Catch with what's been happening in the auction markets

The Farmers Guardian supported in-lamb sale at Clitheroe was held in conjunction with the Derbyshire Gritstones, Lonk, North Country Cheviot, Whitefaced Woodland breed societies and Rare Breed Survival Trust

The Luing Cattle Society sale at Castle Douglas topped at £18,900 twice with bulls averaging £7,832, up £502 on the year, with a clearance rate of 96 per cent

Park champion tops the sale

Limousin bulls were in demand at the breed society sale at Carlisle which saw a top price of 35,000gns, a record average of £9,590 which is £1,360 up on 2023, and a record clearance rate of 93 per cent

The Farmers Guardian supported Kirkby Classic show and sale of show potential cattle at Kirkby Stephen topped at £3,200 with the 61 show cattle averaging £2,218.18

Revolutionising cattle breeding for a sustainable future was the focus of the British Cattle Breeders Club conference held in Telford

See what has been happening in the sales ring this week

Metabolic disease can result in a wide spectrum of issues from suboptimal production to clinical disease at varying incidences. Farmers Guardian reports

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