First live Scots show since F&M
First live Scots show since F&M
SCOTLANDs first show and sale of live animals since movement restrictions were introduced because of foot-and-mouth disease went ahead last week after a decision by the Scottish Executive to relax its rules.
This allowed ANM Groups annual Christmas Classic show and sale of prime stock at Thainstone Centre, Inveruruie, to run with live showing.
Winning the prime cattle classes was a 520kg 15-month-old Limousin steer, Buzz, exhibited by Stuart Hunter, from West Cairnhill, Insch, Aberdeenshire, and Wendy Paton, of Spott, Glenprosen, Angus.
The judges favourite, bred from the bull Cronshill Moses, later sold for £4200 to Cambs-butchers Allan and Sue Carr, who own All Best Cuts, which trades meat at open air markets throughout Cambs, Lincs, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Second highest price went to the butchers champion owned by Mr Hunters mother and father Maureen and John Hunter with a 20-month-old Orkney bred Limousin cross heifer. It sold for £2200 to Bucks butcher Keith Clark.
In all, 58 steers went under the hammer averaging 139p/kg liveweight, or £877 a head, and 57 heifers levelled at 134p/kg or £769 a head.
A pair of Texel cross lambs from Calum Angus of West Mey, Mey, Thurso, came out on top of the prime lamb classes, selling for £220 each. The buyer was Bucks-based Richardson Fine Foods.
The butchers champion also went to a pair of Texel cross lambs from the same breeder. They sold for £190 to AP Jess Scottish Food Group.
Top price Suffolk cross lambs came from J Campbell of Todholes, Thurso, which sold for £100 each. *