Forward: 102 Prime cattle comprising 28 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 5 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 69 Cast Cattle. 2,748 Prime Sheep comprising 2,535 Old Season Lambs, 213 Cast Ewes & Rams. 51 Rearing Calves. 10 Loads of produce.

Keelham doubles up again with Skipton prime shows principles Keelham Farm Shop embarked on yet another buying spree at Skipton Auction Mart’s February prime shows when acquiring both the champion and top gross price prime cattle, along with the champion and reserve champion pens of prime lambs.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep inc Annual Sale of BFL Females Forward: 1,149 Head – 951 Store & Gimmer Lambs, 190 Inlamb Ewes & 8 BFL Females. CCM Auctions held their 2nd Fortnightly Sale of Store Hoggs and Breeding Sheep at Skipton on Wednesday where another tidy entry of 1,149 head were presented for sale. Store Sheep sold to a very fast trade with strong hoggs in good demand. There was a reduction sale of inlamb ewes held on behalf of Thomas Binns from Downham, Mule Shlgs sold carrying twins sold at £140, 2+3 crop sheep £110-£120 and Correct sheep £95-£98.

Forward: 77 Prime cattle comprising 24 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 49 Cast Cattle. 3,638 Prime Sheep comprising 3235 Old Season Lambs, 391 Cast Ewes & 12 Rams. 74 Rearing Calves. 27 Dairy Cattle. 10 Loads of produce.

Craven Dairy Auction (27 head) Todays dairy sale went better than expected with a busy ringside but with many having a strict price in mind. Pre Sale winner was a 29 litre heifer from Mark Houseman of Burton Leonard which went on to make £1520, with Peter Baul’s Reserve Champion selling for £1500 and Robin Jenning’s 36L heifer selling at £1480. Robert Butterfields Bull got away at £1200 with Incalf and Maiden cattle receiving a handy trade against the fresh calved trade.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 747 head of cattle Comprising: 245 Young Feeding Bulls, 488 Bullocks & Heifers, 6 Feeding Cows and 8 Breeding Cattle A busy day at CCM Skipton today with 747 head of cattle presented for sale, representing an increase of 237 head on the corresponding sale in 2015. The pick of the spring born bulls 350 to 450kg met a very good trade at similar levels to 2015 and an improvement on the opening sale. Continental x average £948 (2015 £949) with a number of new faces at the ringside for the first time this year.

Forward: 80 Prime cattle comprising 24 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 6 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 50 Cast Cattle 3,219 Prime Sheep comprising 2,808 Old Season Lambs, 411 Cast Ewes & Rams. 46 Rearing Calves. 16 Loads of produce.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep Forward: 1,752 Head, Store Lambs Overall av £52.02 Breeding Sheep av £88.55 CCM Auctions held their Opening New Year Sale of Store and Breeding Sheep on Wednesday at Skipton. A good entry of store sheep were presented to a full ringside of buyers and trade was brisk, especially for the stronger sorts on the day, P Johnson of Trawden topping the sale with apen of Texel crosses and £74 whilst strong Mule Wethers were in to the £60’s, Robin Jackson selling a pen of 30 Mules at £64.50 and 40 at £59, Richard Harker had £63 for a pen of 69 head whilst Nick Parker had a pen of 27 at £63.

Forward: 89 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle 15 (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 71 Cast Cattle. 3519 Prime Sheep comprising 2998 Old Season Lambs, 521 Cast Ewes & Rams. 71 Rearing Calves. 36 Dairy Cattle. 5 Loads of produce.

Rearing Calves to £370 B&W av £79 Cont av £298.2 Native av £180.8 Black and whites were certainly good to sell with a handy trade throughout the sale with Limousin’s also on the end of a better trade. Other continentals a touch easier in places although a strong calf from Jonny Moon of Wigglesworth went on to top the day at £370 for a sweet British Blue Bull.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 1,528 head of cattle Comprising: 412 Young Feeding Bulls, 1,110 Bullocks & Heifers, 5 Feeding Cows & 1 Cow & Calf. An increased entry of feeding bulls at the opening sale of store cattle attracted a strong line up of 21 separate buyers keen to purchase cattle but at a reduced price to reflect current uncertainty on dead weight pricing. Plenty of competition for well bred 2015 spring calves in forward condition with smaller bulls harder to move and strong short keep bulls £1100 to £1200.

Rearing Calves to £400 (123) B&W av £74.29 Cont av £311.9 Native av £194.8 A strong show of calves for the New Year Show and Sale with Joe Ogden of Cowling Judging the pre sale show. Through the ring Hartley’s of Bolton Abbey took the top price of £400 with a big british blue bull. Fred Houseman of Church Farm Enterprises chased close behind with another run of quality calves topping at £395. No storming record breakers this time but a strong trade right through the sale made for some healthy averages for the 123 on offer.

Forward: 59 Prime cattle comprising 22 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 35 Cast Cattle. 3,396 Prime Sheep comprising 2,652 Old Season Lambs and 742 Cast Ewes & Rams. Rearing Calves. 10 Loads of produce.

Forward: 13 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle 13 (under 30 mos). 3,398 Prime Sheep comprising 2,715 Spring Lambs, 683 Cast Ewes & Rams

Forward: 7 Prime cattle comprising 7 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) 4,539 Prime Sheep comprising 3936 Spring Lambs, 603 Cast Ewes & Rams 66 Rearing Calves