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SKIPTON Auction Mart’s annual May breeding sheep highlight for hoggs with lambs at foot and geld gimmer hoggs attracted a large entry of 2,552 head - well over double the previous year’s turnout - with the usual excellent consignments put forward for sale to a large crowd of eager buyers. (Tues, May 4) Continental hoggs in particular created much interest, Welsh vendors leading the way when the day’s trade peaked at £510 each for a pen of three Beltex from Brecon’s Daffyd Lewis, others from the same home making £420, £380 twice and £360, while Hywel Williams, from Llanddeusant in Carmarthenshire, was close behind at £300.