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GISBURN Auction Mart’s Octo­ ber 1st sheep only sale was its busi­ est so far, with the yard packed to the rafters. : ; - ; The annual draft horned and


ed to T. Robinson & Son, of Cat- low Farm, Slaidburn, whose three- crop Swaledale: ewes later sold for £130 and £122 respectively; Jimmy Baines, who farms at Gis- burn and Trawden, took second


hill going show and sale, compet­ ing for the Frank.Wade Perpetual Memorial Trophy, was co-judged by Henry Hawley, of Grassington, and Tom BdothmariVof Linton. First and third prize were award­


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prize and his drafts, sold.for £110. Joe Jackson, of Goosnargh, touching 90 years old, still has an


eye for a good pen of sheep. His fantastic pen of Cheviots won the hill going shearing class and later sold for £158 to Jim Holden, of Summerseat, Bury. Mule ewes sold.to £134 and


averaged just shy of £100’ Mule' shearlings met a firmer trade, a v ­ eraging £150 throughout.-Mick Crawshaw, of Trawden, sold the top price Blue-Faced Leicester ewes at £255 and £230, going north to Penrith, and also the toppriced homed gimmer lambs at £88. ‘


Richard. Mawson, of Add-


ingham, achieved top price for Mule gimmers with a bonny pen of runners at £118. Store lambs sold to a high of £69 and an overall av­ erage right through of £55.


. and Texels at the £300 mark. The surprise of this section was a very


; smart Herdwick ram from Mrs Gill Turner, which sold for £190. ; Auctioneers were Richard Turner and Son.


70-plus rams on offer. Top price in this section was for a Beltex shearling front C. H. Hull, of Os- waldtwistle, and plenty of Suffolks


There was a lot of interest in the


• An evening river cruise and party on the River Thames on New Year’s Eve with refreshments • 2 nights stay at a 4 star outer London hotel


• Dinrieron Friday 30 December 2011 followed bya disco • Dinner on New Year's Eve :


• Full English breakfast on Saturday 31 December2011 and Sunday 1 January 2012 • Free time in London and Windsor .


• Return coach travel from Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, Nelson & Padiham


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day had presented the champion and £170 per head top price pen of Swaledale ewes at Clithcroe, suc-


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JEFF Walker, of J. C. Walker & Son, Brennand Farm, Durisop Bridge, achieved £225 per head for a strong pen of 10 three-crop, four- shear ewes at the annual show and sale of more than 3,500 Swaledale ewes at Skipton Auction Mart. The high-earning pen returned


c'essfully sold a total 122 ewes at Skipton, including further pens at £175 twice, £152 and £150. Last month, the Walkers won


their first-ever Skipton NEMSA championship at the opening ewe lambs highlight. Many of their lat­ est offerings again joined regular buyers looking to breed top qual­ ity Mule Iambs. Prices peaked at £285 a head


for the third prize pen of two-crop ewes from well-known local breed specialist Roy Nelson, of Bordley. Following Skipton’s two early


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Chorley, awarded first prize to a pen of three-crop ewes from T; W. Pickard and Son, of Great Har­ wood, the pen of 10 later selling at £188 a head to M; Huddleston, of Lancaster. In a similar vein, the


first prized pen of Lonk shearlings shown by Clive Mitchell, of Holm- bridge, also sold at £188 to A. E. Schindler, of Skipton. In the Swaledale section, judged


by Mr J. Whitfield, of Lancaster, first place was awarded to G. J. and M. E. Walker and Sons, of Dunsop Bridge, whose pen of 10 three- crop ewes sold for £170 a head to Daniel Alpe, of Whitewell. In the


■ shearling section, first placed ven­ dor was R. and J. Brewer, of Bleas- dale, whose pen of 10 went on to sell at £102 to S. A. Wainwright, of Bamford. Derbyshire Gritstone breeding ’ sheep also proved popular with


a firm trade throughout for ewes forward. The first prize pen of 10 ewes, shown by T. W. Pickard & Son, sold at £104 to J. B. Liddle, of Otley.in the shearling section, first prize was awarded to C. Mitchell,


• of Holmbridge, who went on to sell at £138 a head to A. Guy and Son, of Elslack. Prices were: Swaledale ewes to


£170 (av.£101); Swaledale shear­ lings to £132 (av.£lll); Lonk ewes to £188 (av.£133); Lonk shearlings to £188 (av.£146); Gritstone ewes to £104 (av.£96); Gritstone shear­ lings to £138 (av.£119); Cheviot ewes to £108 (av.£92); Lleyn to £110.


sold well


season Mule gimmer lamb sales, which both saw increased average prices, trade followed through to the replacement breeding ewes fix­ ture. There was notably strong de­ mand for gimmer shearlings from buyers near and far, with prices rising in average by £48.47 on the year to level at £163.80. Ewes also found a ready ringside


of purchasers, the average rising' by £32.80 to level at £130.71. The overall sale average was £138.57-1 per head, an increase of £36.67 on 2010. .


Saturday departures, 21 Apr, 8 Sept & 29 Dec 2012


• Admission to Warner Bras. Studio Tour London-The Making of Harry Potter • Overnight stay at a 3 or 4 star Heathrow/North London area hotel with full English breakfast • Free time in London


• Return coach travel from Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, Nelson & Padiham 2 S E l-by ° me9(


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■ Overnight stay at a 3 or 4 star Newbury/Swindon area hotel with dinner & full English breakfast • A visit to Oxford


- Return coach travel from Burnley, Clitheroe, Colne, Nelson & Padiham


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