Skipton Sale 2022

It was great to see many new faces alongside the regulars today with a busy ringside.

The shearling ewe section was topped by the first prize pen from sale regulars G & A Fort, Keighley.  They sold for £205/head to P Pennington, Glossop.  The same buyer paid £195/head for the third prize pen from AW Davies, Pwllheli.  The first pen through the ring from M & S Etherton, Oxford sold for £180/head to Hagg Lane Farm, Selby.  Hagg Farm also purchased the second prize pen from H & M Dugdale, Settle for £175/head.

Ewe lambs saw J Morton, Penrith top with a pen of 25 selling for £110/head to P Kirk, Middlesbrough.  Mr Morton sold another pen of 16 at £100/head to GM & J Robinson, Fellbeck.  Messrs Robinson also took home the second prize pen from WJ & DJ Williams, Pwllheli for £110/head.   T & B Fort, Keighley sold a pen at £100/head to I & S Clough, Pickering.

Rams saw a solid trade with only three returning home.  E & D Jones, Machynlleth sold a Lluest Ram (00599/2110824) sired by a Whitcastles ram and had not been shown for 1200gns to Simon Kavanagh, Skipton.  P Knowles, Kendal sold Cragg Kingpin (00886/2106228) sired by Whitlaw Flyer for 820gns to C & SD Leckonby, Pockley.  T & B Fort sold Brightonhouse Kori (01299/2125717) sired by Goldies Inspiration for 750gns to D & SK Crane, Thirsk.  The first prize ram from JA & R Geldard, Kendal, a Wraycastle Ram (00621/2121131) sold for 600gns to Simon Kavanagh.

Averages

Shearling Ewes to £205 av. £162

Ewe Lambs to £110 av. £106

Rams to 1200gns av. £560

Top Prices

Shearling Ewes

G &A Fort £205

AW Davies £195

M & S Etherton £180

M & S Etherton £175

A Gardner £175

E & D Jones £175

H & M Dugdale £170 (x3)

Ewe Lambs

J Morton £110

WJ & DJ Williams £110

J Morton £100

T & B Fort £100

Rams

E & D Jones (22) 1200gns

P Knowles (13) 820gns

T & B Fort (26) 750gns

H & M Dugdale & Sons (6) 720gns

JA & R Geldard & Sons (18) 650gns

H & M Dugdale (8) 620gns

JA & R Geldard & Sons (17) 600gns

Show Results

Judge: Simon Kavanagh, Skipton

Pen of 5 Shearling Ewes

1. G & A Fort
2. H & M Dugdale & Sons
3. AW Davies

Pen of 5 Ewe Lambs

1. AW Davies
2. WJ & DJ Williams
3. T & B Fort

Shearling Ram

1. JA & R Geldard & Sons (17)
2. T & B Fort (26)
3. H & M Dugdale (6)

Champion – JA & R Geldard & Sons (Ram)

Reserve – G & A Fort (Shearling ewes)