Livestock

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Livestock auctions marts will continue to trade under tighter measures following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement of a four-week national lockdown to help reduce the spread of Covid-19.

CLIFTON Ace, a bull from Anne Bell, Southwick, Dumfries, led the trade at 8,000gns at the sale of Belted Galloways at Wallets Marts, Castle Douglas.

The Perdi and Knighton flocks of Bleu du Maine, Charollais, Rouge and Bluefaced Leicester sheep on behalf of the executors of the late Percy and Diana Tait, Worcester, held at Worcester market saw 132 lots average 1,557.

THE two-day sale of shearling rams at Hawes on behalf of the Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association ‘B’ district peaked at 38,000.

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Tighter measures could be on the cards for auction marts in England following Government’s announcement of a four-week national lockdown to reduce the spread of Covid-19.