Rearing Calves to £415 (100) B&W av £81.87 Cont av £307.85 Native av £152 100 calves through the door this morning with a handy trade to meet them. All types would see good averages with British Blue bulls topping the averages at £355 and topping at £415 from J&SA Lancaster.

Red Rose championship double at Skipton prime shows Red Rose sheep and beef farmers consigned both champions at Skipton Auction Mart’s September prime shows, with Whalley father and son, Richard and Mark Ireland, presenting the title-winning lambs and Ben Townsend, of Laneshawbridge, the cattle victor. (Monday, Sept 3)

ANNUAL SALE OF JACOB SHEEP A quite exceptional day of trading at the 43rd Jacob Sheep Society Sale held at Skipton with the breed record price beaten twice and record prices achieved for both male and female sections. It was the ‘Pentretenant’ flock of Mrs DJ Price which took the headlines with their first prize ram lamb a ‘Blackbrook Fire Balls’ grandson bred from their homebred ‘Hope Flash Lad’ bred ewe which with a reserve male championship from the 2018 Royal Welsh Show, and the day’s Skipton Reserve Championship, joined a Scottish consortium for 4600gns.

ANNUAL SALE OF WENSLEYDALE SHEEP At the 127th Annual Show and Sale of Wensleydale Longwool Sheep held on behalf of the Wensleydale Longwool Sheepbreeders Association a shearling ram from the ‘Nipna’ flock of Mrs J Pennell of Redworth won the Championship and commanded the top price of the day. Bred from a ‘Providence Pete’ bred ‘West End’ ewe the ‘Nosterfield Supreme’son had previously won the shearling class at the 2018 Great Yorkshire Show after his success today soon found a ready home with N Hodkinson of Commonside for 560gns.

2nd Annual Dales Blue Sale of Blue Texel & Blue Texel X Rams and Females The 2nd Annual Sale of Blue Texels saw 70 sheep go under the hammer in the craven ring this morning with what seemed like a quiet ringside, however, the people who were there were there to buy. Top call of the day went to Tom Barley for a cracking Blue Texel Ram Lamb selling for 320gns.

BELTEX SHEEP SOCIETY ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF PEDIGREE RAMS AND FEMALES Females were undoubtedly the trade of the day with a strong enquiry for quality gimmer shearlings and ewes, and also for good ewe lambs, with both shearlings and ewes showing a good rise in averages on the year.

Pennells in peak form at Skipton Wensleydale highlight A standout season in the show arena continued for north-east mother and daughter, Julie and Anna Pennell, of Todd Fall Farm, Redworth, near Darlington, with a championship and reserve championship double at the 127th annual Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeders Association show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart. (Fri, Aug 31 & Sat, Sept 1)

Skipton Jacob highlight produces near-double record breed price of 4,600gns for Pentrenant ram lamb The breed record for a Jacob sheep was shattered not once, but twice, at a scintillating Jacob Sheep Society Northern Region 43rd annual show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart, on Saturday, September 1st.

Local breeders take top billing at Skipton Beltex highlight Local breeders landed the principal honours in both the show ring and on price at the Beltex Sheep Society’s annual early autumn two-day pedigree breed highlight at Skipton Auction Mart. (Fri & Sat, Aug 31 and Sept 1).