Shows & Sales

A ringside round-up from the hot competition at UK Dairy Day, including three National shows.

Trade peaked at 52,000 with a record average of 999.39, up 29.30 on the year and an 81.12 per cent clearance rate for the 3626 rams sold at Kelso, achieving a turnover of 3,623,799.

The main National Sheep Association Wales and Border ram sale will now take place on Monday, September 26 at the Royal Welsh Showground.

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Come rain or shine, exhibitors turned out quality stock across two very different days at Westmorland County Show.

THE online sale of working sheep dogs hosted by Farmers Marts, R.G. Jones, Dolgellau, topped at 25,500 setting what is thought to be a new record for a male dog.

Having set a new breed record for the Kerry Hill breed last year, the Owens family of John, Philippa and daughters Hannah and Ellie, topped that this time at Ludlow when selling a shearling ram for 10,500gns.

It was the Charollais champion, a shearling ewe from Ben and Gemma Hinton’s Furrow Hill flock, Silverstone, which claimed the inter-breed title at Bucks Co Show.

After a three year break due to Covid-19, Hope Show was back and with more than 600 sheep entries and an impressive line-up in the cattle classes, competition was strong.

Two new records were set at the Blue Texel Northern Supreme sale at Carlisle with a new breed record of 30,000gn paid for the shearling ram, Sunnybank Fergus from Henry Jewitt, Barnard Castle.