Breed stalwarts dominate Skipton Wensleydale Longwool highlight ... Dyed-in-the-wool Wensleydale Longwool sheep aficionados John McHardy and Ernie Sherwin dominated the 130th Association show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart, sharing the spoils when each picking up four of the eight trophies awarded at the annual WLSBA highlight.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 532 head of cattle; Comprising: 449 Feeding Cattle (45 Young Bulls, 29 Beef Feeding Cows & Bulls, 375 Bullocks & Heifers) & 83 Breeding Cattle.

Forward: 30 Prime cattle comprising 10 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 20 Cast Cattle 2,872 Prime Sheep comprising 2287 Prime Lambs & 585 Cast Ewes & Rams 37 Rearing Calves 2 Loads of Produce

7,000-plus Skipton store lambs achieve total clearance While there was a more mixed selection forward at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest fortnightly Wednesday store lambs sale trade saw no let up, with total clearance of 7,133 head, all levelling at £81.88. (Aug 25)

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 7,133 Head, Overall av £81.88 A more mixed selection of lambs today, but trade seeing no let up as the sale saw a total clearance at very acceptable prices, 7,133 head levelling at £81.88.

Forward: 4,770 head of Gimmer Shearlings Shearling Gimmers were forward in good numbers today for the Annual Special Sale at Skipton where averages were significantly up on the year, very much in line with both vendors and purchasers expectations. This year we were able to return to having a Prize Show in the usual manner, and classes were held for Continental, Suffolk, Cheviot Mule, Masham and North of England Mule. A full list of results and prize awards is below.

Strong Skipton gimmer shearling trade up £25 on the year Skipton Auction Mart’s opening prize show and sale of gimmer shearlings, the traditional launch fixture for its annual breeding sheep season and one of the keynote early fixtures in the calendar, saw a total of 4,770 head sell to an overall all-breeds average of £177.43, well up on the previous year’s £152.05 and very much in line with both vendors’ and purchasers’ expectations. (Tues, Aug 24)

Forward: 24 Prime cattle comprising 9 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 15 Cast Cattle 3,871 Prime Sheep comprising 3,126 Prime Lambs & 745 Cast Ewes & Rams 38 Rearing Calves 37 Dairy

Barden victory and top price success at Craven Dairy Auction Dales dairy farmer Ian Parkinson, who runs his Holstein Friesian commercial herd at Holme House Farm, Barden, consigned the champion at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest Craven Dairy Auction show and sale. (Mon, Aug 23)

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 499 head of cattle Comprising: 482 Feeding Cattle (71 Young Bulls, 32 Beef Feeding Cows & Bulls, 379 Bullocks & Heifers) & 17 Breeding Cattle.

Forward: 31 Prime cattle comprising 16 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 15 Cast Cattle 2,993 Prime Sheep comprising 2,440 Prime Lambs & 553 Cast Ewes & Rams 36 Rearing Calves 1 Load of Produce

8,500-plus Skipton store lambs sold to complete clearance Skipton Auction Mart’s fortnightly Wednesday store lambs sale saw plenty of local purchasers ringside, plus travelling buyers from Wales, Cumbria, South Yorkshire and several southern counties. (Wed, Aug 11)

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs. Forward: 8,883 STORE & BREEDING SHEEP, comprising 8,508 Store Lambs (Overall av £82.94) and 375 Breeding Ewes

Dewi Jenkins’ Queen crowned £15,200 top price bitch at CCM Skipton online working sheep dog sale Welshman Dewi Jenkins, of Talybont, near Aberystwyth, reclaimed the bragging rights when finishing top dog on price with a £15,200 sale at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest working sheep dog sale, which reverted to a timed online format with real-time bidding over two days. (

Calderdale school chums land the spoils at Skipton young handlers prime lambs highlight Two best mates at Old Town Primary School in Hebden Bridge, eight-year-old Charlie Leach and nine-year-old Daniel Lund, were over the moon when becoming joint supreme champions at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual young handlers’ prime lamb show and sale.