Newton Stewart breeders Helen Ryman of the North Kildarroch herd and George and Isabel Milroy, Mains of Machermore, made their presence felt at a Belted Galloway sale at Skipton, buying the top priced bull at 5800gns.

The bull, Scaifehall Lorenzo, a two-year-old from Chris and Christine Ryder, Blubberhouses, was securing a second consecutive championship here for the duo and is by the same sire as their 2023 winner. Lorenzo is sired by Mochrum Lachlan, a 4000gns prize-winning junior purchase at Castle Douglas in 2019 that goes back to the 2015 Great Yorkshire Show champion, Clifton Hercules. The dam is Scaifehall Ivana, a Glen Elvis daughter.

Also selling north at 4000gns, Joe and Zan Kirk, Auldgirth, Dumfries, bought the senior bull Barwise Herdmaker, a three-year-old from Cumbrian breeder Carolyn Fletcher, Appleby. Herdmaker is a son of Barwise Jeorge and bred from a Whitepool Kite Mark-sired dam.

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Reserve overall was the female champion, Summerstone Diana, a two-year-old heifer from Steve and Karen Halsall’s Summerstone herd, Thwaite House Farm, Lofthouse, which sold for 2500gns. Diana is a daughter of Auchengassel Origin by Cairnsmore Glenmorangie, and out of Mochrum Gillian 2. She sold in calf to the 9000gns Mochrum Finnegan and is due in December to J Taylor, Golcarl, Kirklees.

Malcolm and Marty Handley and son Mick of Croasdale herd, Slaidburn, also had a good day with a brace of Whisky Galore-sired heifers, both scanned in calf to Cairnsmore Prince. Croasdale Sabrina and Croasdale Shelagh made 2200gns and 2000gns respectively, with both heading home with Woodend Farms, Dunsop Bridge.

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White Galloways made their debut at Skipton, and sold to 1500gns for JT and TA Wigham of the Riggshield herd, Irthington, Carlisle. Riggshield Majestic, a three-year-old bull by Troloss Kingfisher, out of a Heritage Casper-sired home-bred dam, was bought by P Thompson, Wolsingham, Weardale. A reduction sale of 12 females of various ages from Karen Brooke’s Rylestone herd, Pilling, Preston, was also staged and sold to 1450gns for twice for home-bred 2018 and 2019-born in calf Arnside Jaz daughters, purchased by CB Farms, Newton-le-Willows.

Auctioneers: CCM.

Averages: Junior bulls, £3413; in-calf heifers, £1830; maiden heifers, £1628.