Selling for a breed record for the October sale of 36,000gns was the overall and junior champion, Goldies Volvo from Bruce Goldie, Mouswald

David and Tom Bradley Farmer led both male and female Beef Shorthorn trade

Simmental bulls were a flying trade topping at 30,000gns with another record average of £11,070, up £3,636 on last year for 12 more bulls sold and with a with a clearance rate of 80%

A solid trade for Aberdeen-Angus bulls peaked at 18,000gns with the 32 bulls averaging £7,656, a rise of £580 on 2024 with a clearance rate of 84%

More than 2,000 cattle have already been signed up to a new supply chain scheme set up by two farming friends

The stars of the equine world were on display at the Horse of the Year Show held at the NEC Birmingham

A round up of this week's auction mart sales including reports from Louth, Stirling, Exeter, Clitheroe and Cockermouth

Opportunities for achieving marketplace popularity can be limited for a small beef herd, but it has not stopped the McIlwaine family from achieving some notable successes to date.

Jim Bloom, who has died aged 91, spent a lifetime in the livestock, food and farming industry

Recent Government schemes, among other things, have created surging interest in multi-species leys, but there remain questions about their management and value.