The record breaker was a ram by Maes-Glas Abacus, owned by Carlos Mario Laborde, which sold to a consortium of Hampshire Down breeders in Uruguay

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There was a strong turnout of livestock at Agrifest South West held at Westpoint, Exeter

Champion and reserve at Barnard Castle's show and sale of 235 suckled calves went to N.G. Beveridge, Tow Law

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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

Sheep have often been the poor relation when it comes to health planning on the farm, but it is not difficult if broken down into manageable areas

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

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