DAISY Duke, a Limousin cross heifer scooped the supreme championship at the Nation Beef Association's Beef Expo 2016, staged at Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Derbyshire, last week.

The event, which attracted in the region of 8000 visitors, 140 trade stands to include 21 breed societies, featured in excess of 120 head of show cattle and saw a Welsh heifer from John Williams, Gwynedd, crowned supreme.

Bred in Cumbria, by Stephen Nixon, this 450kg yearling, is out of a British Blue cross dam.

Lincolnshire judge, Phil Sellers, selected another Limousin cross as his reserve, this time from Tecwyn Jones, Llanrwst. Hightown Girl, a home-bred heifer, is out of the multi-award winning Black Beauty.

Steer champion was Dolphy Duke, from Andy Nichols and son, Will, Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent. This yearling was bred by Rob Jones, Builth Wells. Reserve steer was Sunny Bill, a similarly aged British Blue cross from Elfed Williams, Sennybridge, Powys.

Leading the native line-up was Evita, a September, 2014-born, Beef Shorthorn cross heifer from Arfon Jones, Anglesey, with Rock On Ruby, a 16-month-old Galloway cross steer, from Penrith showman, Neil Slack, lifting the reserve

A bumper line-up of calves saw a £7900 purchase lift the supreme baby beef sash for Elfed Williams. Read All About It, a 375kg Limousin cross heifer bred by Wendy Morgan, was bought at Ruthin earlier this year and was giving the winning slap by judge, Christine Williams.

In reserve was the Aberdeen-Angus-sired, July, 2015-born heifer, Black Berry, from Robert Elias and daughter, Sioned, from Garndolbenmaen, Gwynedd. Bred by Berwyn Hughes, Lampeter, it weighed in at 355kg.

Best large breed society stand the The Hereford Cattle Society's, with the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society placed second and the Charolais and Limousin cattle societies joint third. Small breeds were led by The White Park Cattle Society, with second going to the Sussex Cattle Society and third the Piedmontese.