1786 Forward: CCM Auctions fortnightly sale of breeding sheep, correct & broken mouthed.
A good sale for breeding sheep today. Nice Mule Shearlings and young ewes £140 to £160, good older ewes £110 to £135. Decent correct below sheep £85 to £110.
The Annual Sale of correct below Swaledale Ewes produced a good average of £65 and best strong pens at £90 to £110, JE Cowperthwaite Eldroth selling two pens at £110, JM&S Tennant £110 and £105 twice, and G&GJ Schofield Buckden also £105.
This coming Saturday is the Draft Ewe sale and next Tuesday the Swaledale Gimmer Lamb Sale.
SWALEDALES AT SKIPTON
Saturday 2nd October – 10am – 3,000 Swaledale Ewes/Gimmer Shearlings
Tuesday 5th October – 1pm – 1,325 Swaledale Gimmer Lambs
Monday 11th October – 6pm – 100 Swaledale Rams
Breeding sheep of all classes
Shearlings
Texel to £190 av £143 W Crane
Mule to £160 av £151 J Riley & Son
Suffolk to £155 av £154 MA Warren
Masham to £145 V Verity & Son
Lleyn to £145 av £131 J Bownass
Ewes
Texel to £130 av £107 J Brotherton & D&C Newhouse
Mule to £152 av £106 J Palmer
Swaledale to £80 av £67 A Wilson & Son
Masham to £140 av £140 V Verity & Son
Charollais to £90 E&S Baines
BFL to £72 J Palmer
Aged/Broken Mouthed
Texel to £150 av £99 Fair Place Farm
Mule to £146 av £85 Braes Farm
Swaledale to £110 av £65 JE Cowperthwaite
Dalesbred to £46 av £40 JA Stoney & Son
Lleyn to £82 av £75 N Speake
Cheviot to £118 av £88 Fleets Farms
Herdwick to £52 av £40 Lambert Mile House
Charollais to £132 EG Thornalley
Rouge to £122 EG Thornalley