Forward: 688 head of cattle Comprising: 205 Young Feeding Bulls, 384 Bullocks & Heifers, 35 Breeding Cattle & 64 Pedigree Limousins CCM Auctions conducted their fortnightly cattle at Skipton Mart on Wednesday. A nice entry of cattle were a shade harder to place than the previous sale, bulls more so than the stores. Buyers were out in force but more cautious with their bidding, especially for the out of spec older (15mo+) non assured bulls. In the store section again buyers were plentiful, and yearling cattle for summering found a very good following, with trade positive. The older cattle saw a little more resistance from the buyers, but anything with quality on its side quickly moved into 4 figures. A decent show of commercial breeding cattle complemented the pedigree Limousins’ and found a receptive audience for outfits to turn straight out to grass.

Northern Limousin Extravaganza. Annual Show of Pedigree & Commercial Limousin Cattle. Judge - Mr Chris Jerman, Caersws. Overall Supreme Champion – JM Cooper Overall Reserve Champion – Rice Family

32 Rearing Calves & 33 Dairy Cattle. Rearing Calves to £430 B&W av £58.05 Cont av £380 Native av £165.

Forward: 30 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle(under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 26 Cast Cattle 2,276 Prime Sheep comprising 346 Spring Lambs, 1,404 Old Season Lambs, 521 Cast Ewes & Rams & 6 Goats 1,497 Breeding Sheep comprising 539 Sheep with 838 Lambs @ Foot & 120 Geld Hoggs 32 Rearing Calves 33 Dairy Cattle 4 Loads of produce

2,540 Breeding Sheep The annual special sale of hoggs and lambs and geld gimmer hoggs was held at Skipton auction today. With 97 different successful purchasers during the sale, the ringside was packed and this helped produce a highly satisfactory sale. Our thanks to today’s judges and the prize awards are listed below. Next week’s sale will see an entry of approx 500 outfits of Hoggs, Shearlings, Ewes with Lambs @ Foot. Catalogue online from Friday Lunchtime.

Forward: 55 Prime cattle comprising 12 Clean Cattle ( Under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (Over 30 mos) & 41 Cast Cattle 4,634 TOTAL SHEEP including 2,094 Prime Sheep comprising 172 Spring lambs, 1,508 Old Season Lambs, 414 Cast Ewes & Rams 2,540 Breeding Sheep comprising 840 Hoggs, Shlgs & Ewes with 1130 Lambs at foot and 570 Geld Gimmer Hoggs. 62 Rearing Calves 3 Loads of produce

Tim Robinson clinches first Skipton prime lamb title Red Rose sheep farmer Tim Robinson won his first-ever prime lamb championship at Skipton Auction Mart at the May Day bank holiday Monday show. Mr Robinson, of Springs Farm, Dillworth Bottom, Longridge, who has a flock of 600 sheep, clinched victory with a pair of home-bred 41kg Texel-cross lambs, which were awarded the title by show judge Paul Watson, of Hellifield, who then backed his judgement when purchasing the pair for £130 each, top price in show.

Annual Blue Wednesday Show & Sale - 18 Pedigree Blue Cattle The sale with an increased number of entries (95% clearance) was a huge success with bulls creating interest from premium suckled calf breeders underpinned by strong demand for bulls ready to work from local dairy producers. Champion - D Townsend. Reserve - JC Walker & Son. Intermediate Bulls to 6900gns av £3095. Junior Bulls to 3700gns av £3395.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 517 head of cattle Comprising: 142 Young Feeding Bulls, 347 Bullocks & Heifers, 2 Grazing Cows, 8 Breeding Cattle & 18 Pedigree Blue Cattle A straight trade once again in the store ring with further stores being hampered slightly by the falling primestock trade however summer grazing cattle were good to sell with buyers looking to take advantage of the early spring grass.

Forward: 63 Prime cattle comprising 4 Clean Cattle & 59 Cast Cattle 3,786 TOTAL SHEEP including 2,416 Prime Sheep comprising 134 Spring lambs, 1,705 Old Season Lambs, 577Cast Ewes & Rams 1,370 Breeding Sheep comprising 482 Ewes with 838 Lambs and 50 Geld Hoggs 30 Rearing Calves 4 Loads of produce

Forward - 158 STIRKS, WEANED CALVES & YOUNG STORE CATTLE, 51 SHEEP & 23 GOATS A very good entry of cattle for the monthly stirk sale saw the usual varied selection of young beef bred cattle and reared dairy bred stirks forward for sale with 59 separate customers buying and selling on the day, many keen to secure cattle for summer grazing.

23 Prime cattle comprising 1 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 21 Cast Cattle. 3,425 TOTAL SHEEP including: 1,939 Prime Sheep comprising 49 Spring Lambs, 1,453 Old Season Lambs, 437 Cast Ewes & Rams. 1,486 Breeding Sheep comprising 525 ewes with 957 lambs at foot & 4 geld gimmer hoggs. 73 Rearing Calves. 42 Dairy Cattle. 4 Loads of produce.

Breeding Sheep (525 Outfits) The largest show of Ewes with lambs at foot seen for a regular weekly sale at Skipton Mart were forward today and all classes sold away quite nicely. There was something for all tastes with several runs of young Mule and Continental Ewes that again caught the eyes of those purchasers looking to buy sheep to run in flocks. The older sheep represented a slightly better selection than of late with some decent strong lambs on straight ewes for feeder/finishers to run at grass until the summer.

Forward - 73 Rearing Calves. 42 Dairy Cattle inc Dairy Bulls

Forward: 520 head of cattle Comprising: 119 Young Feeding Bulls, 370 Bullocks & Heifers, 30 Breeding Cattle & 1 Grazing Cow At the special Spring Prize Show & Sale of Store Bullocks & Heifers the judge, Mr Stephen Maskill of Hebden Bridge made the prize awards below. Sale sponsors were Massey Bros Feeds of Walton le Dale, Preston. Trade in general was decent, buyers obviously keeping an eye on prime trade when purchasing strong short keep cattle, but plenty of interest in grazing and summering cattle.