers) & 8 Breeding Cattle.

Solid trade across all classes at CCM Skipton Christmas cattle highlight Skipton Auction Mart’s annual festive store cattle fixture featured pen-judged shows for young bulls, feeding cows and stores, backed by solid across-the-board trade for all classes. (Wed, Dec 9) Picking up the red rosette in the young feeding bulls show were Calderdale father and son, David and Daniel Broadbent, of Midgley, with a British Blue-cross sold for £1,140. A solid entry of 86 head for the section comprised some high quality bulls, which sold to an overall average of £1,030, against £967 the previous fortnight.

Forward: 20 Prime cattle comprising 17 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 3 Cast Cattle. 4,280 Prime Sheep comprising 3897 Prime Lambs, & 383 Cast Ewes & Rams. 41 Rearing Calves. 9 Prime Pigs.

Supreme champion coup for Calderdale’s John Midgley at CCM Skipton Christmas prime lambs highlight Title winners a sell for £360 per head top call to Accrington family butcher Calderdale sheep farmer John Midgley won the supreme lowland championship for the first time at Skipton Auction Mart’s high profile 2020 Christmas prime lambs show. (Mon, Dec 7)

Prospect House Pietrains regain CCM Skipton Christmas prime pigs title North Yorkshire pig farmer Daniel Thackray, of Prospect House Pietrains, picked up another Christmas prime porkers supreme championship at Skipton Auction Mart with a trio of pure-bred gilts. (Mon, Dec 7)

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs. Forward: 3156 Head; 3055 Store Lambs (Overall av £73.18). 101 Feeding Ewes & Breeding Sheep

Bordley Stephensons clinch supreme championship hat-trick at CCM Skipton Christmas prime cattle highlight Father and son Yorkshire Dales beef farmers, John and John Stephenson, secured a spectacular hat-trick when crowned supreme champions for the third consecutive year, also picking up the reserve supreme championship for good measure, at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Christmas prime cattle show and sale. (Monday, November 30)