Good trade for the monthly livestock sale with a busy ringside and full clearance. *** NEXT SALE - SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep Forward: 5,796 Head comprising 5,689 Store Lambs (av £58.42) and 107 Breeding Ewes (av £108.06) A large show of sheep today, and the headline figures show 900 more lambs sold than the corresponding sale in 2018 and a rise in the average of £3.32 per head on the year to level at £58.42 per head.

CCM auctioneer Sam Bradley to embark on new career Craven Cattle Marts auctioneer Sam Bradley is to take up a new position as a farm insurance specialist with the Craven Group of the NFU Mutual.

Forward: 46 Prime cattle comprising 20 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 25 Cast Cattle. 3,252 Prime Sheep comprising 2,416 Spring Lamb & 836 Cast Ewes & Rams. 30 Rearing Calves. 14 Dairy Cattle.

Craven Dairy Auction (14 head) Another good day in the Skipton Dairy ring with 14 milkers tied up in the shippon this morning. Angus Dean of Toft House Threshfield undertook the adjudication this morning and chose Suzy Lawson’s 30kg Pedigree Heifer as his champion with a belting 2nd calver from Sally Wellock of Oakworth giving 34kg as his reserve.

On a lovely summer evening in Lothersdale, CCM Auctions conducted on farm dispersal sale at Oakcliffe Farm on an Thursday 18th July upon the instructions of Trevor & Julie Smith and family. The sale contained a varied selection of equipment gathered during Trevor & Julies occupation of the farm ranging from bygones and traditional equipment through to modern items and the large crowd assembled were keen for certain items.

Championship successes for CCM customers at Great Yorkshire Show Many congratulations to CCM regulars who achieved championship successes at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show.

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle Forward: 525 head of cattle Comprising: 383 Feeding Cattle (90 Young Bulls, 42 Beef Feeding Cows, 251 Bullocks & Heifers) & 142 Breeding Cattle. Feeding Bulls were a varied trade, some stronger and better types flying away at £1000 to £1200, whilst some more commercial types were a mixed trade with some looking value for money against others.

Forward: 51 Prime cattle comprising 19 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos),2 Young Bulls, 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 28 Cast Cattle. 2,191 Prime Sheep comprising 1,849 Spring Lamb & 342 Cast Ewes & Rams. 108 Rearing Calves.

Rearing Calves to £465 (108) B&W av £57 Cont av £329 Native av £142.3 The July calf show saw a fantastic amount of high quality through the door this morning with a very solid trade received throughout the sale. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Richard Umpleby of Killinghall and went about his quickly and thoroughly. His Champion and Reserve were both tremendous British Blue calves from Shaun Sowray of Bishop Thornton. Both calves sired by the dependable AI sire Kracker saw the bull calf just pip the heifer to the top spot, however at sale time nothing could split them with both calves selling for £440.

Sowray Bros champion and reserve at CCM Skipton calf show A tremendous and quality turnout of 108 rearing calves for Skipton Auction Mart’s July show and sale produced solid trade throughout. (Mon, July 15) The Sowray dairy farming brothers - Shaun, Peter and Paul - who run their Holstein Friesian herd at Bowes Green Farm, Bishop Thornton, were again the headline performers when clinching principal honours with British Blue-cross youngsters both by the Norbreck Genetics dairy bull, Newton Blues Kracker, who has also been responsible for an earlier Skipton calf champion.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs Forward: 3,071 Head, Overall av £64.59 (+£3.09) CCM Auctions commenced their fortnightly seasonal sheep sales at Skipton Mart on Wednesday where an entry of 3,071 head was presented for sale.

Numbers and selling averages up at Skipton store lamb opener Increases in both numbers and selling averages were seen, as Skipton Auction Mart’s main sheep sale season got off to a solid start with the traditional pipe-opener for store lambs. (Wednesday, July 10) A total of 3,071 lambs was penned for sale, compared to the previous year’s turnout of 2,126 head, with all breed averages showing an across-the-board increase on 2018 to level at £64.59 per head overall, an increase on the year of £3.09.

Forward: 26 Prime cattle comprising 15 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 9 Cast Cattle. 2,440 Prime Sheep comprising 2129 Spring Lamb & Hoggs, 311 Cast Ewes & Rams. 30 Rearing Calves.

Rearing Calves to £360x2 (30) B&W av £56.20 Cont av £275 Native av £175 Just 30 calves through the door this morning with the Calf show looming next week. Best calves could still make a handy price with some 4 week old Blue bulls from Joss Lancaster of Horton in Craven selling to £360 twice. A couple of sweet Angus heifers from Hartley’s of Bolton Abbey that reached £185 & £165. Continental heifers saw a straight trade for the young show of calves on offer with the best being a solid calf from PJ&JE Bolland.