Record livestock entries at Yorks Show

A record breaking number of cattle, sheep and pigs are entered for the Great Yorkshire Show, organisers have announced.

With the region’s leading agricultural event only weeks away, entries total some 1,122 cattle, 1,738 sheep which are both all time highs, and 350 pigs – one of the highest figures in the last decade. The Show, which is organised by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, runs from Tuesday 10 – Thursday 12 July and is held at Harrogate.

In the cattle there are individual records in no fewer than five sections - Belgian Blue (61 entries), Charolais (95), Dexters (45), Hereford (81) and Commercial Beef which stand at 157 compared with the 2005 record of 132.

There will be extra prize money in the Charolais section as the Show has been selected as a Breed Promotion Show for the Charolais Cattle Society – the Northern Area Premier Charolais Event of 2007 organised by the Yorkshire & North East Charolais Cattle Breeders Club. Prize money in the Commercial Beef section has increased, and the Championship is the highest it offered at any agricultural show.

In the sheep section, there are record entries in 7 breeds, and the overall total tops the previous record established in 2005 by almost 100 entries (1,738 this year compared with 1,655 two years ago).