Success again at Skipton for North Craven farmer

North Craven sheep farmer, Richard Frankland won his second prime lambs championship within the space of three months at Skipton Auction Mart.

Exhibiting a pen of five Beltex-cross lambs, Mr Frankland received the day’s top price of £90 a head for his 38kg charges-selling to Mick Etherington, on behalf of Stuart Price Butchers, Keighley, who is a regular buyer of Skipton prime lamb champions.

The second prize 34kg pen of Continentals from Rob Paisley, Middleton, sold at £64 each to another west Yorkshire, R C Binns, Shipley, while the third prize pen of 38kg

Continentals from Richard Caton, Stainforth was acquired for £52 each by show judge Ross Greenwood of Carleton farm Shop.

 There was also a show class for Lleyns prime lambs, won by John Bownass, Hellifield, with a 40kg pen selling for £50 each to Gerald Metcalf, Halifax. Mr Bownass also exhibited the third prize, his 41kg lambs selling for £45.80 to Kepalk Foods, Wakefield.

The 2745 lambs forward averaged 119.1p/kg, with butcher buyer’s eager to source quality lambs for customers. On a busy trading day, with ewes and hoggs a total of £3088 sheep passed through the Skipton ring.