At Skipton, dairy farmer Jeremy Taylor won a record-breaking sixth Craven Dairy auction championship with a home-bred newly calven pedigree Holstein Friesian heifer from his noted Smellows herd, established at Small House, Broughton, in 1967.

Mr Taylor, last champion in February, 2007, took the title in a 29-strong entry with Smellows Buddleia 5, who calved 11 days before the show and was giving 32 kilos. The victor was by his home-bred bull Smellows Magician, out of a home-bred cow, Smellows Buddleia 3 – who remains a "milk machine producing plenty of butterfat", according to Mr Taylor.

The winner sold for the day's top price of £2,100 to G Abbott and Sons, of Dacre, near Harrogate, while Mr Taylor also exhibited the third prize newly calven heifer, acquired by R M and L J Throup, of nearby Bradley, for £1,880.

Reserve champion was the first prize newly calven cow from Libby Simpson, of Ripon, bought by the Abbotts for £1,800, top price in class.

Leyburn returned to normal trading when its weekly Wednesday sale of prime lambs included the annual show for pairs of Beltex lambs with first prize going to the Bootons, of Thornton Steward.

They were bought by the Sandpiper Inn and Restaurant, Leyburn, for £1.96 per kilo or £80.50 each.

At Friday's sale of dairy cattle, rearing calves, store and breeding cattle, and breeding and store sheep Stuart Pounder, from Constable Burton, realised £2,040 for his Holstein calved heifer which went to Barnard Castle buyer Willie Wilkinson.

At Skipton more than 3,500 breeding sheep passed through the sales rings as entries at one of the mart's major summer fixtures hit levels achieved at the last full show, in 2006.

The Edgar Boothman Memorial Trophy for the best pen of 10 Mule shearling gimmers went to Littondale sheep farmer James Hall, of Darnbrook Farm, Darnbrook.