Some £2240 was raised at Skipton Auction Mart’s May breeding sheep sale in memory of young farmer, Hannah Brown, who passed away in March at just 26 years of age.

For one so young, Hannah had become a well-known and well respected figure in the agricultural industry. The proceeds are going to Eden Valley YFC, based in Appleby-in-Westmorland, where it is hoped her one-year-old daughter, Millie, will eventually follow in her mother’s footsteps by becoming a member.

First into the sale ring was a Blue Texel ewe hogg from Hywel Williams, of Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, which realised £1360.

The hammer first fell at £320 to Will Wildman, of Kirkby Malham, then successively to Robert Atkinson, of Scorton, and Burton Leonard’s Andrew Philips, who each bid £300, followed by Martin and Val Brown, Leyburn, at £220, before going home to Gargrave with Karen and David Shuttleworth, again for £220. They have aptly given it the name, Millie.

Next up was a Swaledale ewe with single lamb donated by Richard Lancaster, Clitheroe.

This outfit sold three times for £880 in total, first at £300 purchased by Harry Wood, of Bowland Foods, near Preston, then by CCM Skipton for £280, before heading home to Ravenstonedale, in Cumbria, with father and son, Ivan and Paul Brown, again for £300.