Rearing Calves to £490 (90)
B&W av £50.41 Cont av £331 Native av £164
A great success at the February show for the Sowray family with their British Blue X heifer taking the Championship and the top price at £490, a heifer winning is a bit of a rarity in recent times however this was an exceptional heifer and went on to top the sale selling to the Abbot Bros of Dacre.
David Smith from Bents Farm took reserve Champion with his super bull which sold at £430 to Simon Thompson. Shaun Sowray saw his best the bulls make £450, £445 and £440 with Church Farm Enterprises at £420 and £405. 20 British Blue Bulls averaged £385.
Limousin calves topped at £365 for a sweet bull from Stephen Marshall, West End with heifers topping at £380 for a cracking heifer from Sowray’s again. Black and Whites were a touch easier today with not the best show of calves around however best calves still up towards £100 and topping today at £95 for a strong Friesian type calf from RL Wright & Son.
Bull Calves
Limousin x (Av £285) to £365 JC&DJ Marshall
Brit Blue x (Av £385.47) to £450 A Sowray & Son
Ab Angus (Av £164) to £200 JR&MJ Moon
Saler to £215 RL Wright & Son
Flekvieh (Av £143) to £165 C Watson
Black & White (Av £50.41) to £95 RL Wright & Son
Heifer Calves
Limousin x (Av £250.4) to £380 A Sowray & Sons
Brit Blue x (Av £317) to £490 A Sowray & Son
Saler to £150 RL Wright & Son
Flekvieh (Av £156) to £190 C Watson
Class 1 – Brit Blue Bull
1st & Reserve C Smith 2nd & 3rd A Sowray & Son
Class 2 – Brit Blue Heifer
1st & Champion 2nd & 3rd A Sowray & Son
Class 3 – Limousin Bull
1st C Watson
Class 4 – Limousin Heifer
1st A Sowray & Son 2nd C Watson
Class 6 – Other Cont Heifer
1st 2nd & 3rd C Watson
Class 7 – Native x Bull
1st RE Ayrton & Son
Class 9 – B&W Bull
1st C Watson
Class 10 – Cont x Male Stirk
1st & 2nd Church Farm Enterprises
Class 11 – Cont x Heifer Stirk
1st Church Farm Enterprises 2nd C Smith 3rd Hayton & Stocks