09/07/08
West Marton father-and-son sheep farmers Richard and Robert Greenwood took the July prime lambs championship at Skipton Auction Mart with a pen of five Charollais-x-Texel youngsters, first prize winners in the Continentals class. (Mon, July 7)
Robert Greenwood, right, and judge James Dewhirst
with the July prime lambs champions at Skipton.
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The Greenwoods, of Marton Scar Farm, prolific winners of Skipton store lambs trophies over the years, were winning the prime lambs title for the first time. Their 37-kilo charges sold for £56 per head (151p/kilo) to John Penny, of Rawdon, Leeds.
Best of the Suffolks came from local farmer Andrew Taylor, of Broughton. His 45-kilo pen of five lambs was knocked down to show judge James Dewhirst, of Skipton-based Stanforths Butchers for £61 each. Mr Dewhirst also bought the second prize 48-kilo pen from Bobby Turner, of Draughton, at £65 apiece.
Back in the Continentals, Stainforth-based Richard Caton’s second prize pen of 35-kilo Texels sold for £48 a head to Andrew Atkinson, Harrogate, who also purchased the third prize pen of 39-kilo Texels from Ellis Bros, Addingham Moorside, for £54 each.
The show was sponsored by Guy Machinery, based locally at Skipton Auction Mart. Almost 2,500 sheep passed through the ring on the day.
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