THE annual show and sale of Mule wether lambs was a highlight of the biggest store lamb sale of the season at Skipton Auction Mart, when over 7,000 lambs went under the hammer.
Tthe average price of just over £56 per head was around £2 up on the previous fortnightly store lamb sale. It also represented a further improved performance when compared to the £50.75 average selling price at the corresponding 2009 fixture.
The champion pen of 50 Mule wethers was exhibited by Mark and Susan Harrison, West End, Summerbridge. The pen went on to sell for the top price in show at £59.80 per head to Frank Towers, of Lancaster.
The second prize pen from D.M. Gott, Cowling, sold for £56.50 each to Roger Naylor, Ilkley, with the third prize pen from Granville Fairburn, Apperley Bridge, realising £57.80 a head by to R. Lloyd, Ruthin.
The fixture also made history, as it was the first time Skipton's new electronic identification (EID) race reader had been used at an official sheep sale.
Craven Cattle Marts' farmstock sales manager and auctioneer Ted Ogden reported that the equipment had passed its initial test with flying colours ahead of the big Autumn sheep sales season.
Auctioneers: Craven Cattle Marts.
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