Shows & Sales

Auctioneer Andrew Templeton, of Harrison & Hetherington, reflects on a defining chapter in British agriculture's history, the emotional impact of working in the industry at the time, and why the sector has still not fully recovered since

Charolais bulls met a more select trade, selling to an average of £11,760, down £393 on the year, with 104 bulls sold at a clearance rate of 78%

Eight Luing bulls sold to an average of £12,250, up £97 on the year, with the 15 Salers bulls forward selling for an average of £8,211, up £2,698 on last year’s sale

Trade was booming at the second round of the February Stirling Bull Sales, with Simmentals selling to 30,000gns twice

Entries from the Finlay family’s Blackcraig herd from Corsock headed up both the male and female sections of the Galloway Cattle Society’s show and sale at Castle Douglas

There were celebrations for Bruce Goldie and family as they secured another Limousin championship at Borderway and their supreme champion and reserve bulls sold for the top two prices of 60,000gns and 55,000gns

The Farmers Guardian supported show and sale of show potential cattle at Brecon had clearance rate of 95% with heifers averaging £3,013.89 while the steer trade was up £1,028.86 on the year to average £3,711.36.

A second-prize bull set a new UK breed record at the Highland Cattle Society’s spring show and sale at Oban when Iain MacKay and Claire Simonetta’s Jock of Cnoc Na Sith went under the hammer at 34,000gns

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Lockerbie, Gisburn, Thame, Penrith, Borderway, Dolgellau

Averages improved in all sections at the Luing Cattle Society’s Premier sale at Castle Douglas where heifers met a 100% clearance and all bar one bull sold to new homes with a top of 25,000gns