OLA SHOW & SALE OF SUCKLED CALVES
The annual OLA show and sale of suckled calves took place at Orkney Auction Mart on Wednesday 29 October
2014.
A total of 157 calves were sold and 35 of these came forward for show before judge Frazer Leslie from
Shapinsay. Champion calf was a red Limousin cross steer from Mr I Sclater, Fisk-Helia, Breckan, Evie. Mr
Sclater also had the Reserve Champion, a black Limousin cross heifer. Both animals were sired by a home-bred
Black Limousin bull named “Sclaters Hercules” by “Goldies Black Denver”. The dams of both the champion and
reserve are homebred twin cows out of a British Blue cross cow and sired by the popular AI choice for
Limousins “Chytodden Conan”.
The Champion Steer scaled 375kgs and sold for £1,010 (269.3p) to Mr Irvine of Lenahowe in Sandwick. The
Reserve Champion heifer was 350kgs and sold for £1,200 (342.9p) to Mr Baillie, Sebay, Tankerness. This was
top gross and kilo price of the day. Top kilo price for steers was attained by Messrs Barton of the Brough in
South Ronaldsay for a group of four Charolais crosses scaling 273kgs realising £870 per head (318.7p). Top
gross price for steers was £1,020 for a pair of Limousin crosses scaling 395kgs (258.2p) from Fisk-Helia, Evie.
Photo of Champion Steer
Photo of Reserve Champion
Show results (£25 to every first prize winner sponsored by Biobest Laboratories Ltd):Charolais Steers: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Chalmers, Mousland, Stromness.
Charolais Heifers: 1st & 3rd Barton, Brough, South Ronaldsay; 2nd Mousland.
Limousin Steers: 1st & 2nd Sclater, Fisk-Helia, Evie; 3rd Tait, Lower Bu, Holm.
Limousin Heifers: 1st Fisk-Helia; 2nd Bruce, Midhouse, Deerness; 3rd Wilson, Howequoy, Holm.
British Blue Steers: 1st Lower Bu; 2nd & 3rd Linklater, Upper Braebuster, Deerness.
British Blue Heifers: 1st Upper Braebuster; 2nd Jones, Denwick, Deerness; 3rd Budge St Colms, Longhope.
Simmental Steers: 1st & 2nd Duncan, South Flaws, South Ronaldsay; 3rd Mousland.
Simmental Heifers: 1st, 2nd & 3rd South Flaws.
Overall Champion & Reserve: Sclater, Fisk-Helia, Breckan, Evie.
All calves sold very well and heifer calves with future breeding potential were in great demand. The 79 steers
averaged £879 per head (267.3p) and the 78 heifers averaged £835 per head (242.7p).
Steer prices for 2014 born calves:
Fisk-Helia, Evie (395) £1,020 (258p), (375) £1,010 (269p) Lim;
Biggings, Toab (320) £1,000 (313p), (341) £1,000 (293p) Char;
Mousland, Stromness (350) £980 (280p) Char, (300) £800 (267p) Lim;
Midhouse, Deerness (430) £980 (228p), (352) £860 (244p) Lim;
Upper Braebuster, Deerness (355) £970 (273p) BB;
Brough, South Ronaldsay (306) £960 (314p), (312) £960 (308p) Char;
Lower Bu, Holm (360) £960 (267p) Lim, (370) £960 (260) BB;
Rowland, Holm (330) £950 (288p), (365) £880 (241p) Lim;
Denwick, Deerness (375) £900 (240p) BB;
St Colms, Longhope (340) £870 (256p), (320) £810 (253p) BB;
South Flaws, South Ronaldsay (380) £810 (284p),(340) £800 (235p) Sim.
Heifer prices for 2014 born calves:
Fisk-Helia, Evie (350) £1,200 (343p) Lim;
Midhouse, Deerness (335) £960 (287p), (345) £940 (273p) Lim;
Denwick, Deerness (335) £910 (272p) BB, (400) £780 (195p) Lim;
Upper Braebuster, Deerness (310) £900 (290p) BB;
Rowland, Holm (360) £900 (250p) Lim;
St Colms, Longhope (295) £880 (298p);
Lower Bu, Holm (315) £870 (276p) Lim, (345) £810 (235p) BB;
Biggings, Toab (302) £860 (285p), (300) £830 (277p) Char;
South Flaws, South Ronaldsay (310) £860 (277p), (300) £850 (283p) Sim;
Mousland, Stromness (330) £860 (261p), (345) £840 (244p) Char;
Howequoy, Holm (360) £820 (228p) Lim, (300) £760 (253p) BB;
Brough, South Ronaldsay (316) £810 (256p), (278) £780 (281p) Char.
OLA SALE OF BREEDING STOCK
There was a small sale of breeding stock after the calves were sold.
Two young British Blue cross cows from J Rendall, Rowland, Holm that are in calf to the Black Limousin bull
sold for £2,050 and £1,950.
A pair of Simmental cross heifers in calf to the Limousin bull from J E Dick, Midskaill, Egilsay sold for £2,000 and
£1,850.
Seven Beef Shorthorn cross heifers from G & M Anderton, Harrabrough, South Ronaldsay sold up to £1,100 per
head.
Four pure Beef Shorthorn heifers from J M Lennie & Co, Nearhouse, Tankerness also sold up to £1,100 per
head.
Two heifers from B & S Slater, Newbigging, Dounby realised £1,200 for the Aberdeen Angus cross and the
British Blue cross made £1,150.