Shows & Sales

It was fitting that in the breed’s 125th anniversary year a Kerry Hill claimed the supreme sheep inter-breed title for the first time at the Great Yorkshire Show.

It was a clean sweep across the beef championships for the Limousin breed which claimed supreme in the inter-breed beef, junior inter-breed beef and inter-breed senior teams competitions

As host to the World Ayrshire Federation Conference, it was a fitting result for the Ayrshire breed which claimed supreme in both the dairy inter-breed and junior inter-breed championships at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show

Keith, Alan and Roy Campbell, Argyll, continued their winning form when an aged ewe from their Cowal flock took the championship at the Texel Sheep Society's Farmers Guardian supported 50th anniversary Textravaganza National Show at Borderway Mart, Carlisle

Top price of the day of 6,200gns at the Charollais premier sale at Worcester went to champion from the pre-sale show, a shearling ram from the Ingram family's Logie Durno flock, Aberdeenshire

A new sale for the Charollais breed at Carlisle accommodated vendors from Northern Ireland the sale by having a mixture of animals in the market and some sold via video recordings. And it was one of the Northern Ireland vendors whose ram lambs took many of the top prices

The sale of Limousin bulls at Carlisle topped at 18,000gns with a 68% clearance and an average of £5,753, up £155 on the year

Visitors and exhibitors enjoyed the sunshine at Royal Norfolk Show where was a strong turnout of livestock

Take a look at the picture highlights from this year's event

The grass might have been slow at growing this spring, but with the warm May weather, lambs have soon bounced back and trade for outfits of sheep and lambs to go out to grass has remained high, says Kyle Hawksworth