Forward – 173 head cattle: 25 Bulls, 131 Store Cattle & 17 Breeding Cattle. 1 Horse (Fell Pony). 185 lots of Poultry. 295 lots of Plants. 374 lots of Reclaim. 372 lots of Machinery. 83 lots of Furniture.

173 head cattle: 25 Bulls, 131 Store Cattle & 17 Breeding Cattle.

SKIPTON AUCTION MART MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 13th July 2016 Opening Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 4258 Head, Overall av £61.76 (+£3) A sound start to the season at Skipton with a much increased entry of lambs seeing the average rise by some £3 per head. The champion pen of lambs, chosen by Judge Stephen Maskill, came from Chris & Thomas Heseltine of Bolton Abbey sold for a solid price of £76 per head to Thomas Walmsley of Haverah Park.

Rearing Calves to £480x2 B&W av £102.5 Cont av £390.7 Native av £255.83 Trade not quite as electric as last week but continentals and natives on the receiving end of a better trade. Top price of the year however was seen for the best Friesian bull on sale at £310 from R&M Spence, Sutton In Craven. British Blue bulls saw an elevated trade despite no barnstorming prices an average of £421 was seen for a show of good quality with Church Farm Enteprises, GT Booth, Wrights of Ayrton and Parker of Bentham all having bulls well above £400. Simmental took joint top at £480 from Hayton and Stocks with Blondes seeing a super trade averaging £363 for good quality items.

Forward: 53 Prime cattle comprising 18 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 35 Cast Cattle. 3,420 Prime Sheep comprising 3,036 Prime Lambs, 384 Cast Ewes & Rams. 52 Rearing Calves. 1 Loads of produce.

Forward: 386 head of cattle Comprising: 105 Young Feeding Bulls, 9 Beef Bred Feeding Cows , 235 Bullocks & Heifers & 37 Breeding Cattle At CCM Auctions fortnightly cattle sale there was a very good entry of nearly 400 head for a mid-summer sale. Young Bull trade was just up a notch with a top of £1,290 for a 13 month Blue cross from Messrs Lodge of Westside House, Malham Moor, closely followed at £1,280 for 13month Limousin cross from Jimmy Baines of Trawden who also sold a 12month old Blue cross at £1,200. Strong bulls continued a good trade all sale long with Robert Wade of Connonley making £1,260 and £1,200 of 12month old Limousin crosses.

Forward: 77 Prime cattle comprising 36 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 38 Cast Cattle. 3,647 Prime Sheep comprising 2,878 Spring Lambs & 769 Cast Ewes & Rams. 70 Rearing Calves. 34 Dairy Cattle.

Rearing Calves to £450 (70) B&W av £152.5 Cont av £333.32 Native av £220.6 A sublime trade in the calf ring once more with black and whites fiercely bid over to an average of £152.50 and topping at a majestic £280 for a superb bull calf only 1 month old from Michael Heron of Bramhope, Paul and Janet Bolland received £240 for their best B&W bull and Anthony Bolland receiving £225 and £205 for two of his consignment. Black and White Calves averaged 29 days old.

Ireland victors land top by-weight call at Skipton prime lamb show Prime sheep numbers saw an anticipated sharp increase for the time of year when totalling 3,647 head at Skipton Auction Mart’s opening July fixture, which incorporated the monthly show for Spring lambs.

Forward: 58 Prime cattle comprising 9 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 5 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 44 Cast Cattle. 2737 Prime Sheep comprising 2094 Spring Lambs, 60 Hoggs, 583 Cast Ewes & Rams. 50 Rearing Calves.

Rearing Calves to £440X2 (50) B&W av £124.09 Cont av £330.30 Native av £185 Strong trade again for calves with black and whites yet again a scintillating trade with the average age around 31 days and averaging an impressive £124 with John Wright of Airton topping at £230 with John Dugdale of Stackhouse at £225. The France family of Liversedge saw their calves average £142 for fortnight old friesians topping at £195, £190 and £180.

MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 22nd JUNE 2016 Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Beef bred Feeding Cows, Store Bullocks & Heifers and Breeding Cattle Forward: 506 head of cattle Comprising: 116 Young Feeding Bulls, 12 Beef Bred Feeding Cows, 228 Store Bullocks & Heifers and 150 Breeding Cattle

48 Prime cattle comprising 9 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 36 Cast Cattle. 1,378 Prime Sheep comprising 1213 Spring Lambs, 19 Hoggs, 146 Cast Ewes & Rams. 53 Breeding Sheep. 84 Rearing Calves. 19 Dairy Cattle. 1 Loads of produce.

Craven Dairy Auction (19 head) A good day in the dairy ring and about time too, with the green shoots of a recovery in the liquid milk trade with a much improved trade met the vendors who turned out with a healthy show of milkers on offer for the late show and sale of Dairy Cattle kindly sponsored by Trouw Nutrition, Woldmarsh and NMR.

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle Forward – 115 head cattle: 32 head goats: