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British Blue x Heifer wins Skipton Christmas prime showSkipton Auction Mart’s fourth annual Lingfield Christmas Primestock shows and sales produced an outstanding, high quality entry and exceptional trading levels. In the butchers’ cattle classes, the supreme championship fell to a superb 16-month-old British Blue-cross heifer, first prize winner in the young handlers class and female champion, from Christmas show debutants Clare Cropper and John Mellin, of Mill House Farm, Long Preston. Their 500kg title winner sold for £5.10 per kg, or £2,550, to James Robertshaw, of Keelham Farm Shop in Thornton, Bradford.
Reserve champion in the beef section was the first prize British Blue-cross bullock and male champion from father and son Matt and Ben Townsend, of Barnside Hall Farm, Laneshawbridge. It sold for £1,538, 287.5p/kg, to Preston-based Bowland Foods’ buyer Geoff Nutter, on behalf of Stephen Hallsworth Butchers, Whalley.
Mr Townsend also presented the second prize and reserve male British Blue-cross steer, knocked down at £1,691, 270.5p/kg, to Andrew Atkinson, of Kettlesing, buying on behalf of T Thompson Wholesale Meat at Witton le Wear, Bishop Auckland.
TWH Farming were also responsible
for the best home-bred animal, the third prize British Blue-cross heifer,
a further acquisition at £1,427,
300.5p/kg, by Bowland Foods, on behalf Richard Cardwell, of R & J
Cardwell Family Butchers, Hambleton, Garstang.
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latest newsRoyal Ulster Show Taking top honours in the British Blue championship at Balmoral was Andrew Craig with his heifer Woodview Frarlein, a Barbier daughter out of Woodview Britney. [results] Carlisle Annual Spring Show & Sale 2012 280 British Blues on Friday 19th & Saturday 19th May 2012. [catalogue] Dispersal of the College Valley herd at Carlisle on Friday 25th May. [catalogue] Strong demand for quality at Chelford “Quality” was the name of the game when the British Blue bulls went through the ring on Saturday 3rd March. [report]
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