Shows & Sales

Sunshine and a pleasant breeze made for perfect conditions at Hope Show, where more than 650 sheep and a strong cattle entry competed for the coveted titles

Record averages were set for ram lambs and shearlings at the Texel Sheep Society's English National sale at Worcester with both sections peaking at 20,000gns

A round-up of this week's sales including from Welshpool, Darlington, J36 and Norton and Brooksbank

A bid of £8,500 topped the sale of exhibition cattle at Thainstone for a Limousin cross heifer from J. Robertson and Son, Newton of Logierait, Pitlochry. Scaling 495kgs, the second prize winner in the haltered section sold to an undisclosed buyer

Glorious weather and excellent livestock entries pushed visitor turn out to a 10 year high at this year's two-day Edenbridge and Oxted Show.

For the second time in three years, Chris Toner and his dog Niro Mace lifted the trophy at the Scottish National over the weekend

Ram lambs at the Texel Sheep Society’s Scottish National Sale, Lanark, peaked at 110,000gns to average £4,798.84 with a record a clearance of 82%

Native Welsh breeds took the inter-breed championships in both the sheep at cattle sections at Merioneth show. The show was hosted in Tywyn as part of its five-year site rotation.

A round up of this week's sales including from Carlisle, Lockerbie, Hawes and Bentham

The 24th annual Whitley Hey production sale on behalf of Paul Slater, Macclesfield, at J36, saw 600-head forward and bidding peak at 3,300gns, with pure-bred Texel rams by £36,000 Teiglum Firefly attracting the high prices