New record of £7,200 set at Pateley Bridge

Records were smashed at the Farmers Guardian show and sale of show potential cattle at Pateley Bridge by the overall champion

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Champion from Messrs Huck which sold for £7,200
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Champion from Messrs Huck which sold for £7,200

 The record breaker was a February 2023-born heifer by the Limousin sire, Gallaber Leo, from K. and J.G. Huck, Austwick, who also topped the same sale last year. The buyer was the judge, James Nisbet, Ayrshire.

The reserve championship went to Twilight, a May 2023-born British Blue-cross heifer by Maes Owain from J.C. Walker and Son, Dunsop Bridge, which went on to sell for £3,400 to T. and J. Gratton, Matlock.

Reserve champion from Messrs Walker
Reserve champion from Messrs Walker


Messrs Walker also had the third prize winning Limousin-sired heifer, Maggie May, which made £4,200 to Lowesby Farms, Leicestershire.

Heifer from Messrs Walker which sold for £4,200
Heifer from Messrs Walker which sold for £4,200

 
The steer champion was Ant, an April 2023-born British Blue cross by Brennand Jimmy, from Mark and Fee Ewbank, Middlesmoor, which was knocked down to Craig Bentley, Thirsk, for the section top price of £3,500. The same vendors also sold the second and third prize winning British Blue-sired heifers for £3,200 and £2,700 respectively.
The reserve champion steer, winner of the Limousin-sired class from Messrs Huck, sold for £1,750.

Steer champion from Messrs Ewbank
Steer champion from Messrs Ewbank

 

The un-haltered cattle were judged by Angela Tarry-Smith, Warwickshire and Louise Todd, Lincolnshire, with the championship going to a Limousin heifer from E. Townend, Huddersfield, which sold for £4,400 to Lee Hopwood, Staley Bridge.
The reserve was a British Blue heifer from S.A. and T.L. Fawcett, Barden, which made £2,000 to Messrs Swales, Melbourne, York.

Averages - 78 steers, £1,464.12; 102 heifers, £1578.32.

Auctioneers: Barnard Castle and Teesdale Farmers Auction Mart Co.

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