SKIPTON - Sat. Annual spring sale of poultry & waterfowl. Fwd: 537 head of poultry, 37 sittings of eggs. Large fowl: pair Cream Leghorns £60; trio Cochins £40; trio Barnevelde £44; trio Marans £41; trio Welsummers £60; trio Speckled Sussex £60; trio Black Orpingtons £46; trio Silver Laced Wyandotte £40; trio Houldans £68; trio Brahmas £46. Bantams: trio Silkies £40 pair £31; trio Lt Sussex £34; trio Millefleur £40; trio Marans £34; trio Gold Sebrights £50; pair Blue Partridge Wyandottes £39; Gold Laced Wyandottes & 8 chicks £42. Waterfowl: single East Indian £15; single Gadwell £20; single Pintail £10; single Carolina £11; pair Cayuga £28; pair Silver Appleyards £26; pair Buff Orpington £26; trio Trout Runners £30; pair American Buffs £86; pair Hawaiian £110; pair Peafowl £45. Hatching eggs: Marans £7; Blue Laced Wyandottes £7; Exch Leghorns £4.50; Lt Sussex £4; RIR £3.50; Runner Ducks £13.

Wed. - Spring sale of breeding bulls. Top price 1,700gns, L Bamforth & Son, Wainstalls, May 2001 Lim. JM&SM Priestley, Denholme, Marquis sired bull 1,200gns.

Prices: Lim bulls to 1,700gns av £1,197; Char to 620gns; AA to 490gns.