Heifer crowned supreme champ at show A 21-month-old Charolais cross heifer was crowned supreme champion at the anniversary show and sale of store cattle at Dingwall yesterday. The home-bred heifer from Andrew Anderson, of Smallburn Farms, Plewlands, Duff

Event: Judge buys up winners at Dingwall

had good width and would make a good carcase. He went on to buy his champion for £1,400.

Mr Gall also bought the reserve senior champion – a home-bred 22-month-old Aberdeen-Angus cross bullock from Robert Mackenzie, Boat of Garten – for £1,420.

Standing reserve overall and junior champion was a home-bred nine-monthold British Blue cross bullock from Ian Grant, of Slattadale, Lochmaree. This one sold for £950 to Messrs C& A Cameron, Montgrew Farm, Keith.

Mr Grant’s success did not end there and he lifted the reserve junior and intermediate champion rosettes.

His reserve junior champion – another home-bred nine- month- old British Blue cross bullock – sold for £ 950 to Messrs Brown, Sunhoney Farm, Echt. The intermediate champion – a home-bred 15-month-old Limousin cross bullock – sold for £1,150 to D. A. Budge, Brae Edge Farm, Castletown, Caithness.

Standing reserve in the intermediate section, and selling for £1,320, was a home-bred 15-month-old British Blue cross Limousin bullock from Messrs J.H. & S.M. Anderson, The Cloy, Fortrose. He sold to Backmuir Trading Co, Keith.

In total 873 bullocks sold to a top price of £1,430 and an average of £2.30 a kg, while 712 heifers sold to a top of £1,400 and an average of £2.22 a kg.

At last year’s fixture 972 bullocks sold to an average of £ 2.54 a kg and 552 heifers sold to £2.45 a kg.

WINNER: Andrew Anderson, owner of the overall champion with Noel Gall, judge for the day

Champion beast entered by Andrew Anderson

Ringside at the sale room yesterday