A LIMOUSIN cross heifer from KA Brown and Sons, Asby Hall, Great Asby, topped Harrison and Hetherington's annual show and sale of 560 suckled calves, when it sold for £2700.

With more than 60 active buyers in attendance from as far north as Aberdeenshire and down into Bedfordshire, a quality show of calves met a flying trade throughout as heifers averaged £880.55 (+£36.27 on the year) and bullocks cashed in at £874.78 (+£20.08).

The Browns, who sold 50 calves to average £1077.40 with 14 selling between the £1200 and £2700 bracket, topped the sale with a 10-month-old heifer by a Huntershall bull. First prize in the pre-sale show, she sold to Miss S Cropper from Long Preston.

Another from Asby Hall, realised £2450, while their reserve champion, a seven-month-old British Blue cross heifer made £1320 to K Ludgate, Leighton Buzzard.

Selling for £2050 to the judge, Emma Dickens, Milton Keynes, was the overall champion from Gary Bell, Haas Grove, Lockerbie, an eight-month-old Ampertaine Jackpot-sired Limousin cross heifer.

LEADINGawards:

Bullocks – Lim X – 1, KA Brown & Sons, Asby Hall, £1160; 2, Messrs Swinbank, Brow Farm, £1110; 3, Messrs Swinbank, £1100. BRB X – 1 and champion bullock, KA Brown and Sons, £1320; 2, KA Brown & Sons, £1265; 3, Messrs Taylor, Waterhouses, £1000. Char X – 1, GA and DE Slack, Stoneriggs, £975; 2, GA and DE Slack, Stoneriggs, £825. Haltered – 1 and reserve champion bulock, G Bell, Haas Side Farm (Lim), £1500; 2, KA Brown and Sons (BRB), £1240; 3, G Bell (Lim), £1000.

Heifers – Lim X – 1, KA Brown & Sons, £2700; 2, KA Brown and Sons, £1850; 3, Messrs Swinbank, Brow Farm, £975. BRB X – 1 and reserve champion heifer, KA Brown and Sons, £1920; 2, Messrs Taylor, Waterhouses, £1225; 3, KA Brown and Sons, £2100. Char X – 1, GA and DE Slack, £1035; 2, GA & DE Slack, £985; 3, K and GJ Huck, £1100. Haltered – 1 and champion heifer, G Bell, £2050; 2, KA Brown and Sons, £2450.

LEADINGprices:

Bullock – Lim – £1500, £1000 Hass Side Farm; £1200, £1160, £1100, £985, £935, £925, £915 Asby Hall; £1125, £1055, £985, £935(3) Asby Grange; £1110, £1100, £1005, £975, £925, £915, £900 Brow Farm; £1105, £1085 Waterhouses; £1005 High Lane; £1000, £975, £915, £900 (x3) Stoneriggs; £1000, £975 Scarr House; £955 Walburn Hall; £945 Castle Hill; £925, £915 Sandwath; £915 Crosby Lodge. BRB – £1320, £1265, £1240, £1105, £1015, £965, £935 Asby Hall; £1075, £1065 Sunnyside; £1045, £1015, £975, £955, £955 (x2), £945 (x2), £935 (x2), £915 (x2), £900 (x2) Asby Grange; £1000 Scarr House; £1000, £985 Waterhouses; £1000, £965 Park Lodge Farm; £975 Haas Side Farm; £955 (x2) Stoneygarth; £945 Williams House. Char – £975, £900, £865, £825 Stoneriggs; £855 Crosby Lodge; £835 Heather Bank.

Heifers – Lim – £2700, £2450, £1850, £1600, £1580, £975, £935 (x2), £905, £885, £875 Asby Hall; £2050 Hass Side Farm; £1185, £1005(2), £985 Waterhouses; £1065 Sunnyside; £1015 Greystoke Castle Farm; £985 High Lane; £975, £845 Brow Farm; £955, £915 Sandwath. BRB – £2100, £1920, £1450, £1300 Asby Hall; £1245, £1125, £1075, £1045(2), £1000, £965, £925, £915, £875, £865, £855(2) Asby Grange; £1225 Waterhouses; £1025, £865 Scarr House; £975 Sunnyside; £955 Crookholm Farm; £875 Staingills. Blonde – £1185, £1100, £985, £845 Sowerthwaite Farm; £865 Stoneygarth. Char – £1035, £985, £925, £825 Stoneriggs; £825 Heather Bank; £825 Crosby Lodge.