听Taking the overall championship, when tapped out by judges, Louise and Anna Forsyth, W.T. Forsyth and Sons, Peebles, was a May 2024-born 618kg heifer. By Sarkley Roscoe out of a Limousin cross dam, it sold for the top price of 拢6,000 to the Marcliffe Hotel, Pitfoddles, Aberdeen. 听
The reserve Champion from Harry Brown, Maud, a was May 2024-born 656kg Limousin heifer which sold for 拢5,000 to I. Forsyth, Aberlour.
The overall butchers champion was awarded to William Robertson and Son, Tomintoul, with a May 2024-born homebred 620kg Limousin cross heifer which also sold to the Marcliffe Hotel for 拢4,800.
Messrs Brown took the reserve butchers title with his April 2024-born 640kg Limousin cross heifer which made 拢3,800 to the judges.
In the Young Farmers section, the top price of 拢4,026 (610p/kg) was paid for the un-haltered champion, a Limousin cross 662kg heifer from Lewis Keir, Glenkindie, which sold to G. and L. Carroll, Kirriemuir.
Cally Harper, Turriff was awarded the haltered championship with an April 2024-born 656kg Limousin-cross heifer which sold to Forbes Raeburn Butcher, Huntly, for 拢3,800.
Abbie Brown, Maud took the young farmers reserve champion position with a 660kg Limousin cross heifer which also made 拢3,800 to Balfour Baillie, Orkney. 听
The next top price of 拢3,450 (500p per kg) was paid for the 2nd prize Limousin cross heifer from the Robertson Family, Fodderletter Farms. Scalling 694kgs, she sold to BT Kitson Butcher, 25 South Side, Hutton Rudby, North Yorkshire.听
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Sheep
In the sheep section, judge Hannah Wood from Bowland Foods, Preston, tapped the pair of homebred 47.5kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Smith, Drumnahive, Kildrummy as the open champions and went on to buy them for the top price of 拢350/head.
Reserve champions, a pair of 49.5kg down-crosses 听from R. Wilkie, Echt sold for 拢300/head to John Scott Meat, Paisley.
Butchers' champions, a pair of 43kg Beltex cross lambs, also from Drumnahive, sold for 拢320/head, again to the judge.
听Reserve butchers' lambs were a pair of 48kg Beltex crosses from R. Wilkie, Echt, which sold to John Scott Meat for 拢240/head.
The Young Farmers section saw the champions, a pair of 51kg Beltex crosses from Laura and Neil Smith, Drumnahive, sell for 拢240/head to C. Abernethy, Middleton of Potterton.
The reserve Young Farmers pair from Harvey Stuart, Ballindalloch were 52kg Beltex crosses which sold to M. M. Barrack, Fisherie, for 拢250/head.
The 45 pairs of prime lambs averaged 421p/kg (拢195.80/head0 which is 拢15.48 up on year. 听
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Christmas Classic pedigree sheep hit 5,000gns
IT was the reserve champion Suffolk that topped the multi-breed show and sale of pedigree females held at the Aberdeen Christmas Classic at Thainstone.
With the 139 sheep selling to an overall average of 拢1,142.90, leading the way at 5,000gns was a Rempstone Gambler daughter from James Innes, Huntly, which sold to Craig Coutts, Tough.
Next at 4,500gns was the Suffolk champion, a Dunfell Dynamite daughter from G.L. Stuart, Ellon, which sold to R. and P. Machray, Daviot.
Messrs Stuart's Birness flock welcomed a further 4,000gns for another Dunfell Dunamite daughter which sold to Angus Brimms, Bilbster, as well as 3,800gns from D. Delday, Deerness, for the third prize gimmer.
Messrs Machray's third prize ewe lamb led the section at 2,000gns when sold to Graeme Christie, Pitcaple, a price matched by the third prize ewe from J.G. Douglas, Fraserburgh, which sold to Messrs Moir, also Fraserburgh.
The first prize ewe lamb from Robert Wilson, Turriff, topped the Texel section at 3,500gngs when knocked down to Duncan Whyte, Newton Mearns.
Texel gimmers sold to 3,400gns when Messrs MacNiven, Glen Farg, paid that for the reserve champion from Kenny Pratt, Peterculter, who sold another for 2,600gns to Messrs Jack and Sons, Muir of Ord.
Messrs Wilson's Texel champion made 2,800gns to Steven Stewart, Kintore.
Messrs Simpson, Kilmarnock, sold the top price Dutch Spotted for 1,100gns to E Paterson, Turriff.
Beltex sold to 1,000gns twice, firstly for the champion, a gimmer from Finn Christie, Pitcaple, which sold to Jack Stuart, Glenlivet, and again for the second prize gimmer from Grant Dinnie, Alford, that sold to Messrs Smith, Kildrummy.
The first and second prize Blue Texel gimmers from J. McKilligan, Huntly, and G. Taylor, Ellon, respectively, both sold to Colin Matthew, Tullynessle, for 850gns.
Matthew Seed, Turriff, sold a Bluefaced Leicester gimmer for 850gns to Messrs Murray, Caithness, while Michelle Hanson's three Badger Face Texels from Keith made 550gns apiece.
Averages:
38 Suffolks, 拢1,834.72; 48 Texels, 拢1,179.05; 5 Beltex, 拢778.74; 11 Blue Texel, 拢634.77; 29 Dutch Spotted, 拢561.20; 4 Badger Face Texels, 拢564.37; 3 Blue Faced Leicesters, 拢787.50.
Auctioneers:听Aberdeen and Northern Marts.
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