CCM Saturday livestock sale, picture taken before lockdown
EXACTLY 100 head of cattle, plus 137 sheep and goats, went under the hammer at Skipton Auction Mart’s latest monthly Saturday livestock collective sale.
The bovine element as usual comprised stirks, weaned calves and young store cattle, for which trade was described as “out of this world.”
In fact, a shortage of stirks saw purchasers battling for large numbers as grass day rapidly approaches.
Black and whites met the dearest trade yet, with eight-month-old well fleshed goods selling to £700, a pen of eight 7/8-month-old bullocks from regular vendor, David Mitchell, of Wilsden, making £655. Harder farmed goods were £560-£620, younger plainer types £380-£470.