Champion heifer goes for €2,000

Marts: A 695kg heifer was sold for €2,000 after being judged overall champion at the Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale at Skibbereen Mart in Co Cork.

The Charolais x heifer, exhibited by Richard Stanley, Bandon, was purchased by Peter Wilson, also of Bandon, after winning the coveted top award at the show.

A Limousin x Belgian Blue heifer was judged the Butcher’s Champion. Exhibited by John Cullinane, Ballineen, and Sean Kelliher, Newcestown (jointly), it weighed 410kg and was purchased by David Wharton, Birr, Co Offaly, for €1,150.