Forward: 63 Prime cattle comprising 10 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 52 Cast Cattle. 2,016 Prime Sheep comprising 1,564 Spring Lambs, 277 Hoggs, 175 Cast Ewes & Rams. 436 Breeding Sheep comprising 137 Sheep with 259 lambs at foot, 34 Charollais Females and 6 Rams. 75 Rearing Calves. 1 Loads of produce.

Rearing Calves to £480 (75) B&W av £120.36 Cont av £356.85 Native av £247.38 Church Farm Enterprises took the top honours at Skipton Auction for the Summer Calf Show with his British Blue Bull reaching £480. Michael Heron of Bramhope took the reserve champion place with a superb Aberdeen Angus heifer which went on to sell for £330. Black and whites saw a stiff trade right through the sale with Paul Bolland of Airton taking the highest price at £230 with John Wright of Kirk Syke not far behind at £215 such a trade saw the black whites on offer reach £120.36 average, with 10 over £100.

436 Breeding Sheep comprising 137 Sheep with 259 lambs at foot, 34 Charollais Females and 6 Rams Today’s sale included a dispersal of Charollais and Mule Sheep on behalf of The Sedgwick Family from Bough Gap, Trawden following the untimely passing of Peter who along with Joan had been longstanding Charollais Sheep breeders and enthusiasts. The sheep, although coming from a high hill farm on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, were shown in decent fettle and were good sound sorts. The ring was packed to the rafters with friends and fellow breeders all looking to purchase stock. The Charollais’s all found new homes at what were seen to be reasonable prices, whilst the commercial sheep sold in front of recent trade, which would reflect the genuine nature of these sheep.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 544 head of cattle Comprising: 161 Young Feeding Bulls, 9 Grazing Cows, 305 Bullocks & Heifers & 69 Breeding Cattle. CCM Auctions conducted their fortnightly sale of Store & Breeding Cattle at Skipton Mart on Wednesday. A good show of Young Bulls sold to a fast trade, strong sorts were keenly contested and younger bulls found a nice following as well with regular customers looking to top sheds up.

Forward: 70 Prime cattle comprising 24 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 5 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 41 Cast Cattle 1,562 Prime Sheep comprising 1,253 Spring Lambs, 95 Prime Hoggs, 26 Mature Hoggs, 188 Cast Ewes & Rams. 247 Breeding Sheep (comprising 105 Sheep with 142 lambs at foot). 29 Rearing Calves. 6 Dairy Cattle.

29 Rearing Calves to £385 B&W av £80.27 Cont av £337.5 Native av £195 A small show with only 29 landing on the dock with arguably the weather and the ensuing Calf Show being the major factors for such a small show. Fred Houseman yet again topped the trade with a highly sought after blue heifer reaching £385. Blue bulls didn’t top so high but averaged a healthy £357.5 however a tremendous Friesian calf from John Wright of Kirk Syke, Airton which sold for £230.

247 Breeding Sheep (comprising 105 Sheep with 142 lambs at foot) A large show for late in the season with over 100 outfits presented for sale and a slightly sharper trade as some customers look to make use of grass growth with the hotter weather. Older sheep were generally equivalent of £50 plus per life and singles £55 to £65 per life. Next weeks’ sale includes a dispersal, at short notice, of 117 Mule Ewes with strong Lambs. Full details below.

563 Breeding Sheep (comprising 224 Sheep with 327 lambs at foot and 12 Geld Gimmer Hoggs) A larger show of breeding sheep today for the bank holiday sold to a packed ringside of customers. Good young sheep were a sharp trade being dearer on the week, whilst older sheep maintained recent good prices as grass is more plentiful. The show was well supported and the classes for Singles created some of the top prices on the day.

Rearing Calves to £540 (40) B&W av £116.75 Cont av £398.96 Native av £236.6 Superb trade for the calves that turned up today with Graham Hayton of Bolton Abbey topping the day with his 10 week calf at £540 with Shaun Sowray the next best at £480. Any amount of calves over £400 today with GT Booth, S&PE Bowker, Church Farm Enterprises, A Sowray & Son, Hayton & Stocks all receiving above the £400 today.

Forward: 25 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 12 Cast Cattle. 1,518 Prime Sheep comprising 760 Spring Lambs, 407 Prime Hoggs, 59 Mature Hoggs, 292 Cast Ewes & Rams. 563 Breeding Sheep (comprising 224 Sheep with 327 lambs at foot and 12 Geld Gimmer Hoggs). 40 Rearing Calves B&W av £116.75 Cont av £398.96 Native av £236.6.

Forward: 682 head of cattle Comprising: 122 Young Feeding Bulls, 480 Bullocks & Heifers, 5 Feeding Cows , 57 Breeding Cattle & 19 Pedigree Cattle. A good entry of cattle with all classes a sharp trade. Bulls were again dearer on the last sale, strong sorts receiving a good following. In the Store section there were a few new faces ringside to bid at a show of nearly 500 head, like the bulls, any strong short keep cattle were keenly sought. Yearling bullocks continued their recent good run of form with best end into four figures. More yearling heifers about, smart end a nice trade but some younger plainer sorts were just similar prices to the previous sale. More commercial beef breeding cattle about, and the next two sales will include some Annual consignments, keep an eye on the catalogues. (Pedigree report further down the page)

At the final sale of Craven Cattle Marts Ltd Pedigree month the leading price was Siddall Jerry a 2014 Limousin Bull sired by Siddall Drew consigned by Paul Fletcher of Heywood. Siddall Jerry was awarded reserve championship and joined WH&MA Keighley of Otley for 2200gns. BLR Lund of Walshaw reducing the Walshaw herd of Parthenais Cattle saw Walshaw Leo a 2015 son of Willow Creek Frankie lead the section at 1700gns. Pathenais maiden heifers were strongly contested lead by the 2015 Walshaw Lady at 1900gns.

Siddal Limousin herd sweeps board at Skipton multi-breed beef showcase Paul Fletcher, who runs the Siddal pedigree Limousin herd at the farm of the same name in Birch, Heywood, between Bury and Rochdale, won both show classes with his bulls at the Ling Fields Beef Cattle Fair, the annual multi-breeds show and sale of beef breeding cattle at Skipton Auction Mart. (Wed, May 25)

Forward: 82 Prime cattle comprising 17 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 6 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 59 Cast Cattle. 1,612 Prime Sheep comprising 568 Spring Lambs, 612 Prime Hoggs, 61 Mature Hoggs, 371 Feeding Ewes & Rams. 447 Breeding Sheep (comprising 170 Sheep with 258 lambs at foot and 19 Geld Gimmer Hoggs). 57 Rearing Calves to £430 x2 (57) B&W av £80.83 Cont av £338.66 Native av £197.14. 24 Dairy Cattle. 2 Loads of produce.

447 Breeding Sheep (comprising 170 Sheep with 258 lambs at foot and 19 Geld Gimmer Hoggs) A better show of sheep late in the season and a larger ringside of customers assembled as well. Megan Thomas topped the sale with Zwartble cross Gimmer Hoog with a nice Blue Texel cross Gimmer Lamb at Foot which sold for £225 the outfit which sold to Messrs Greensit of Ripon. Richard Stockdale sold two pens of Texel Hoggs with singles for £185 the outfit.