Forward: 88 Prime cattle comprising 22 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 63 Cast Cattle. 3,373 Prime Sheep comprising 3,158 Prime Lambs, 215 Cast Ewes & Rams. 61 Rearing Calves. 43 Dairy Cattle. 6 Loads of produce.

Smellows heifer champion at Craven Dairy Auction Local dairy farmer Jeremy Taylor, who runs the Smellows pedigree Holstein Friesian herd at Small House, Broughton, sent out the first prize newly calven home-bred heifer and overall show champion at Skipton Auction Mart’s opening November Craven Dairy Auction.

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle together with the bi monthly sale of Machinery, reclaim, salvage, stone, timber and poultry. Forward – 112 head store cattle, stirks and weaned calves. 28 Breeding/Store Sheep and Goats. 75 Lots of Poultry & Waterfowl. 416 Lots of machinery. 528 Lots of reclaim and salvage. 117 lots of furniture and collectables.

Although it’s now November there were plenty of sheep forward today at CCM’s fortnightly sale of Store & Breeding sheep held at Skipton Mart. Store lambs saw a greater proportion of smaller wintering lambs but trade for these was quite strong with cows going inside and ground becoming clear to graze with sheep. Strong lambs also found good favour with buyers but smaller lambs would look the better sold.

Although it’s now November there were plenty of sheep forward today at CCM’s fortnightly sale of Store & Breeding sheep held at Skipton Mart. Store lambs saw a greater proportion of smaller wintering lambs but trade for these was quite strong with cows going inside and ground becoming clear to graze with sheep. Strong lambs also found good favour with buyers but smaller lambs would look the better sold.

Forward: 83 Prime cattle comprising 24 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 56 Cast Cattle. 4,065 Sheep comprising 3,631 Prime Lambs and 434 Cast Ewes & Rams. 35 Rearing Calves. 8 Loads of produce.

Forward: 539 head of cattle Comprising: 146 Young Feeding Bulls, 1 Grazing Cows, 382 Bullocks & Heifers, 10 Breeding Cattle CCM Auctions conducted their fortnightly cattle sale at Skipton Mart on Wednesday which included the Annual Autumn Show & Sale of Suckled Bull Steer and Heifer calves (2015 born) together with a prize Show of over year show potential cattle (2014 born).

A healthy trade for breeding sheep on the last Tuesday Ewe sale of the season with a handy trade for all types, especially older sheep with buyers looking for suitable late additions to their flocks. Young sheep were also a reasonable trade with S Hodgson of Glossop making £108 of a pen of Texel X shearlings and SMR Foster, Arncliffe making £100 with some Mule shearlings. Old sheep were at such a trade that both parties would be happy with ‘one more time round’ sheep at between £40 and £65 and topping in the late £70’s for all types.

Forward: 83 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & Cast Cattle. 3840 Prime Sheep comprising 3464 Prime Lambs , 376 Cast Ewes & Rams. 66 Rearing Calves. 36 Dairy Cattle. 5 Loads of produce.

Rearing Calves to £390 (66) B&W av £84.34 Cont av £304.2 Native av £277.19 Strong numbers of dairy calves forward this morning with B&W and MRI’s taking up 60% of the sale. Black and whites were certainly healthier with the best nicely into the early £100’s with competition strong for commercial types making a healthy average. Best blues from Geoff and Margaret Booth topped the continentals at £390 for a strong blue bull.

Belle rings true to claim top price, as records tumble at Skipton working dogs showcase Phenomenal trade, including a top price of 5,600gns (£5,880), saw records tumble at Skipton Auction Mart’s Autumn working sheepdogs sale, with a new record for the number of dogs sold and a new all-time high selling price for a dog under 12-months-old. (Fri, Oct 23)

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 8,096 Head, Overall av £50.83 A very large entry of lambs proved harder to cash than of late with prime prices under pressure. However there was a full attendance of buyers from countrywide and trade was still good enough for the time of year. Men now looking for decent wintering lambs as well.

Annual Dalesbred Sheep Sale. 149 head - 24 Rams & 125 Females. Rams sold overall average £183, Judges- Edward Hird & Matthew Close. Champion: GC Hargarth. Prices below.

FORWARD: 2664 today saw a typical show for a fourth gimmer lamb sale with mainly running and late born lambs up for grabs with the odd pen of tuppers interspersed. Top price of the day went John Harker, Lofthouse with his pen of strong lambs at £96. Plenty of smart running pens in mid 70’s to early 80’s with last draw lambs steadying the average.

Forward: 50 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 35 Cast Cattle 3,140 Prime Sheep comprising 2,776 Prime Lambs, 364 Cast Ewes & Rams 69 Rearing Calves 4 Loads of produce