The Charollais Sheep Society ram show and sale at Skipton Auction Mart saw veteran exhibitors sharing championship honours with newcomers.
The supreme title went to a December-born ram lamb from the Cumbrian-based Wraycastle flock of JA and R Geldard & Sons, Kendal. It sold for 420 guineas to John Bailey of Preston.
Reserve champion was a home-bred March-born shearling ram from Debor
ah Whitcher, whose Galtres flock is based at Whenby, York. It made 420 guineas, from William Oldfield, of Newsholme, Gisburn. Deborah's parents Charles and Valerie Marwood, whose Foulrice flock is also based at Whenby, were responsible for a brace of home-bred shearling rams that each sold for 500 guineas – to Andrew Haggas of Otterburn and Matt Mason of Appletreewick.
In the Beltex Sheep Society's annual show and sale at Skipton, twin brothers Richard and David Findlay went head to head.
Richard, of Quarry Farm, Westerdale, Whitby, took both the female and supreme championships with a shearling ewe – daughter of the Irish import Burnside Jethro, acquired for 4,800 guineas as a shearling at Carlisle.
The victor sold for 1,250 guineas to I Wilson, of Kendal. Top price in show, 1500 guineas, was gained by a shearling ram from Thomas Hunter, of Hunmanby, Filey, selling to RN Mees of Stafford.
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