Shows & Sales

PAUL TIPPETTS and Christine Williams, Shifnal, dispersed the Blue Texel, Beltex, Texel and Badger Face Texels pedigree females from their Wilodge and Hackney flocks at Carlisle, setting three new breed reocords.

THE Farmers Guardian supported Welsh Black Cattle Society sale at Dolgellau topped at 15,500gns.

Agriscot, due to be held on February 9 at Ingliston has become the latest casualty of the surge in Covid infections.

Due to growing concern over the new Omicron variant, Dairy-Tech 2022 has been postponed to 7 April 2022.

The Marts The Heart Standing the Test of Time series supported by the LAA and Shearwell data highlights some of the many occasions where farmers, with the help of auction marts, have raised enormous sums of money for charity.

As young farmers take a more ’business-minded’ approach to their farms, Alex Black spoke to young auctioneers about their role in keeping livestock marts relevant

LEADING the trade at the Christmas Stars sale of Texel females at Carlisle were to Boden and Davies, Stockport, who sold shearling gimmers from their Mellor Vale and Sportsmans flocks at 38,000gns and 30,000gns.

MORE than 500 Holsteins went under the hammer when the Woodmarsh herd was dispersed on-farm at Bomere Heath near Shrewsbury on behalf of the Gould family grossing more than 1.3 million and peaking at 19,000gns.

It was first time lucky for sheep exhibitor Robert West, who took the championship title in the sheep rings on his first time showing at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair.

Exhibitors were back at Lanark Auction Mart over the weekend for the popular LiveScot event, held at Lanark Agricultural Centre.