A CENTRE record of £2100 for a commercial calf was achieved on Craven Champions Day, the annual show and sale of commercial store cattle with future show potential at Skipton Auction Mart, last week.

Collecting the top price was the overall champion, a seven-month-old British Blue cross Limousin heifer from Yorkshire Dales showman Chris Akrigg, Manor Farm, Cray. Prepared for the show ring by Chris Akrigg’s son Will and exhibited by Annabelle Mason, Embsay, the title winner is by the family’s stock bull Almeley Sweep, bred in Herefordshire by Graham Morgan.

Show judge was 19-year-old Richard Priestley, Hill Top Farm, Denholme, Bradford, who said of his champion: “She stood out in an outstanding show – a really stylish youngster, with great promise for the future.” He backed up his judgement by buying the champion at £2100.