JIM and Ian Handley, of Chapel-le-Dale, landed top price honours at 4,900gns (£5,145) at Craven Limousin Day - Skipton Auction Mart's annual spring show and sale of pedigree bulls and females.

They secured top call with their second prize intermediate bull, the October, 2014-born Gunnerfleet Jumbo, who found a new home with Mick Rodney, of Healugh.

James and Sarah Cooper, based at Hill Top Farm, Dacre, took the supreme champion, the first prize senior bull and senior male and overall male champion awards with three-year-old Carwin Icarus. He was bought by Ian and Stuart Barritt, of Braisty Wood, Summerbridge, for 4,600gns.

The reserve supreme championship fell to a 2014-born bull from Nicholas Tennant, from Fraisthorpe. He had first won his show class before progressing to become intermediate male champion and reserve male champion. He fell for 3,600gns when joining with CG and AJ Sutcliffe, of Wetwang, Driffield.

The junior male champion was the January, 2015, Swale Locust, from John Swales, of Mount Pleasant Farm, Balk. He sold for 3,500gns to Don Leeming, of Ramsgill.

Intermediate reserve champion was the April, 2014-born bull, Procters Joker, from Procters Farm in Slaidburn. He made 3,700gns when returning home with Paythorne’s Keith Whitwell.

Jim and Ian Handley were also responsible for the junior male reserve champion, the January, 2015-born Gunnerfleet Lord, who landed a 3,400gns bid from JA and J Robinson, of Holwick, Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Senior reserve male champion was a two-year-old bull, Coachhouse Jovial, from the Nottinghamshire-based Barry and Gill Heald. He returned home.

The Coopers also offered for sale a good draft of older cows, one of which, the five-year-old Tomschoice Champagne, became female champion. She was sold in-calf for 1,800gns to T and H Kilby and Son, of Thorp Arch, Wetherby.

The first prize maiden heifer and reserve female champion came from Mark and Helen Lewis, of Northlands Farm, Hunsingore. She also made 1,800gns when selling to M Crabtree, of Kettlesing.

Averages were: senior bulls to 4,600gns (av £2,508); intermediate bulls to 4,900gns (av £3,062); junior bulls to 3,500gns (av £2,254); maiden heifers to 1,800gns (av £1,481); cows in-calf to 1,800gns (av £1,771); cows with calves to 2,750gns (av £2,555).