Craven Dairy Auction (24 head) Just as the gate opened for the first milker to enter the ring Arla’s text message announcement of a 1ppl price reduction started beeping around the ringside. Despite the impeccable timing of the “good news” trade was brisk with all heifers selling away well with arguably the lower end of the milkers seeing the highest price jump. Brian Moorhouse of the Aireburn herd took the top honours in the milkers for his newly calven pedigree heifer consignment with the highly sought after Samantha Sugden choosing her above D&A Forts Homebred newly calven heifer with Sally Wellock of Oakworth taking a well deserved 3rd prize.

May sale of Stirks, Calves, Feather Auction, Machinery, Stone & Timber. Full report below. Next sale - Saturday 16th July

578 Breeding Sheep (comprising 231 Sheep with 347 lambs at foot) A slightly smaller and more varied entry this week were presented for sale. A few pens of nice hoggs with lambs selling to a sharper trade on the week, and anything with strong lambs regardless of the age of the ewe was keenly sought, with most classes showing a slight rise in prices.

Forward: 63 Prime cattle comprising 50 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 10 Cast Cattle 1918 Prime Sheep comprising 508 Spring Lambs, 1051 Prime, Light & Store Hoggs, 116 Mature Hoggs and 243 Cast/Feeding Ewes & Rams 578 Breeding Sheep comprising 231 Sheep with 347 lambs at foot 75 Rearing Calves B&W av £73.19 Cont av £327.12 Native av £247.5

Irish sheep dog smashes world record selling price at Skipton A new world record price paid for a working sheep dog at an official sale of almost £15,000 was set at Skipton Auction Mart’s late Spring sale for a 16-month old dog from Ireland’s Padraig Doherty. (Fri, May 13) It fell to Cap, a black and white dog bred by Mr Doherty, who with his brother Joe runs Ardagh Sheepdogs in County Donegal.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 835 head of cattle Comprising: 183 Young Feeding Bulls, 490 Bullocks & Heifers, 10 Feeding Cows, 64 Breeding Cattle & 88 Pedigree Limousin Cattle

The Gunnerfleet herd of Jim and Ian Handley from Chapel Le Dale led the prices on Craven Limousin Day 2016 with Gunnerfleet Jumbo. This 2014 born son of Cloughhead Umpire was placed second in class 4, the middle class of Intermediate Bulls, before his successful sale to Rodney Bros of Healugh for 4,900gns. Following closely behind at 4,600gns was the first prize senior bull (Class 1), consigned by the Tomschoice herd of JM&SP Cooper of Dacre. The 2013 born stock bull Carwin Icarus has been a great servant to the Tomschoice herd and remained in Nidderdale when selling to Ian and Stuart Barritt of Braisty Wood.

Gunnerfleet Jumbo trumpets to 4,900gns top price at Skipton pedigree Limousin highlight Supreme championship falls to Tomschoice pedigree herd Jim and Ian Handley’s Gunnerfleet pedigree Limousin herd in Chapel-le-Dale, near Ingleton, landed top price honours at 4,900gns (£5,145) at Skipton Auction Mart’s main breed highlight of the year - Craven Limousin Day, the annual Spring show and sale of pedigree bulls and females.

NORTHERN LIMOUSIN EXTRAVAGANZA. Judge – Mr John Phillips. OVERALL SUPREME CHAMPION – Procters Farm Lot 24. OVERALL RESERVE CHAMPION – D Thompson Lot 63

Procters Farm reigns supreme at Northern Limousin Extravaganza A 12-month-old pedigree Limousin heifer from Procters Farm in Slaidburn was crowned supreme champion at the 2016 Northern Limousin Extravaganza at Skipton Auction Mart.

Forward: 50 Prime cattle comprising 9 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 37 Cast Cattle. 2,314 Prime Sheep comprising 289 Spring Lambs, 1599 Prime Hoggs, 110 Mature Hoggs, 316 Cast Ewes & Rams. 927 Breeding Sheep comprising 396 Sheep with 511 lambs at foot and 20 Geld Gimmer Hoggs. 25 Rearing Calves. 29 Dairy Cattle. 2 Loads of produce.

Craven Dairy Auction (29 head) A two sided trade today with the better end of the milkers selling particularly well with 9 better quality milkers averaging a healthy £1315, a sizeable lift from the lows we saw last fortnight. The top price heifer of the day went to the Reserve Champion heifer entered by Samantha Sugden of Laycock, her homebred daughter of Bassingthorpe Bossman was giving 33kgs and only a fortnight calved and went on to sell for £1570 to Wick Williams of Cheshire. The champion from Jennings Farmers, Fountains a heifer from the Lawrie Shiek family giving 32 kgs and 15 days calved went on to sell at £1380 to Brian Blezard Ribchester.

927 Breeding Sheep (comprising 396 Sheep with 511 lambs at foot and 20 Geld Gimmer Hoggs) A big entry of nearly 400 outfits following the show week, and older sheep for grazing and feeding were a decent trade but younger sheep proved a shade harder to cash this week.

Abbeyhouse herd lands first Craven Dairy Auction title of 2016 Andrew Jennings, who runs the Abbeyhouse pedigree dairy herd at Hill House, Fountains, near Ripon, won his first Craven Dairy Auction championship of 2016 at the opening May show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. (Mon, May 9) Andrew, who trades as Jennings Farmers, lifted the title with his first prize newly calven heifer, Abbeyhouse Stan Laurina, from the famed Laurie Shiek family, which has produced several Comestar proven bulls in Canada.

‘CRAVEN NATIVE DAY’ SHOW & SALE OF 20 PEDIGREE CATTLE Top call in the bulls at the Craven Native Day was the 2015 born Crookrise Walter bred and shown by Mesrs G&MA Lawn of Skipton and sold to Wallbank Farms of Wyresdale for 1350gns. Weston & Co of Rathmell produced the 2014 Hereford Bull Capple 1 Christopher which sold locally to Roger Dakin of Hellifield for 1200gns.