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Northumberland County Champion
The 2012 Northumberland County Show Champion of Champions was judged by Jimmy Walton and he selected the beef champion to receive the show’s highest award this year. A 2-year-old limousin heifer from the Illingworth herd, Glenrock Fantastic (sire Haltcliffe Vermont) looked every inch a worthy winner and after making his decision, Jimmy commented simply: “There always has to be a star at any show and today, she is it.”
Bullsemen.com’s ‘Best of the Best’ offers something for every herd
A range of proof-topping bulls provides dairy farmers with healthy, fertile and productive cows at very special prices.
Bullsemen.com has gained a reputation for supplying the best bulls to British farmers. This was shown in the April 2012 bull proof that saw the company’s bulls occupy a third of the top 100 spots.
Bullsemen.com has now brought together the pick of its bulls in a ‘Best of the Best’ offer. “All eight of the ‘Best of the Best’ bulls tops a key breeding list,” says Nick Kirby, managing director of Bullsemen. com. By bringing them all together as a group we are enabling farmers to pick the bulls they want, while benefitting from a special price.”
Bullsemen.com’s Best of the Best - Chap (Super x Shottle): Best for Type +3.28; Gill (Freddie x Jose): Best for daughter fertility +6.7; Loydie (Oman x BW Marshall): Best for Protein – Kappa Casein BB (A2 Beta Casein); Alliance (Canyon Breeze Allen x Comestar Lee): Best for improvement on Dam; Awesome (Oman x Zade): Best for Lifespan +0.7; Jardin (Jocko Besne x Emerald Acres): Best for reliable 2nd crop daughters; Guarini (Goldwyn x Oman): Best for reducing mastitis – cell count -30%; Glenton (Planet x Goldwyn): Best Genomic sexed bull.
UK record calf price at Gisburn Auction
David & Pauline, Newbould, Newsholme, Clitheroe and a Simmental bull from David Shuttleworth, Gargrave, Skipton, North Yorkshire both at £465. Other results in the show sponsored by PM & M Chartered Accountants and Genus Breeding - Best British Blue Bull 1st
£465 2nd 3rd
Best Other Bull 1st
£480 2nd 3rd
Best British Blue Heifer 1st
2nd CHAMPION CALF
Colin Whitelock with his champion British Blue heifer calf alongside Ellis and Jacob Snowden, whose father purchased the calf at £675
Gisburn Auction Marts May Anniversary Rearing Calf Show and Sale (May 31) saw a certain UK Record Price achieved by auction for the champion, a three week old British Blue cross Holstein Friesian heifer calf at £675 from Colin and Sheila Whitelock, Church Farm, Gargrave, Skipton, North Yorkshire. Sired by one of the Whitelock’s stock bulls, Littlebank Bruce bred by Richard and Wendy Maudsley, Rathmell, Settle, North Yorkshire, it sold to the Snowden family, Stanbury, Keighley, West Yorkshire. David Berry, Thornton in Craven, Skipton picked up the reserve champion for his calf, a Limousin bull which sold for £480 to John Swann, Little Ouseburn, York. The same buyer went on to purchase the first prize Belgian Blue bull, from
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£450 3rd
Best Other Heifer 1st
2nd 3rd
DE & PA Newbould R G & M Falshaw
R Jackson & Sons K & M Berry & Son R G & M Falshaw
DW Shuttleworth C & S Whitelock
DE & PA Newbould R G & M Falshaw R Jackson & Sons
R G & M Falshaw J Shuttleworth & Son
£440 £395
£405 £465
£675
£465 £340
£355 £380
Out of the 220 calves forward, twenty six achieved sale prices in excess of £400 and sixty five sold in the £300-£400 price bracket, with the majority finding new homes in East Yorkshire and Cumbria. Pre-sale show judge, Peter Bartley said “Today’s entry of calves could not be matched anywhere else in the country and it was no wonder that purchasers attended today from far and wide”. Averages British Blue Bulls £371; Charolais Bulls £413; Limousin Bulls £340; Simmental Bulls £405. British Blue Heifers £362; Simmental Heifers £369; Limousin Heifers £271. Auctioneers: Richard Turner Son
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