Shows & Sales

With discussions about succession dominating industry conversations at present, the Livestock Auctioneers Association's Chris Dodds is looking to plan for the organisation's future

A round up of this week's livestock sales, including Leyburn, Carlisle and Cutcombe

A new breed world record price of 27,000gns was set at the Galloway Cattle Society's spring show and sale at Castle Douglas

Luing bulls sold to a high of 14,000gns, with Salers bulls topping at 9,500gns

There was a booming trade for the Charolais breed with a record average of £12,153, up £3,683 on the year, with 93 bulls sold at a record clearance rate of 99%

The Simmental trade made history and achieved a new European breed record with a bid of 56,000gns, smashing the previous record of 46,000gns

Topping the show and sale of Limousin cattle at Carlisle at 25,000gns was the intermediate and reserve overall champion, Bernish Unstoppable, from K. McCroy, Omagh, Co Tyrone

A round-up of this week's livestock sales, including Gisburn, Clitheroe and Lockerbie

The inaugural HW Netherton online Aberdeen-Angus bull sale hosted by Harrison and Hetherington on behalf of HW Angus, Dunblane, topped at £65,000 setting a new breed record

The record was smashed at the breed society's sale when the overall show champion went on to make 35,000gns