Catch up with what has been happening in the auction marts this week
Catch up with the latest livestock sale reports
The centre record for a Beltex ram lamb was broken at Lanark when the pre-sale show champion, Faughhill Kealey, from Grant and Katie Maxwell, Melrose, sold for 21,000gns
New records were set at the Badger Face Welsh Mountain Society sale at Brecon for both Torddu ram lambs and ewe lambs.
The sale of pedigree Texels on behalf of the North West Texel Breeders Club at J36 had an 88% clearance rate and peaked at 6,000gns
There was a strong turnout of commercial cattle at Beef Expo held at North West Auctions J6, Crooklands
At the Farmers Guardian supported Diamond Delights sale trade topped at 5,000gns for an in-lamb Bluefaced Leicester shearling from Martyn Archer’s Carry House flock, Wark
The annual production sale of the Whiteley Hey flock on behalf of Paul Slater, Macclesfield, at J36 saw a record price of 5,500gn set with 11 rams breaking the 2,000gns barrier