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300-plus cattle turnout at CCM livestock collective
CCM Skipton's latest Saturday livestock collective sale of cattle attracted another solid entry of 317 head, a busy ringside of buyers keen to secure grazing cattle following the arrival of much welcome rain.
The 29 bulls met a flying trade, with a top of £1910 for Limousin entries from New York Farms, Silsden Moor. Suckler bred young bulls were £1750-£1900, strongest dairy-bred 9/10-month-old Continentals £1400-£1650, the next grade at the same age £1200-£1400. Angus bulls sold to £1690 from RD Shaw, Sheffield, for dairy-bred goods.
From a turnout of 288 bullocks and heifers, a run of Shorthorn cattle from MD Shields, Thirsk, topped the day with a pair of heifers selling to £1970, other full pens of heifers from the same home away at £1880, £1810 and £1700, plus Shorthorn steers to £1960 top for a pen of six. Other strong steers sold at £1800 upwards, NP&DJ Darwin, Sheffield, making £1320-£1780 with 9/10-month-old Shorthorn. Angus steers made to £1570 from CN&SA Harrison, Skipton, also selling heifers of the breed to tops of £1440.
Continental steers traded to £1820 from Tim Metcalfe, Clayton, dairy-bred steers at 12/15-months £1200-£1550 regularly, the stronger end £1600-£1700. Younger 8/12-months grazing cattle traded around £1050-£1200, those at 5/7-months looking well sold at £900-£1100.
Continental heifers sold to tops of £1840 from R&N Carlisle, Kilnsey, the best end £1550-£1720, dairy-bred yearlings £1200-£1450 depending on stamp, a younger 6/10-month-old softer type £900-£1150.
Black and white steers sold to £1360, with the stronger steers regularly over £1000, the younger end £700-£950. The next sale is this coming Saturday, June 14, with a new early sale of toys and collectibles also on the same day's agenda.
Another date for the farming diary is an online working sheepdog sale with real-time bidding on Wednesday, June 25, for which a catalogue will as usual be posted at
