Shows & Sales

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Holsworthy, Thame, Borderway, Skipton, Longtown, Darlington, Hallworthy and Gisburn

There was a big crowd at Barnard Castle for the Farmers Guardian supported show and sale of show potential cattle where the majority of entries were seven to 12 months of age

Auctioneer and partner at GTH, Andrew Clements on dairy’s ups and downs

Auctioneer at Kivells Exeter, Russell Steer discusses the high demand in sheep trade

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Bentham, Shrewsbury, Clitheroe, Middleton, Skipton and Kirkby Stephen

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