Wilson Peters leads the way at Aberdeen Christmas Classic

Posted: November 30, 2022

A Charolais cross heifer from Wilson Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie, stood overall champion at the Aberdeen Christmas Classic, held at Thainstone Centre, Inverurie.

The annual event, held in conjunction with Aberdeen Fatstock Association and sponsored by Rapid Project Development (RPD), attracted a tremendous line-up of prime and butchers’ animals from well-known stockmen and women throughout Scotland.

Taking the supreme honours, when tapped out by judges Scott Watson, Carnoustie, and Harry Wood of Bowland Foods, Preston, was a March, 2021-born heifer scaling 584kg.

This home-bred heifer by Balthayock Nicolas, out of a Limousin cross British Blue dam sold for the top price of £4200 to Kitson Butchers, Yorkshire.

Wilson also took the champion butchers’ award for a Limousin cross heifer scaling 592kg bred by the Robertsons at Newton of Logierait.

Sired by Glenrock Inferno, out of a Limousin cross dam, this May, 2021-born heifer also sold to Kitson Butchers for £4000.

The reserve overall award went to a March, 2021-born Limousin cross heifer from Craig Buchan, Nether Savoch, Longside, Peterhead.

Scaling 572kg, this one made £3200 to S and K Mackie Butchers, Aberlour.

Tilly Munro from Invercharron, Ardgay, stood Young Farmers’ champion with a home-bred British Blue cross heifer bred by Shewglie Farms.

This March, 2021-born heifer tipped the scales at 620kg and sold for £2900 to Bruce Of The Broch Butchers, Fraserburgh.

Just behind, at £2700, was the reserve butchers’ animal from David and Neil Work, Mains of Dumbreck, Ellon.

Bred by Balfour Baillie, Orkney, this November, 2021-born Limousin cross bullock is by Lodge Hamlet and sold to John Scott Meats, Paisley.

Anna Fettes from Braes of Enzie, Buckie, took reserve in the Young Farmers’ section with a British Blue cross bullock weighing 626kg.

He sold for £2000 to Kitson Butchers.

The next top price of £3312 or 460p per kg also came from Anna, this time with the champion unhaltered animal.

This was an Aberdeen-Angus cross heifer scaling 720kg purchased by Forbes Raeburn Butchers, Huntly.

Angus Greenlaw, Sheep Park Farms, Bridge of Marnoch, stood reserve unhaltered champion with a home-bred, 596kg Aberdeen-Angus cross heifer which sold for £2320.50 to Hugh Black and Sons, Lanark.

Two other animals sold above the £3000 mark including a third prize Limousin cross heifer weighing 705kg from Blair Duffton, Huntly, which sold for £3102 to G and L Carroll, Edendiack, Huntly.

Selling for £3085.50 was the best native, an Aberdeen-Angus cross heifer weighing 705kg from Wilson Peters, purchased by JG Mansonfield, Bridgend.

Anna Fettes’ champion in the Young Farmers’ unhaltered section sold for £2250 to John Stewart Quality Butchers, Banff, while the reserve from Stuart Ross, Wardhead, Strichen, made £2478 to W and D Moir Livestock, Home Farm Cairness, Fraserburgh.

Haltered Beef Cattle

Class 1A – Open – Single Haltered Heifer

Sponsored by Royal Northern Agricultural Society (RNAS)

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Craig Buchan, Nether Savoch, Longside	572kg	2
2^nd	H Brown, Auchmaliddie Mains, Maud	536kg	1
3^rd	Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly	580kg	3

Class 1B – Open – Single Haltered Heifer

Sponsored by GPH Plant Hire Ltd

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie	584kg	4
2^nd	H Brown, Auchmaliddie Mains, Maud	606kg	5
3^rd	Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly	706kg	6

Class 1.1 – Open – Single Haltered Native Heifer

Sponsored by Towns & Carnie

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie	608kg	7
2^nd	Robert Marshall & Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie	690kg	8

Class 2.1 – Open – Single Haltered Bullock

Sponsored by Scottish Beef Assocation

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly	654kg	10
2^nd	J & D Fraser, Easter Clune Farm, Nairn	596kg	9

Open Haltered Beef Cattle Champion

(Aberdeen Town Council Perpetual Silver Challenge Cup)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 4 Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie

Reserve Champion Open Haltered Beef Cattle

(His Grace the Duke of Fife Perpetual Challenge Trophy)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 2 Craig Buchan, Nether Savoch, Longside

Best Overall Heifer

(Saphock Perpetual Rose Bowl)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 4 Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie

Reserve Overall Heifer

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 2 Craig Buchan, Nether Savoch, Longside

Best Overall Bullock

(Turriff Agricultural Show Perpetual Tray)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 10 Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly

Reserve Overall Bullock

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 9 J & D Fraser, Easter Clune Farm, Nairn

Best Animal of Opposite Sex to Champion

(BOCM Pauls Perpetual Challenge Trophy)

Lot 10 Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly

Overall Best Native Breed Animal

Lot 7 Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie

Aberdeen-Angus Society Sponsored Awards

Best Animal Sired by a Pedigree Aberdeen-Angus Bull

(Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 7 Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie

Reserve Animal Sired by a Pedigree Aberdeen-Angus Bull

Lot 8 Robert Marshall & Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Charolais Society Sponsored Awards

Best Animal Sired by a Charolais Bull

(Perpetual Challenge Cup)

Lot 4 Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie

Limousin Society Sponsored Awards

Best Animal Sired by a Limousin Bull

(Salver)

Lot 2 Craig Buchan, Nether Savoch, Longside

Butchers Cattle
Sponsored by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS)

Class 5 – Single Heifer

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie	592kg	22
2^nd	Lorna Beaton, South Auchmaliddie, Maud	602kg	23
3^rd	Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly	562kg	20
4^th	H Brown, Auchmaliddie Mains, Maud	550kg	19

Class 6 – Single Bullock

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	D Work & Son, Mains of Dumbreck, Huntly	554kg	24
2^nd	Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly	590kg	26
3^rd	Robert Mackenzie, The Glebe, Boat of Garten	572kg	25

Butchers Champion

(Aberdeen Master Butchers’ Association Perpetual Silver Cup)

Lot 22 Wilson A Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie

Reserve Butchers Champion

(J Bibby and Sons Ltd Perpetual Silver Challenge Cup)

Lot 24 D Work & Son, Mains of Dumbreck, Huntly

Best Animal of Opposite Sex to Butchers Champion

(Perpetual Challenge Trophy)

Lot 24 D Work & Son, Mains of Dumbreck, Huntly

Unhaltered Beef Cattle

Class 9A – Open Single Unhaltered Heifer

Sponsored by Balgownie

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly	550kg	43
2^nd	H Brown, Auchmaliddie Mains, Maud	536kg	42
3^rd	H Brown, Auchmaliddie Mains, Maud	574kg	45
4^th	Grant Watt, Mains of Knapperna, Udny	578kg	46

Class 9B – Open Single Unhaltered Heifer

Sponsored by Station Garage

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Sheep Park Farms, Bridge of Marnoch, Huntly	596kg	48
2^nd	Calum Keir, Cairncoullie, Glenkindie	594kg	47
3^rd	Ross Bros, Wardhead, Strichen	604kg	50
4^th	G & D Anderson, Brucewells, Netherley	602kg	49

Class 9C – Open Single Unhaltered Heifer

Sponsored by C & M McDonald

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	W A Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie	720kg	54
2^nd	Sheep Park Farms, Bridge of Marnoch, Huntly	686kg	53
3^rd	G & D Anderson, Brucewells, Netherley	652kg	52

Class 10A – Open Single Unhaltered Bullock

Sponsored by Towns & Carnie

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	R & D Farquhar, Tewel, Stonehaven	612kg	57
2^nd	J L I Thomson, Middleton of Potterton, Potterton	622kg	58
3^rd	Blair Duffton, 2 Bogie Street, Huntly	572kg	56

Class 10B – Open Single Unhaltered Bullock

Sponsored by East Coast Viners

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	W A Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie	638kg	51
2^nd	J L I Thomson, Middleton of Potterton, Potterton	624kg	59
3^rd	Ross Bros, Wardhead, Strichen	632kg	61
4^th	R & D Farquhar, Tewel, Stonehaven	630kg	60

Class 10C – Open Single Unhaltered Bullock

Sponsored by HRN

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	W & J Brown, Hilton of Culsh, New Deer	704kg	66
2^nd	J L I Thomson, Middleton of Potterton, Potterton	658kg	64
3^rd	Stuart Forman, Fridayhill, Maud	660kg	65
4^th	L Short & Son, Millstone House, Rosehearty	654kg	63

Open Unhaltered Champion

(The Bert Bruce Perpetual Trophy)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 54 W A Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Reserve Unhaltered Champion

(The Gordon Soutar Perpetual Cup)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 48 Sheep Park Farms, Bridge of Marnoch, Huntly

Best Animal of Opposite Sex to Champion
(The Bank of Scotland Ice Bucket)
Sponsored by RPD
Lot 57 R & D Farquhar, Tewel, Stonehaven

Young Farmers Unhaltered Beef Cattle

Class 7A – Single Heifer – Junior Member

Sponsored by East Coast Viners

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie	628kg	29
2^nd	Lewis Keir, Cairncoullie, Glenkindie	644kg	31
3^rd	Jenna Ross, Wardhead, Strichen	624kg	28
4^th	Robert Anderson Brucewells, Netherley	610kg	27

Class 7B – Single Heifer – Senior Member

Sponsored by GWT Plant Hire Ltd

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Stuart Ross, Wardhead, Strichen	594kg	33
2^nd	Thomas Hall, 6 Bruce Brae, Longside	620kg	34
3^rd	Cally Harper, Westholme, Turriff	568kg	32
4^th	Stuart Ross, Wardhead, Strichen	650kg	35

Class 8A – Single Bullock – Junior Member

Sponsored by Miller Plant

	Name	Weight	Lot Number
1^st	Lewis Keir, Cairncoullie, Glenkindie	616kg	37
2^nd	Robert Anderson, Brucewells, Netherley	670kg	39
3^rd	Jenna Ross, Wardhead, Strichen	652kg	38
4^th	Jenna Ross, Wardhead, Strichen	604kg	36

Class 8B – Single Bullock – Senior Member

Sponsored by HRN

	Name	Weight	Price	Lot Number
1^st	Thomas Hall, 6 Bruce Brae, Longside	658kg		40
2^nd	Stuart Ross, Wardhead, Strichen	580kg		41

Champion Unhaltered Cattle

(The Clydesdale Bank PLC Perpetual Challenge Trophy)

Sponsored by HRN

Lot 29 Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Reserve Champion Unhaltered Cattle

(The Peter Glass Perpetual Trophy)

Sponsored by HRN

Lot 33 Stuart Ross, Wardhead, Strichen

Best Animal of Opposite Sex to Champion

(The Drew Paterson Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 33 Stuart Ross, Wardhead, Strichen

Best Animal from First Time Exhibitor

(Quaich)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 29 Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Young Farmers Haltered Prime Cattle

Class 3.1 – Single Heifer – Junior Member

Sponsored by R & G Donald Agricultural Engineering

	Name	Weight	Price	Lot Number
1^st	Tilly Munro, Invercharron, Ardgay	620kg		12
2^nd	Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie	654kg		13
3^rd	Robert Anderson, Brucwells, Netherley	518kg		11

Class 3.2 – Single Heifer – Senior Member

Sponsored by Donview Vets

	Name	Weight	Price	Lot Number
1^st	Craig Buchan, Nether Savoch, Longside	576kg		15
2^nd	Thomas Hall, 6 Bruce Brae, Longside	550kg		14

Class 4.1 – Single Bullock – Junior Member

Sponsored by Harbro

	Name	Weight	Price	Lot Number
1^st	Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie	626kg		16

Class 4.2 – Single Bullock – Senior Member

Sponsored by Ollie Harbro

	Name	Weight	Price	Lot Number
1^st	Cally Harper, Westholme, Turriff	698kg		18
2^nd	Tommy Linklater, Stonelea, Stenness	604kg		17

Champion Young Farmers Haltered Cattle

(Dalgety Agriculture Ltd Perpetual Challenge Trophy)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 12 Tilly Munro, Invercharron, Ardgay

Reserve Champion Young Farmers Haltered Cattle

(Tom Cruickshank Perpetual Trophy)

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 16 Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Best Junior Young Farmers Animal

(Strathbogie Farmers’ Club Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 12 Tilly Munro, Invercharron, Ardgay

Best Overall Heifer

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 12 Tilly Munro, Invercharron, Ardgay

Reserve Overall Heifer

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 13 Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Best Overall Bullock

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 16 Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Reserve Overall Bullock

Sponsored by RPD

Lot 18 Cally Harper, Westholme, Turriff

Best Animal of Opposite Sex to Champion

(Frank Smart Perpetual Trophy)

Lot 16 Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Best Animal Paraded by a Member Under 21

(Fowlie Trophy)

Lot 12 Tilly Munro, Invercharron, Ardgay

Exhibitor Who Parades Animal in Most Expert Manner

(Royal Bank of Scotland Salver)

Lot 16 Anna Fettes, Braes of Enzie, Buckie

Reserve Exhibitor Who Parades Animal in Most Expert Manner

Lot 12 Tilly Munro, Invercharron, Ardgay

Best Home Bred Animal

Lot 11 Robert Anderson, Brucwells, Netherley

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