FORTHCOMING SALES
SATURDAY 5th FEBRUARY
MONTHLY SALE OF 230 STIRKS, WEANED CALVES AND YOUNG STORES
ALSO FIRST WINTER SALE OF 15 IN-KID GOATS

WEDNESDAY 9th FEBRUARY
FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF STORE & FEEDING SHEEP, ALSO INLAMB EWES, inc 100 Texel Shlgs & Young Ewes Sc IL to Texel for March (Enzo, Toxo, HP) from T Boothman Linton, also 25 Swale Ewes IL to BFL from J Hirst Halton Gill. 200 Mule Ewes Inlamb from CF Sparling, Otley. 80 Texel x Ewes inlamb from MJ&PJ Campbell, Arncliffe.
Also Annual Winter Sale of 20/25 Blue Faced Leicester Females (Inlamb Ewes & Geld Hoggs)

WEDNESDAY 16th FEBRUARY
CRAVEN CHAMPIONS SALE OF SHOW POTENTIAL CATTLE. (Tues Eve Show)
FEEDING BULLS, BEEF FEEDING CATTLE & STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS

SATURDAY 5th MARCH
SKIPTON AGRI TRADER, MACHINERY, PLANT SALES INC STONE & TIMBER
ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE



Feeding Bulls – a ring full of buyers for an increased entry of feeding bulls and prices continued at similar levels as the purchasers compete to fill pens with first draw Spring born bulls. 12 month old bulls in forward condition in short supply and very good to sell at £1350-£1500. Noticeably vendors presenting large lots of 9-10 month old Continental bulls saw a good following as buyers looked for cattle of similar ages from the same holding. Overall bull average was £1175.

Feeding Cows – a good entry of beef cows carrying flesh and trade on the up reflecting improved abattoir demand. Heavy continental cows £1300-£1410, lean first cross beef cows £900-£1000, plain cows £650-£700.

Stores - Strong stores with flesh selling similar to last week with dairy bred 15–18-month goods a touch better to sell. Angus bullocks sold to £1185 from CN&SA Harrison, Skipton. Some big framed Angus bullocks £1100-£1185 but with a shortage of flesh on this type today. Mediums Angus bullocks 15-18 months of age £980-£1080. Angus heifers with frame and flesh sold very well. Top Price of £1200 from KP Drinkall, Gargrave. Other strong fleshy heifers £1070-£1100.
Best bred Continental heifers met a fantastic trade especially for anything with a good thick end of any age and short-term goods of all grades. Best thick short-term heifers £1300+ F&A Walmsley, Blackburn had a run of Lim heifers which sold at £1380, £1480, £1480, £1510. Other good ended heifers with less weight about £1220-£1300. More commercial feeder £1080-£1160 unless weight and flesh were forward on a commercial beast and £1200 could be achieved.
Blues similar with a top price of £1280 from P&J Brown, Otley for his dairy cross blue heifer. Other dairy bred blue as nice feeders with frame but not too soft £1100-£1190. Smaller feeding end £980-£1060.
Continental bullocks no different with trade really. A couple of regular faces unable to attend today but buyers from a far kept the bullocks a strong trade. CT&EM Hammond, Harrogate sold 14–15-month-old bullocks to £1450 for Blonde X. Blue bullocks sold to £1360 for a strong beast with plenty of flesh from M Ryder & Sons, Harrogate. Dairy bred blue bullocks sold to £1250 from E&MA Burrow & Son, Lancaster. Other strong fleshed bullocks £1160-£1240. Commercial feeding blue bullocks sold at £1080-£1140. Plainer end either side of £1000.
Black & White Bullocks £895-£940 for 16–18-month-old feeders. Black & Whites with more age and frame £980-£1015.
Suckled calves a nice trade with buyers out in force for the smart bullocks and heifers. Lim heifer from JC Walker, Clitheroe sold a 12-month-old sweet heifer at £1320. Best of the best heifers sold at £1050-£1200 for 8–12-month goods. Other good ended heifers at similar age £920-£1000. Commercial yearling heifers £720-£880. Best Yearling bullocks £1100-£1300 again. With good ended bullocks that are likely to make strong feeders selling around the £900-£1020. And more commercial goods just a touch less.
Next Fortnight is the Annual “Craven Champions” Show & Sale. Entries to the Mart Office.



NEXT SALE – WEDNESDAY 15th FEBRUARY 2022.
CRAVEN CHAMPIONS SHOW & SALE (TUES EVE)
700 HEAD comprising 175 Young Bulls, 50 Beef Bred feeding Cows, 450 Bullocks and Heifers
& 15 Breeding Cattle

Catalogue Entries close 4pm Wednesday 9th February


Prices and Averages
Young Bulls Continental x average £1188, Native average £989

Charollais x (Av £1127)
£1340 £1170 FC N M Walker; £1260 DW Barker; £1140 £1080 £1050 £930 G&M Harrison;
Simmental x (Av £1066)
£1280 £1150 £1100 £970 RD Elliott; £900 F Stephenson;
Limousin x (Av £1221)
£1520 JH&SM Stancliffe; £1510 RJ Pickles; £1500 RS Harker; £1490 S&T Fawcett; £1490 J Pickles; £1490 MJ&A Carr; £1480 D&J Carlisle; £1480 JM Townsend;
Brit Blue x (Av £1055)
£1310 £1145 £1100 M Taylor; £1310 £1260 £1170 RP Holt; £1070 £980 F Stephenson; £940 £860 L Driver;
Ab Angus (Av £1087)
£1310 Thwiate Bros; £1150 DW Barker; £1120 J Baines; £1100 CR&J Kippax; £1080 Thwaite Bros; £920 E&E Metcalfe;
Blonde (Av £1159)
£1400 £1200 £1070 £1030 Roger Wood; £1390 £1360 £1300 £1280 JA&J Harper; £1260 £1190 Saddle End Farms;
Hereford (Av £672)
£830 T Walker; £530 £50 CM&J Stott;
Stabiliser (Av £1230)
£1340 £1120 J&A Smales;



Beef Bred Feeding Cows av £1059. Bulls av £1115

Simmental to £1130 av £1063
Limousin to £1250 av £938
AA to £1410 av £1124
Shorthorn to £1320 av £1032
Hereford to £1300
Saler to £850
Brit Blue to £1400 av £1234
B&W to £1150
Stabiliser to £840 av £780

Limousin Bull to £1380
Red Pol Bull to £850

Top prices - £1410 £1310 GT Booth; £1400 JA Key; £1380 MD Parkinson; £1360 GJ Edwards; £1350 Fair Place Farm; £1320 JA Key; £1300 DG Boothman; £1280 JC&N Throup; £1250 Ellis Bros;


Store Bullocks – Continental x average £1022, Native average £909
Charollais (Av £1116)
£1300 RP Holt; £1140 £910 GS&SI Bartlett;
Simmental x (Av £1320)
£1320 N&J Thwaite;
Limousin x (Av £954)
£1420 CT&EM Hammond; £1380 £1230 M Ryder & Son; £1140 B Mellin; £1140 RN Verity; 1100 CJ&J Harker; £1080 DE&CP Sayer;
Blonde (Av £1180)
£1450 £1320 £1090 £1030 £1010 CT&EM Hammond;
Ab Angus (Av £888)
£1185 £1100 CN&SA Harrison; £1180 B Mellin; £1175 RN Verity; £980 Thwiate Bros; £970 J Butler; £880 B Snowden;
Brit Blue x (Av £1069)
£1360 M Ryder & Son; £1250 £1240 £1200 E&MA Burrow; £1180 D Broadbent; £1170 AE Schindler; £1150 £1130 MP Jennings;
B&W (Av £906)
£1015 £995 £940 B Mellin; £935 £895 GD&JC Holme; £855 £800 BJ&L Sutcliffe;
Hereford (Av £1280)
£1280 KP Drinkall;
Mont Bel (Av £1135)
£1180 £1140 £1040 SW&JE Ryder;


Store Heifers – Continental x average £1088, Native average £903
Charollais x (Av £1129)
£1300 £1170 £1150 £1090 G&R Bulmer; £1155 B&LN Dibb;
Simmental (Av £1235)
£1235 N&J Thwiate;
Limousin x (Av £1066)
£1510 £1480 £1390 F&A Walmsley; £1320 JC Walker & Son; £1300 JB&AH Coates; £1290 RP Holt; £1260 M Ryder & Son;
Blonde (Av £1236)
£1530 £1020 CT&EM Hammond; £1160 ML Evans;
Ab Angus (Av £904)
£1200 £1070 KP Drinkall; £1080 GJ Edwards; £1015 CN&SA Harrison; £980 RN verity; £915 W Furniss; £910 J Butler;
Saler (Av £892)
£955 £830 JJ&J Woof;
Brit Blue x (Av £1081)
£1280 P&J Brown; £1230 £1160 J Lord; £1190 G&R Bulmer; £1170 MP Jennings; £1160 S Schofield; £1160 Ellis Bros; £1160 L Akrigg; £1160 M Ryder & Son;


7 Fortnightly Breeding Cattle –

Sim x Cow with Sim Bull Calf to £1850
Limousin Incalf Hfr to £1160

CONTACT DETAILS
Skipton Auction Mart
Gargrave Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1UD
Tel 01756 792375

Jeremy Eaton 07747 780481
Ted Ogden 07855 958211
Kyle Hawksworth 07538 539077