THE Dark Diamonds sale of pedigree Suffolk females at Carlisle topped at 17,000gns for a ewe lamb from Alastair Gault’s Forkins flock, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim.

The Boden family, Stockport, took the top call of 20,000gns at the Christmas Stars sale of Texel females at Carlisle.

It was a different format this year for the LiveScot event held at Lanark market with no spectators and animals judged in the pens, but there was a good turnout of livestock and strong demand from buyers.

THE Three Nations sale of Suffolk females at Carlisle topped at 15,000gns for a shearling gimmer by Malinhead Maverick out of a Mountford Mustang sired ewe from Dennis Taylor’s Ballycannon flock, Colraine, Northern Ireland.

SARKLEY Paragon, a May 2019-born Limousin bull by Ampertaine Elgin out of Sarkley Irondelle, led the trade at 10,000gns at the North West Midlands and North Wales Club sale at Welshpool.

New targets for the responsible use of antibiotics in UK farm animals build on the success of previous measures. 

THE top price of day of 6,000gns at the British Charolais Cattle Society sale at Welshpool went to David Thornley, Hartshorne, Derbyshire, with Dooley Pringo.

THE timed online auction of working sheepdogs hosted by Farmers Marts, Dolgellau, peaked at 13,200 with eight lots selling for more than 7,000.

The auction sale record for a Charollais ewe was broken twice at the production sale from the Tullyear flock of Drew and Stephen Cowan, held at Beattie Livestock Yard, Omagh, Northern Ireland.

Dairy farmers, calf rearers, growers and beef finishers are all benefiting from a scheme to increase the amount of Wagyu beef on offer to British consumers.