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British Blue Scoops Inaugural ‘Beeflink’ Title18th January 2011 A U+3 carcass from Shropshire farmer Peter Gore beat off better grading carcasses, including several E graded entries, to scoop the championship in the inaugural ABP/Asda Beeflink carcass competition in which the championship was decided not on EUROP grading, but on retail meat yield value.
Entered by Shrewsbury-based Mr Gore, the a British Blue cross steer carcass weighed 387.8kg at 23 months and four days old and gave a 0.82% greater return than the first placed young bull, an E2 graded 379.2kg Limousin cross from C I Thomas, Chirbury, Shropshire. It also gave a 1.09% greater return than the first placed heifer carcass, an E3 classified 405.6kg Limousin cross from Paul Andrews, Welshpool, Powys. Asda senior red meat trader Jim Viggars said boning out the carcasses to determine the champion had shown the value of assessing carcasses based on their yield and value rather than simply on the EUROP grading classification. "The introduction of video image analysis (VIA) to all ABP abattoirs supplying Asda will allow us to gain this information on the slaughter line when the carcass is whole," he said. Acknowledgements to ‘Taking Stock’ Farmers Weekly
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latest newsRoyal Ulster Show Taking top honours in the British Blue championship at Balmoral was Andrew Craig with his heifer Woodview Frarlein, a Barbier daughter out of Woodview Britney. [results] Carlisle Annual Spring Show & Sale 2012 280 British Blues on Friday 19th & Saturday 19th May 2012. [catalogue] Dispersal of the College Valley herd at Carlisle on Friday 25th May. [catalogue] Strong demand for quality at Chelford “Quality” was the name of the game when the British Blue bulls went through the ring on Saturday 3rd March. [report]
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