Shows & Sales

Laura Millar celebrates Borderway Agri Expo

Ian Atkinson on this year's strong sales

The two-day sale of rams on behalf of the Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association B District at Hawes topped at £62,000 for the first day’s reserve champion

Catch up with what's been happening in the sales rings this week

The sale of pedigree Limousins at Carlisle topped at 18,000gns for Killerton Uncanny

A smaller entry was seen at this year’s Welsh Dairy show, but this did not tarnish the high standard, with some of the best cattle the Welsh dairy industry has to offer on display. Ellie Layton reports.

Blackface rams sold to £70,000 at Dalmally sale with a record turnover for the sale of £1.34 million.The 193 ram lambs averaged £2774.92, while 476 aged rams and shearlings levelled at £1,690.90

Ram lambs sold to £65,000 at Lanark's two-day sale of Blackface rams where 98 ram lambs averaged £7,938, up more than £3,000 on the year, with 273 shearling rams averaging £2,648

Limousin trade peaked at 12,000gns with 38 bulls sold to an average of £6,303 - down £750 on the year – with a clearance rate of 59%

Beef Shorthorn bulls peaked at 7,500gns with females leading the bidding at 8,500gns