September Sale of Stirks & Young Stores. Forward – 545 head cattle.

Today's rare breed sale saw an entry of various breeds.Full report to follow. 

8th Annual Sale of Pedigree and Pure Bred Goats.

CCM conducted their Autumn Sale of Pedigree and Pure Bred Breeding Goats where 140 head were forward for sale.
 

Single Vendor Sale

The first single vendor sale of poultry and waterfowl at Skipton

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep

Forward: 4,715 Head, Overall av £97.67

Forward:

18 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle (under 30 mos)  & Cast Cattle

3466 Prime Sheep comprising 2655 Spring Lambs & 811 Cast Ewes & Rams & 6 Goats
77 Rearing Calves

62 Pedigree Breeding Sheep (separate report for Kerry Hill and Clun Forest)

At the second Society Show and Sale of Kerry Hill Sheep held on behalf of the Kerry Hill Flock Book Society

INAUGURAL CLUN FOREST

A new fixture for a pedigree Bank Holiday sale was the sale of registered pedigree Clun breeding Sheep.

Forward:  480 head of cattle
Comprising:   445 Feeding Cattle (47 Young Bulls, 24 Beef Feeding Cows, 374 Bullocks & Heifers) & 35 Breeding Cattle.

Annual Show & Sale of Ewes, Shearlings & Rams.

Forward: 4,516 Head - 4233 Shearlings & 283 Ewes.

Forward:

33 Prime cattle comprising 17 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 16 Cast Cattle

4552 Prime Sheep comprising 3605 Spring Lambs & 947 Cast Ewes & Rams
72 Rearing Calves

15 Dairy

Forward:

16 Cast Cattle 
72 Rearing Calves
15 Dairy

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep

Forward: 2328 Head, Overall av £113.79

Forward:

10 Prime cattle comprising 5 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 5 Cast Cattle

3,788 Prime Sheep comprising 2,760 Spring Lambs & 1028 Cast Ewes & Rams
38 Rearing Calves

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep

Forward: 4,806 Head, Overall av £101.69

Forward:

21 Prime cattle comprising 11 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 10 Cast Cattle

3,311 Prime Sheep comprising 2170 Spring Lambs & 1141 Cast Ewes, Rams & Goats
30 Rearing Calves

10 Dairy

Forward:
21 Prime cattle comprising 11 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 10 Cast Cattle

3,311 Prime Sheep
30 Rearing Calves
10 Dairy

Forward:  274 head of cattle
Comprising:   269 Feeding Cattle (41 Young Bulls, 25 Beef Feeding Cows, 203 Bullocks & Heifers) & 5 Breeding Cattle.

4 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & Cast Cattle
3406 Prime Sheep comprising 2454 Spring Lambs & 952 Cast Ewes & Rams
5 Rearing Calves
154 Early Breeding Sheep
 

Top Price of 10,000gns at the live Field Sale of 32 Dogs

Welsh handler Barbara Meek, Wyverne Border Collies, with Brontallt Gem, 10,000gns top dog on price at today's CCM working sheepdog field sale, joined by buyer John Atkinson, White Rose Sheepdogs.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep

Forward: 3458 Head, Overall av £115.96

Forward:

21 Prime cattle comprising 10 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), & 11 Cast Cattle

3,054 Prime Sheep comprising 2163 Spring Lambs & 891 Cast Ewes & Rams
71 Rearing Calves

4 Dairy

11 Cast Cattle

71 Rearing Calves

4 Dairy

Forward:  402 head of cattle
Comprising:   392 Feeding Cattle (80 Young Bulls, 32 Beef Feeding Cows & 3 Stock Bulls, 277 Bullocks & Heifers) & 10 Breeding Cattle.

Forward:

6 Prime cattle comprising 6 Cast Cattle

2,095 Prime Sheep comprising 1615 Spring Lambs & 480 Cast Ewes & Rams
21 Rearing Calves

Opening Catalogue Show & Sale of Store Lambs

Forward: 2427 Head, Overall av £117.30 (2024 average £102.97)

Forward:

17 Prime cattle comp 11 Clean (under 30 mos), 2 Clean (over 30 mos) & 4 Cast Cattle

3,081 Prime Sheep comprising 2374 Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & 707 Cast Ewes & Rams
45 Rearing Calves

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle.

Forward – 364 head cattle

531 LOTS FORWARD FOR SALE.

CCM Auctions conducted another very successful on site sale machinery

Forward:

7 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 4 Cast Cattle
2,340 Prime Sheep comprising 1631 Spring Lambs, 155 Prime Hoggs & 554 Cast Ewes & Rams
15 Rearing Calves
30 Breeding Sheep
5 Dairy

5 Dairy - Next sale 21st July.
15 Rearing Calves to £750 - Sales Every Monday at 10:30am

Evans £13700 top CCM working
sheepdog bitch heads to Italy

Forward:  258 head of cattle
Comprising:   258 Feeding Cattle (78 Young Bulls, 14 Beef Feeding Cows & 3 Stock Bulls, 163 Bullocks & Heifers)

PLEASE NOTE - NEXT SALE WED 16TH JULY

Forward:

18 Prime cattle comprising 1 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), & 17 Cast Cattle

2,773 Prime Sheep comprising 1599 Spring Lambs, 461 Prime Hoggs & 713 Cast Ewes & Rams
13 Rearing Calves

73 Breeding Sheep

Forward:

10 Prime cattle comprising 8 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), & 2 Cast Cattle

2,162 Prime Sheep comprising 1059 Spring Lambs, 487 Prime Hoggs & 616 Cast Ewes & Rams
43 Rearing Calves

36 Breeding Sheep

4 Dairy

43 Rearing Calves &

4 Dairy

Forward – 294 head cattle

Forward:  274 head of cattle
Comprising:   272 Feeding Cattle (70 Young Bulls, 17 Beef Feeding Cows, 185 Bullocks & Heifers) & 2 Breeding Cattle.

Forward:

2 Prime cattle comprising 2 Cast Cattle

1,440 Prime Sheep comprising 964 Spring Lambs, 219 Prime Hoggs & 257 Cast Ewes & Rams
22 Rearing Calves

261 Breeding Sheep

Airedale Aberdeen Angus On FArm Production Sale – 80 head. On behalf of D&J Isherwood.

Top price Lot 1 Shadwell Evora U055 selling for 10,500gns.

Full report to follow.

Forward:
18 Prime cattle comprising Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & Cast Cattle

4,267 Prime Sheep comprising 847 Spring Lambs, 2,672 Prime Hoggs & 748 Cast Ewes & Rams
34 Rearing Calves

253 Breeding Sheep

7 Dairy

7 Dairy & 34 Calves.

The early June dairy sale met with a very strong trade to average £2487 and a total clearance.

Trade was led by the days Champion tapped forward by judge Rob Marshall of Dacre

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle. 

Forward – 317 head cattle – 29 Bulls & 288 Bullocks & Heifers

Annual Show & Sale of Belted Galloway & White Galloway Cattle.  19 Head. Leading price at the Annual Show & Sale of Belted Galloway Cattle Lot 9 selling for 6200gns

Forward:  383 head of cattle
Comprising:   321 Feeding Cattle (88 Young Bulls, 28 Beef Feeding Cows, 205 Bullocks & Heifers) & 56 Breeding Cattle inc 6 Pedigree Cattle.

The Lingfields Cattle Fair saw a very strong late season trade for pedigree breeding bulls. After last fortnights successful sale of Limousins there remained customers keen to secure bull

Forward:

3 Prime cattle comprising 3 Cast Cattle

3425 Prime Sheep comprising 899 Spring Lambs, 1807 Prime Hoggs & 719 Cast Ewes & Rams
46 Rearing Calves

836 Breeding Sheep

33 Pedigree Sheep

836 Breeding Sheep inc BANK HOLIDAY BLUES SALE. 

Next Sale - Monday 2nd June. 

The Spring Sale of Pedigree Blue Texel Females saw a sale leading price of 1800gns paid for a ewe with lamb at foot from Neil Blenkhorn’s first part dispersal

Barnard Castle bitch Jet soars to 8400gns
top at CCM Skipton working sheepdog sale
The bragging rights for top dog at CCM Skipton Auction Mart’s Spring field sale of 35 working
sheep dogs

Please see detailed information about the Blue Tongue Zone & Restrictions

Forward:

13 Prime cattle comprising 4 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 7 Cast Cattle

3,269 Prime Sheep comprising 521 Spring Lambs, 2,170 Prime Hoggs & 579 Cast Ewes & Rams
39 Rearing Calves

479 Breeding Sheep

39 Rearing Calves. Sold to £900 per head. Champion Calf from JC Marshall. 

479 Breeding Sheep

Another strong entry this week with a trade similar on the week with some outfits looking a shade sharper, top of the trade was  J&J Hemmingway, Ripon with a pen of 5 crop correct texel ewes with twins selling away nicely at £368

Forward:  576 head of cattle
Comprising:   533 Feeding Cattle (156 Young Bulls, 24 Beef Feeding Cows, 353 Bullocks & Heifers), 8 Breeding Cattle & 35 Pedigree Cattle.

CRAVEN LIMOUISN DAY

35 Head.
Top price at the Craven Limousin Day and at 8500gns was Tomschoice Usurper a November 2023 intermediate bull (second prize) from the Tomschoice herd belonging to JM&SP Cooper from Dacre

NORTHERN LIMOUSIN EXTRAVAGANZA SHOW - Commercial heifer is overall winner at
Northern Limousin Extravaganza

Forward:

9 Prime cattle comprising 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 8 Cast Cattle

2,541 Prime Sheep comprising 199 Spring Lambs, 1838Prime Hoggs & 504 Cast Ewes & Rams
23 Rearing Calves

463 Breeding Sheep

268 Pieces of Border Fine Arts, Beswick, Toys & Collectables. 80% clearance.

Forward – 312 head cattle.

Black & White bulls at 6/7-month-old sold at £710 for a trio from J Caygill & Partners, Skipton. A larger entry of native bulls forward with P Robinson, Barnoldswick selling a pair at £1380

Forward – 864 lots.

CCM Auctions Conducted their quarterly sale of Machinery, Reclaim, Implements, Stone & Timber where the new format of an early evening sale attracted a massive crowd.

Forward:

3 Prime cattle comprising 3 Cast Cattle

3,951 Prime Sheep comprising 323 Spring Lambs, 3,020 Prime Hoggs & 608 Cast Ewes & Rams
55 Rearing Calves

1475 Breeding Sheep

1475 Breeding Sheep for todays weekly sale including The Annual May Day Sale of Geld Gimmer Hoggs & Hoggs with Lambs at Foot. 

Forward:  563 head of cattle
Comprising:   535 Feeding Cattle (126 Young Bulls, 19 Beef Feeding Cows, 390 Bullocks & Heifers) & 28 Pedigree Breeding Cattle.

The Spring sale of Pedigree British Blue Breeding Cattle known as ‘Blue Wednesday’ saw a solid entry of cattle with a good selection of mobile correct bulls

In the Native and other breeds section the most noteable price was 3200gns achieved by a Lincoln red bull from Mesrs J&E Bradley&Sons

This was the first Spring sale of Beef Shorthorn breeding cattle and the sale was supported by the Beef Shorthorn Society. Stuart and Sue Hardcastle brought a strong lineup headed up by their 2 year old well grown bull, Marrgrange Trojan

Forward: 9 Prime cattle comprising 4 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 5 Cast Cattle. 3,209 Prime Sheep comprising 107 Spring Lambs, 2,502 Prime Hoggs & 600 Cast Ewes & Rams. 14 Rearing Calves. 690 Breeding Sheep (273 Outfits). 37 Dairy Cattle including 22 Jersey Dairy Cattle

Dairy - 37 head. Calves - 14 head.
A strong dairy entry met solid trade to round off the last sale of April, with Holstein and Jersey entry’s relatively evenly matched and offering plenty of choice for those ringside at CCM today.

Breeding Sheep: Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Forward 273 Outfits

A large entry of Sheep with Lambs for the Weekly Sale sold away very nicely for a more commercial entry after last weeks quality seen at the Easter Show-Sale.

Forward:

13 Prime cattle comprising 5 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 1 Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & 7 Cast Cattle

1,933 Prime Sheep comprising 89 Spring Lambs, 1510 Prime Hoggs & Cast Ewes & 334 Rams
61 Rearing Calves

848 Breeding Sheep comprising 328 Families

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle

Forward:  648 head of cattle
Comprising: 648 Feeding Cattle (105 Young Bulls, 33 Beef Feeding Cows & 2 Stock Bulls, 508 Bullocks & Heifers)

Forward:

8 Prime cattle comprising 8 Cast Cattle

3,243 Prime Sheep comprising 168 Spring Lambs, 2,369 Prime Hoggs & 706 Cast Ewes & Rams
16 Rearing Calves

631 Breeding Sheep

Forward:

15 Prime cattle comprising 5 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 10 Cast Cattle

4,022 Prime Sheep comprising 20 Spring Lambs, 3412 Prime Hoggs & 590 Cast Ewes & Rams
63 Rearing Calves

281 Breeding Sheep

12 Dairy

63 Rearing Calves & 12 Dairy.

The early April dairy sale at CCM Skipton was another that did not disappoint - the sun was shining and quality heifers were again keenly sought and met strong trade.

216 Breeding Sheep
A nice show of sheep and trade nice and warm with a good crowd of buyers keen. Best Continental Twin Outfits to £400

Forward – 367 head cattle & 1 Donkey.

Grazing cattle buyers out in force with new and regular vendors all leaving delighted.

Llion roars to £9000 top at CCM Skipton online working sheep dog sale

South-West Wales handler and triallist, Llion Harries, was top dog on price with a £9000 sale of his beautifully bred rising two-year-old black, white and mottled Jim 

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle

Forward:  541 head of cattle
Comprising:   541 Feeding Cattle (148 Young Bulls, 35 Beef Feeding Cows & 1 Stock Bull, 357 Bullocks & Heifers)

Forward:

4 Prime cattle comprising 4 Cast Cattle

3,362 Prime Sheep comprising 2964 Prime Hoggs, 14 Spring Lambs & 384 Cast Ewes & Rams
26 Rearing Calves

213 Breeding Sheep

Rearing Calves to £860

Sales Every Monday at 10:30am

A strong entry of calves with trade on fire. A big thank you to Jack Monk for judging the calves and a big thank you to all the vendors for bringing calves forward for judging.

Forward:

16 Prime cattle comprising 16 Cast Cattle

4,862 Prime Sheep comprising 4147 Prime Hoggs & 715 Cast Ewes & Rams
89 Rearing Calves

107 Breeding Sheep

Breeding Sheep

Numbers slightly less on the week with 40 outfits on offer with a super run of strong continental ewes with January and Febuary born lambs making the trip across from A Barrett, Selby.

Fortnightly Sale.

Forward:  389 head of cattle
Comprising:   389 Feeding Cattle (115 Young Bulls, 16 Beef Feeding Cows & Stock Bull, 258 Bullocks & Heifers)

Forward:

8 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), & 5 Cast Cattle

2,690 Prime Sheep comprising 2,387 Prime Hoggs & 303 Cast Ewes & Rams
15 Rearing Calves

216 Breeding Sheep

12 Dairy

Forward:

8 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), & 5 Cast Cattle

15 Rearing Calves

12 Dairy

216 Breeding Sheep

The largest entry of the season so far was presented at CCM’s Weekly Sale of Sheep with lambs at foot at Skipton on Monday, which included the Early Show & Sale of Pairs of Sheep with lambs at Foot.
 

Forward:

2 Prime cattle comprising of 2 Cast Cattle

2,472 Prime Sheep comprising 2113 Prime Hoggs & 359 Cast Ewes & Rams
59 Rearing Calves

90 Breeding Sheep

90 Breeding Sheep. 

With the sun shining this morning a busy ringside was present looking to secure ewes and lambs, more forward on the week as vendors take advantage of a buoyant trade for all classes

Forward – 62 Lots. Border Fine Arts, Beswick, Toys & Collectables.

A small show of Bird & Nature pieces, toys, collectables and train sets.

Forward – 638 head cattle: 113 Bulls, 1 Cow & 524 Bullocks & Heifers.

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle where a very large entry of 638 was presented for sale

Forward:  538 head of cattle

Comprising:   538 Feeding Cattle (175 Young Bulls, 27 Beef Feeding Cows & Stock Bulls, 339 Bullocks & Heifers) & 2 Breeding Cattle.

Next Sale - Wednesday 19th March

Forward:

7 Prime cattle comprising 2 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 5 Cast Cattle

7 Dairy
9 Rearing Calves

Forward:

7 Prime cattle comprising 2 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 5 Cast Cattle

2,124 Prime Sheep comprising 1713 Prime Hoggs & 411 Cast Ewes & Rams
49 Rearing Calves

31 Breeding Sheep

7 Dairy

Forward:

31 Breeding Sheep

Weekly Sales at 11.30am. 

Show - Monday 17th March

Fly flies to 7200gns top and Norway at
CCM live working sheep dog sale
Flying away with top call of 7200gns at CCM Skipton’s live field-run working sheep dog sale

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep

Forward: 457 Head,
414 Store Lambs av £108.58.   11 Feeding Ewes av £122.18    32 Breeding Sheep av £251.25

Forward:
13 Prime/Cast Cattle comprising Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), Clean Cattle (over 30 mos) & Cast Cattle
3,370 Prime Sheep comprising 2,741 Prime Hoggs & 629 Cast Ewes & Rams
98 Rearing Calves
57 Breeding Sheep

Forward:  527 head of cattle
Comprising:   521 Feeding Cattle (142 Young Bulls, 27 Beef Feeding Cows, 352 Bullocks & Heifers) & 6 Breeding Cattle.

Forward:

12 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), & 9 Cast Cattle.

3,198 Prime Sheep comprising 2554 Prime Hoggs & 644 Cast Ewes & Rams
21 Rearing Calves

79 Breeding Sheep

11 Dairy

Forward:

12 Prime cattle comprising 3 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), & 9 Cast Cattle.

21 Rearing Calves & 11 Dairy

The Spring Breeding Sheep Season got off in full swing today with a very good entry penned for sale and a full ringside of customers lined up looking for outfits.

Forward:  793 Head,
58 Breeding Sheep: Av £240.78
724 Store Lambs: Av £116.31

11 Feeding Ewes: Av £95.45

Forward:

1 Prime cattle comprising 1 Cast Cow

2,096 Prime Sheep comprising 1674 Prime Hoggs & 422 Cast Ewes & Rams
31 Rearing Calves

Forward – 864 lots

A very busy day with 455 lots in the outdoor section and 409 lots indoors.
The peak prices were all in the trailer section, with 20 trailers of varying types consigned for sale

Forward – 430 head cattle.

Another super entry of 427 stirks and young stores sold. A busy ring side of buyers looking to secure grazing cattle and many more could have been sold

Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle

Forward:  493 head of cattle
Comprising:   487 Feeding Cattle (132 Young Bulls, 32 Beef Feeding Cows & Stock Bulls, 323 Bullocks & Heifers) & 6 Breeding Cattle.

Forward:

13 Prime cattle comprising 2 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos), 2 Prime Bulls, & 9 Cast Cattle

3,062 Prime Sheep comprising 2495 Prime Hoggs & 567 Cast Ewes & Rams
33 Rearing Calves

38 Dairy

33 Rearing Calves & 

38 Dairy. It’s been a day of strong trade at the early February CCM dairy sale at Skipton particularly for in calf heifers.

Kevin Evans' top price Welsh bitch bought by American horse trainer

Renowned Welsh sheepdog handler, breeder and prolific trials winner, Kevin Evans, from Llwynfedwen, Brecon, was on top of his game once again after claiming the top price

Forward: 1211 head
Store Lambs: 1149 Head, Overall av £111.98
Feeding Ewes: 11 Head, Overall av £90.91
Breeding Sheep: 62 Head, Overall av £198.14

12 Prime cattle comprising 1 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 11 Cast Cattle

1,595 Prime Sheep comprising 1292 Prime Hoggs & 303 Cast Ewes & Rams
49 Rearing Calves

Forward:  626 head of cattle
Comprising:   620 Feeding Cattle (149 Young Bulls, 33 Beef Feeding Cows & Bulls, 438 Bullocks & Heifers) & 6 Breeding Cattle.

Forward:

52 Rearing Calves &

8 Dairy Cattle. 

Forward:

14 Prime cattle comprising 1 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 13 Cast Cattle

2,739 Prime Sheep comprising 2197 Prime Hoggs & 542 Cast Ewes & Rams
52 Rearing Calves

8 Dairy

CCM Auctions Conducted their Monthly Sale of Stirks, Weaned Calves and Young Store Cattle. Forward – 329 head cattle.

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Hoggs & Feeding Ewes

Forward: 1643 Head, Overall av £116.61

115 Rearing Calves to £670
Sales Every Monday at 10:30am
A tremendous entry of 115 calves forward today with a very pleasing trade

Forward:

7 Prime cattle comprising 7 Cast Cattle

2,644 Prime Sheep comprising 2224 Prime Hoggs & 420 Cast Ewes & Rams
115 Rearing Calves

Forward:  504 head of cattle
Comprising:   504 Feeding Cattle (96 Young Bulls, 29 Beef Feeding Cows, 379 Bullocks & Heifers)

Forward:

12 Prime cattle comprising 5 Clean Cattle (under 30 mos) & 7 Cast Cattle

59 Rearing Calves

21 Dairy