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Kindly Sponsored by Eden Farm Supplies, SSBA (B District), RW Brown Agricultural & Motor Engineer & Denton Cars, Skipton.

 

Quality was in demand at the annual January individual show and sale of pedigree female sheep. 

The sale commenced with a the new MV section which included Badger Face Texels and Dutch Spotted. Badger face Texels from MW & HE Pedley, Little Musgrave twice sold to £500 for gimmer hoggs. Dutch Spotted gimmer hoggs from J Stead, North Yorkshire twice sold to £300. 

 

There was an increased entry of Bluefaced Leicester’s this year. Quality hoggs in big demand with lots of purchasers looking to buy in lamb sheep. The pre-sale show saw some impressive classes for our judge James Lawson to cast his eye over whom we thank for his time and expertise. The championship rosette was awarded to the first prize gimmer hogg, Redgate T70 from WM Hutchinson & Son, it was met with eager bidding going on to sell for £7000 purchased on behalf of Millie Richardson, Dufton. The reserve champion rosette was awarded to the second prize gimmer hogg Greenow T016 from M Allan, Knock Hall Farm selling to £2,800. The market topped at £11,000 for the much-admired gimmer Hogg Hewgill/T036 from M/s Lord attracting much attention ringside and eager bidding selling to M Anderson, Aberdeen with other gimmer hoggs from the same home selling to £3000. 

 

In-lamb Leicester gimmer shearlings a strong trade and in demand, more could have been sold to the advantage of vendors. The first prize gimmer Midlock S123 from J Wight & Sons sold to a top £4500 purchased by M Anderson, Aberdeen who also purchased the pen leader from JC & E Pedley & Sons selling to £2500 who sold others to £2000. The aged in lamb ewes sold to a top of £2400 for the first prize winner from C & R Metcalf. The pen other in lamb sheep from AC & K Pye of the Emmetts flock sold the second prize gimmer shearling to £2000 and a one crop ewe to £1,800.

 

The Swaledale judging was in the hands of Laurie Blades who we thank for his time and expertise. The Hallam family of High Birkwith enjoyed a successful day taking the championship rosette with the first prize ewe, which went on to sell for £2,600 with the reserve championship rosette awarded to the first prize gimmer shearling from the same home selling for £2,500 both purchased by J Tully, Eggleston. The first prize gimmer hogg was consigned by J & SJ Bland that went onto sell for £1000. 

 

The sale of in lamb Herdwicks was deemed a success with a buoyant trade throughout the sale. Leading the way was the consignment from AD & T Harrison, Holmbrook selling to a top of £1,200 purchased by R Marwood & Son. A successful day for the Harrisons sold other Herdwick ewes to £650, £450 twice and £400.      

 

BLUEFACED LEICESTER

Show and Sale of Individual Bluefaced Leicester Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings and Gimmer Hoggs for the Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders Association

 

Forward: 53 Sheep

 

Judged by James Lawson, Gragareth

 

Hoggs    

1st & Champion - Lot 42 - WM Hutchinson & Son, £7000    

2nd & Res Champion - Lot 23 - M Allan, £2800                

3rd - Lot 59 - Messrs Lord, £11000    

4th - Lot 60 - Messrs Lord, £3000

    

Ewes              

1st - Lot 29 - C & R Metcalf, £2400         

2nd - Lot 9 - AR Edmondson, £1800

3rd - Lot 39 - AC Pye, £1800     

4th - Lot 21 - JC & E Pedley & Sons, £2000

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Shearlings   

1st - Lot 44 - J Wight & Sons, £4500    

2nd - Lot 40 - AC Pye, £2000    

3rd - Lot 45 - J Wight & Sons, £1000

4th - Lot 19 - JC & E Pedley & Sons, £2500

 

Leading Prices: 

Hoggs – Messrs Lord £11000, £3000; WM Hutchinson & Son £7000; Knock Hall Farm (M Allan) £2800; JA&R Caton £1800;

J Wight & Sons £1600 x 2; B Wight £1600; AC Pye £1400, Av. £1659

Ewes – C & R Metcalf £2400; AR Edmonson £1800, £1200 x 2; AC Pye £1800;  Av. £1680

Shearlings – J Wight & Sons £4500, £1700, £1600; JC & E Pedley & Sons £2500, £2000, £1800, £1600; AC Pye £2000, £1400;

B Wight £1600, Av. £1673.

 

SWALEDALE

Show and Sale of Individual Swaledale Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings and Gimmer Hoggs for the Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association

 

Forward: 11 Sheep

 

Judged by Laurie Blades

 

Shearlings    

1st & Champion - Lot 81 - P Hallam, £2600            

2nd - Lot 74 - J Bland, £NS                               

3rd - Lot 68 - O Acton, £250

 

Ewes        

1st & Res Champion - Lot 82 - P Hallam, £2500

2nd - Lot 66 - O Acton, £350    

3rd - Lot 65 - O Acton, £NS

 

Hoggs    

1st - Lot 77 - J & SJ Bland, £1000

2nd - Lot 78 - L Bland, £920

                       

Leading Prices;

Shearlings – P Hallam £2500, Av. £812

Hoggs – J & SJ Bland, £1000, Av. £600

Ewes – P Hallam £2600; JS&J Bland £1000; £450 JR&SL Pratt Av. £426

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HERDWICK

 

Leading Prices:

Shearlings – AD & T Harrison £350; £250; £200 x 2; D & DL Norman £200, £150 x 2 Av. £214

Ewes – AD & T Harrison £1200; £650; £450 x 2; £400; DL & D Norman £300, £200 Av. £521

 

BADGER FACE TEXELS

 

Leading Prices:

Hoggs - MW & HE Pedley £500 x 2.

 

DUTCH SPOTTED 

 

Leading Prices:

Hoggs – J Stead £300 x 2.

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Tuesday 14th January 2025

 

Forward: 9 Calves 2445 Sheep comprising 2099 Prime Hoggs & 346 Cast Ewes & Rams.

 

PRIME HOGGS

Prime hoggs continue to be in demand with the trade holding firm for a larger entry in excess of 2000 hoggs forward.

There was an overall market average of 311p/kg.

Stealing the headlines today was a consignment of heavy weight Beltex x ram hoggs from WN Avison & Son, Melmerby selling to £218, £210, £200 x4 and £190 x2. Other leading prices for heavy weight Texels was £198 and £190 from A Lodge, Malham Moor. The consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington sold to £181 followed by £180 from RF Lambert, Bainbridge and J & J Postlethwaite, Howgill with plenty of pens heavy weight continental hoggs selling in the one hundred and seventies. Handy weighted continental hoggs continued to be in most demand and keenly sought after selling between 340p/kg and 360p/kg.  Best conformation hoggs sold in excess of 370p/kg topping at 390p/kg from BC Gregg, Masham selling 40kg hoggs to £156.

Mule hogg trade continues to be very similar at Hawes. Heavy weight mules sold to a top of £160 from M Walker, Skipton with other mules weighing in the region of 50kg selling in the region of £150. Mules in the mid forty kilo range in strongest demand regularly selling between 315p/kg and 320p/kg. 

Horned hoggs continue to meet plenty of demand in Hawes with heavy weight Swaledale hoggs weighing in excess of 50kg regularly selling in the region of the mid one hundred and forties. They sold to a top of £149 numerous times from WN Avison & Son, Melmerby; GJ & ME Walker, Dunsop Bridge; DL Mudd, Buckden and MR & LE Rukin, Keld who sold other pens to £148. The consignment from R & E Cowperthwaite, Stockdale sold two big pen fulls to £148 and £147. Buyers keen to purchase Swaledale hoggs well fleshed. Light weight Swaledale hoggs a sharper trade today and keenly sought after regularly selling in the region of 300p/kg.

Dalesbred hoggs sold to a top of £143.50 at 46kg from TW Clark & Son, York followed by 44kg hoggs from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton. Lonks sold to £143 at 45kg from MP & HM York, Howgill. Rough fell hoggs sold to a top of £146 from K Milburn & A Devlin, Sedbergh followed by the consignment from MP & HM York, Howgill. Scotch Blackface hoggs sold to £126 at 39kg from K Milburn & A Devlin, Sedbergh.

There was a handful of goats forward in which more could have been sold with demand high. They sold to £140 twice with smaller goats selling to £110 from RN Hoggarth, Howgill.  

Prime hoggs continued to be required on a weekly basis at Hawes auction. Please do come and try Hawes Auction and enjoy the hospitality of Alison and the team in the café.

         

Texel x to 390p, BC Gregg, Ellingstring, Av. 326p/kg  

Beltex to 373p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington, Av. 325p/kg

Suffolk to 337p, J Chapman, Hawes, Av. 322p/kg

Mule to 329p, GS Milburn, Dent, Av. 310p/kg   

Swales to 314p, WA & A Booth, Feizor, Av. 293p/kg

 

Overall Average: 311p/kg

    

Leading Prices:

Beltex - WN Avison & Son, £218, £210, £200 x2, £190 x2, £188, £185, £184 x3, £182, £180, R Mudd & Sons, £176, £169, £158, £144,

JR & LA Capstick, £164, GS Milburn, £151, D Hodgson, £150, J & J Postlethwaite, £144, PE & TJ Wilson, £142,

R & JM Harper, £141, Booth Brothers, £120.

Texel – A Lodge, £198, £190, £169, £160, JR & LA Capstick, £181, £150 x2, J& J Postlethwaite, £180, £164, RF Lambert, £180,

B & J Aconley, £179, £150, M Walker, £176, S Pillar, £174, £154.50 x2, £153,  S Reynoldson & Son, £174,

DA & MA Brown & Son, £172, £153, K Calvert Ltd, £170, £152, TW Clark & Sons, £170, £160 x2, £155, RF Lambert, £168,

JMW Brown & Son, £167.50, £157.50, GS Milburn, £166, RMS Livestock Ltd, £166, AP Moore, £165, £160, T Metcalfe, £165,

K Calvert Ltd, £162, BR Fawcett, £161, £155,  PE & TJ Wilson, £159, BC Gregg, £156, Whyte & Percival, £155.50, £150.50, 

AJ & L Hunter, £155, HW & G White, £154, £153, MK Verity, £154, R Capstick & Son, £151, R Wood & Son, £151.

Charollais - S Pillar, £184, £175.

Suffolk - TW Clark & Sons, £179, £160, AP Moore, £175, £169, JMW Brown & Son, £156, £150, SW & TA Milner, £148,

G Scott, £147.50, £129, MR & VL Parsons, £143, JF & GR Howard, £137, Coverhead Farms, £134.50, J Chapman, £128, SM Towler, £120, Booth Bros, 3119, J & JH Whaley, £106.

BFL - R & PR Banks & Son, £170, SD Thompson, £165, M Walker, £144.

Herdwick x - Woodend Farms, £165, £148.

Mules – M Walker, £160, JS & D Cloughton & Son, £152, R & E Cowperthwaite, £151, A Lodge, £150.50, DL Mudd, £150,

D Hodgson, £150, J Garth & Son, £149.50, SW & TA Milner, £149, £146.50, WA & A Booth, £148.50, J & I Whitaker, £148 x2,

R & RM Dent, £148, JW & JH Burton & Son, £147.50, RW Clarkson & Son, £147, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £147, £145,

T Dent & Son, £147, £146.50, SD Thompson, £146.50, £145, W & A Lambert & Son, £146, DA & MA Brown & Son, £145,

J Chapman, £145, R & R Gornall, £145, R Wood & Son, £145 x2, £141, W & A Lambert & Son, £144.50, J Allison & Sons, £143.50,

JF & GR Howard, £142.50, H Kirkbride & Son, £141.50, J & J Postlethwaite, £140.50.

Swaledales - MR & LE Rukin, £149, £148, £140x2, DL Mudd, £149, £145, £141, WN Avison & Son, £149, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £149,

R & E Cowperthwaite, £148, £147, £141.50, WC Porter & Son, £148, MM & CL Whitehead, £145.50, GJ & JM Scarr, £145,

DJ Amsden, £145, £142, WA & A Booth, £144.50, J Nelson & Son, £144.50, AD Coates & Son, £144, M Walker, £144, A Lodge, £144,

B Thornborrow, £144, R & PR Banks & Son, £142, J Scarr & Sons, £141, JA Alderson, £140.

Masham - SW & TA Milner, £149, £115, PD Bowdin, £123.50, A Lambert, £109.

Cheviot - E Booth, £146, JS & D Cloughton & Son, £144, RW Ewan, £136, £132, £117, JF & GR Howard, £132.50, J Chapman, £127,

J Alderson & Son, £118, LA Booth, £109, JR Blades, £107.

Rough Fell - K Milburn & A Devlin, £146, MP & HM York, £145, £137.50, £123.50, K Milburn & A Devlin, £114.

Dalesbred - TW Clark & Son, £143.50, R Capstick & Son, £137, M/S Coates, £124, PD Bowdin, £120.

Lonk - MP & HM York, £143.

Goat - RN Hoggarth, £140 x2, £110.

Blackface- K Milburn & A Devlin, £126, £120.

Gritstone - PE & TJ Wilson, £118.

 

CAST EWES & RAMS

346 Ewes forward trade still on the rise for anything with size or meat. There was a few more leaner ewes forward straight from scanning but still found buyers easy enough. Texels were topping the trade with 6 lots above £200 and topping at £230 for AJ Greensits who followed up with a Suffolk which made £215. Mules topped at £220 from HB Farms, Fadmoor with a further 9 lots between £170-£200. BFL reached £215 from CT & JE Willoughby. A great run of Blackface Ewes was sent from W Tyreman & Son and topped at £172 with 2 further lots at £139 & £130. A good run of Cheviot Ewes came from TW Clark & Son with a packet of 20 achieving £168 with another lot at £158. Swaledales topped at £126 for B & J Aconley followed by 2 lots at £120 with 8 lots above £100. More Rams forward topping at £222 from A Hollings for BFL Rams followed by a run of Beltex from WN Avison & Son making £220, £218, £202 x2, £198. Swales topped at £142 for RW & MA Suttill & Son with another 4 lots above £100. 

 

CAST EWES

Texel to £230, AJ Greensit, Ripon

Mules to £220, HB Farms, Fadmoor

BFL to £215, CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire

Suffolk to £215, AJ Greensit, Ripon

Blackface to £172, W Tyreman & Sons, Whitby

Cheviot to £168, TW Clark & Sons, York

Rough Fell to £128, AE Luffman, Howgill

Swaledale to £126, B & J Aconley, Farndale

Dalesbred to £82, RW & MA Suttill & Son, Carlton

 

CAST RAMS

BFL to £222, A Hollings, Whitby

Beltex to £220, WN Avison & Son, Melmerby

Texel to £198, K Calvert Ltd, Bainbridge

Romney to £188, GR Scarr, Askrigg

Suffolk to £182, A Hollings, Whitby

Swaledale to £142, RW & MA Suttill & Son, Carlton

 

CALVES

Excellent trade for 9 young Calves forward. Some nice sorts in today J Scarr & Sons brought a well grown Limousin Bull that achieved £660 and BRB for H Kirkbride & Son at £540. Heifers were topped with a nice BRB from B Clarkson with J Scarr & Sons following at £450, £440.

 

Bulls                  

Limousin to £660, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. £565

BRB to £540, H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg     

 

Heifers              

BRB to £550, B Clarkson, Bainbridge, Av. £465

Limousin to £450, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. £410  

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Saturday 11th January 2025

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SALE OF STORE & CULL CATTLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Forward: 85 Cattle, compromising 68 Store Cattle & 17 Cull Cattle

 

STORE CATTLE

Cattle with age and size were keenly bid on topping the trade was a big Limousin steer from JF & GR Howard. G & P Middleton fetched us a grand run of Lim x Angus x Cattle which topped at £2090 (Lim) and £2040 for A Angus they also topped the heifers at £1940 for a Limousin. Native cattle sold well with Herefords to £1720 from RW Ewan and Belted Galloways from J Dixon & Sons averaging £1070.

 

Leading Prices: Steers: 

Limousin – JF & GR Howard, £2150, G & P Middleton, £2090, £1980, £1940, S Alderson, £1900, £1890, £1780, J Alderson, £1220,

AT Pratt, £1170, C Guy, £910.

Aberdeen Angus - G & P Middleton, £2040, £2020, £1960, £1920, £1660.

Hereford - RW Ewan, £1720

Stabiliser - LC Scarr & Son,£1360

Belted Galloway - J Dixon & Sons, £1080, £1060.

Holstein - C Bell, £900

Steers Average - £1637.50

 

Leading Prices: Heifers: 

Limousin – G & P Middleton, £1940, £1660, JR Blades, £1840, £1420, S Alderson, £1650, BL Acton, £1620, £1380, AT Pratt, £1460,

S Alderson, £1450, MK Verity, £1200, J Alderson & Son, £960, C Guy, £840, £830, £790, £720.

Aberdeen Angus - MK Verity, £1615, C Bell, £1540, £1490, £1460, £1400, £1370, £1150, £1090, £1000.

British Blue - A & TA Blades, £1590, C Bell, £1480.

Hereford - RW Ewan, £1490, £1430, C Bell, £1210.

Simmental - C Bell, £1480, £1160.

Shorthorn - C Bell, £1420, Cragg & Carr, £560.

Belted Galloway - J Dixon & Sons, £1070 x2.

Continental - C Bell, £1060.

Heifers Average - £1302.60

                

CULL CATTLE

Highland 5-year-old steers averaged 247.4p for Coverhead Farms and Continentals sold to a top of 246p/kg from the same home. Black & Whites topped at 174p/kg for J Scarr & Sons.      

 

Highlands to 256p/kg, Coverhead Farms, Coverdale, Av. 247.4p/kg

Continentals to 246p/kg, Coverhead Farms, Coverdale, Av. 199.6p/kg

Black & Whites to 174p/kg, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. 168.2p/kg 

 

Total Average: 201.54p/kg (£1257.24)

 

Highlands - Coverhead Farms, £1564, £1377, £1354, £1313.

Continentals –  JR Blades, £1469, T Metcalfe & Son, £1213, Coverhead Farms, £1522, £1392, £1389, £1126, £1118, £1099, £957.

Black & White – J Scarr & Sons, £1301, £1271, £1211.

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Tuesday 7th January 2025

 

Forward: 1451 Sheep comprising 1279 Prime Hoggs & 172 Cast Ewes & Rams.

 

PRIME HOGGS

Those that braved the weather were awarded with another very good trade at Hawes Auction with an overall market average of 310p/kg to include over 900 Mule and Horned hoggs. Well finished continental hoggs’ handy weight and heavy weight would be the dearest trade yet in which more could have easily been sold to the advantage of vendors. 

The sale was topped by heavy Leicester hoggs from A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale selling to £200. Heavy weight Suffolks from Alec Lambert, Bainbridge sold to £186 at 53kg. The consignment of Texel hoggs from AT Lambert & Son, Simonstone sold 53kg hoggs to £184, 49kg to £181 and 48kg to £178. The run of well-fed texel hoggs from Taylor Bros, Richmond were met with eager bidding and sold in large pen full meeting premium from buyers wanting to fill orders with 52kg Texels to £185.50, 51kg to £184 and 50kg to £183. Regular consignor John Capstick, Killington topped at £181 with 52kg Texels. Plenty of pens of heavy weighted Texels and Suffolks sold in the one hundred and seventies. 

Well fleshed handy weighted continental hoggs in big demand, regularly sold between 340p/kg and 370p/kg. Beltex hoggs topped at 390p/kg grossing at £152 for 39kg hoggs from R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck with others from the same home to 378p/kg and 374p/kg. Other leading prices saw 380p/kg from J & J Postlethwaite, Howgill grossing £146 at 39kg. 

Hawes auction once again proved the place to market mule and horned hoggs all of which were eagerly bid for by buyers. Heavy weight mule hoggs topped at £168 twice weighing 57kg from JR & LA Capstick, Killington and H Morphet & Sons, Austwick. The consignment from Bank House Farm sold 52kg Mules to £155 with a pen of 46 hoggs weighing 48kg selling to £150.50. Numerous pens of well fleshed mule hoggs sold between £145 and £150 with best meated mules selling around the 320p/kg mark and all forward averaging 312p/kg.      

There was just shy of 500 horned hoggs forward selling to another strong trade especially horned hoggs with weight weighing in the mid forty kilogram upwards with inside fed light Swaledale hoggs in demand. Rough Fells sold to a top of £160 for heavy weights from John Capstick, Sedbergh. Swaledale hoggs topped at £149 at 56kg from MR & LE Rukin, Keld followed by other heavy weight Swaledales to £148.50 from JW Porter & Son, Gunnerside, £146 from T Metcalfe & Son, Muker and £145.50 from JR Rukin, Keld with plenty more selling in the region of £140. Swaledale hoggs weighing over 45kg averaged 296p/kg. Dalesbred hoggs sold to a top of £140.50 at 45kg from BD & PM Gill & Son, Ingleton. Other hill hoggs saw cheviots sell to a top of £159 at 46kg from Collier Holme Farm, Hawes. 

Vendors are urged to group prime hoggs into to larger batches were possible.

         

Beltex to 390p, R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck, Av. 366p/kg

Texel x to 372p, J Capstick, Sedbergh, Av. 347p/kg  

Suffolk to 351p, A Lambert, Bainbridge, Av. 329p/kg

Mule to 339p, GM Sedgwick & Son, Sedbergh, Av. 311p/kg   

Swales to 318p, GM Sedgwick & Son, Sedbergh, Av. 286p/kg

 

Overall Average: 310.79p/kg

    

Leading Prices:

BFL - A & H Watson, £200, £180, J & JA Burrow, £168, £151, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £139.

Texel – Taylor Bros, £185.50, £184, £183, £181.50, £180.50, AT Lambert & Son, £184, £181, £178, £167, JR & LA Capstick, £181, £152, 

H Morphet & Sons, £177, J Capstick, £175, JR Rukin, £174, £150, £147, J & J Postlethwaite, £173, £151.50, A Lambert, £167,

Collier Holme, £160, £150, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £159, AD Coates & Son, £159, £153, J Scarr & Sons, £158, RW & MA Suttill & Son, £155, JH Pedley, £155, HB Farms, £151, £145, A & TA Blades, £150,  H Kirkbride & Son, £149, CR & A Thornborrow, £149, £145,

GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £148.50, HH Smith, £148, Coverhead Farms, £146, MR & LE Rukin, £142, £141.

Beltex - H Kirkbride & Son, £171, R Mudd & Sons, £168, £162, £152 x4, £151, £148, J & J Postlethwaite, £146.

Suffolk - A Lambert, £186, Coverhead Farms, £176, £161, £146, £144, H Kirkbride & Son, £146.50, M Bell & Son, £143.50.

Mules – JR & LA Capstick, £168, H Morphet & Sons, £168, £146, £140, Bank House Farms, £155, £150.50,

Coverhead Farms, £150, £141.50, J Garth & Son, £149, T & LM Goad & Sons, £149, £141, WA & A Booth, £149, J & J Postlethwaite, £149, JC Fawcett, £148, RW Clarkson & Son, £146, JW & JH Burton & Son, £145.50, BD & PM Gill & Son, £145, J Scarr & Sons, £144,

S Bell & Sons, £142.50, J Allison & Sons, £142.50, JS & S Atkinson £142, JW Porter & Sons, £141, J & JA Burrow, £141,

DA & MA Brown & Son, £140.50, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £140.50, JR & LA Capstick, £140, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £140.

Rough Fell - J Capstick, £160, £124.50, A & H Watson, £119.50, GM Sedgwick & Son, £115, £108.50.

Cheviot - Collier Holme, £159, DA & MA Brown & Son, £152.

Swaledales - MR & LE Rukin, £149, £143.50, £139, JW Porter & Sons, £148.50, £137, T Metcalfe & Son, £146, £140, £120,

JR Rukin, £145.50, £142, £139.50, £120.50, KD Hulley, £142, WA & A Booth, £141, GM Sedgwick & Son, £140,

J & SJ Bland, £139.50, £123.50, J Scarr & Sons, £138.50, AD Coates & Son, £138, S Alderson, £135, B Thornborrow, £133.50,

J Garth & Son, £132, £122, MM & CL Whitehead, £130, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £128, JC Fawcett, £128, B & J Aconley, £127.50,

A & H Watson, £124, GR Scarr, £123.50, JH Pedley, £121, 

Romney - GR Scarr, £144.

Dalesbred - BD & PM Gill & Son, £140.50, RW & MA Suttill & Son, £121.

Blackface - P Dinsdale & Son, £126, £124.

Goat - J & SJ Bland, £112.

Masham - A Lambert, £108.

 

CAST EWES & RAMS

Ewes were in short supply with the bad weather but the trade was the hottest they have been. Texels topped the trade with smart ewes from R Mudd & Sons selling for £232 & £225. S bell & Sons brought a good BFL Ewe which sold for £220. Mules saw a big leap forward with Taylor Bros at £212 & £188 and D Bentley & J Scarr & Sons at £200. Mules averaged £176. Swales topper at £140 & £126 for 2 good pens from K & GJ Huck with J Scarr & Sons and JW Porter & Sons also at £126. 18 Rams forward and these again were a good trade with JW Porter & Sons with a Charollais x at £250 followed by a Texel of SH TA & M Sutcliffe at £200 and 2 BFL Rams from J Scarr & Sons at £200. Swaledales topped at £130 and averaged £108.

 

CAST EWES

Texel to £232, R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck

BFL to £220, S Bell & Sons, Askrigg

Mules to £212, Taylor Bros, Richmond

Suffolk to £195, P Dinsdale & Son, Carlton

Rough Fell to £146, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Swaledale to £140, K & GJ Huck, Austwick

Blackface to £112, P Dinsdale & Son, Carlton

 

CAST RAMS

Charollais to £250, JW Porter & Sons, Gunnerside

BFL to £200, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

Texel to £200, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Zwartble to £142, KR & SN Dinsdale, Carperby

Rough Fell to £134, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Swaledale to £130, JW Porter & Sons, Gunnerside​​

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