Shows & Sales

Thirteen bulling heifers from the Stanford Park herd averaged £4,054.61 and one cow with bull calf from the Longfield herd made £7,350

Heifers sell to £5,800 and steers to £4,700 with a 97% clearance rate

Averages were up in all sections at the Luing Cattle Society’s premier show and sale at Castle Douglas

A round-up of this week's livestock sales including Shrewsbury, Brock, Barnard Castle, Hexham and Bentham

The Beef Shorthorn bidding topped at 20,000gns for 55 bulls, averaging £6,476, down £1,015 on the year, with a clearance rate of 71%

Limousin bulls sold to a high of 14,500gns, averaging £7,333, down £133 on the year, for the 50 bulls sold at a clearance rate of 78%

Buyers, vendors and visitors returned to United Auctions for the first round of this year’s Stirling Bull Sales, with a strong trade achieved across all breeds

It was the reserve male champion which led the trade at the British Blue Cattle Society show and sale at Carlisle

A round-up of this week's livestock sales, including Lanark, Bentham, Lancaster and Market Drayton marts

Bluefaced Leicesters, Rough Fells and other pedigree and commercial females went under the hammer