Shows & Sales

Oliver Watson, trainee auctioneer at Harrison and Hetherington, provides an update on current trade and looks ahead to pedigree in-lamb sales and Borderway Mart's Agri Expo event

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Market Drayton, Lazonby, Castle Douglas, Clitheroe, Carlisle and Skipton

The Farmers Guardian supported Brecknock Hill Cheviot Society sale at Sennybridge topped at 12,000gns The 302 rams on offer saw the 271 shearling rams average £1,7,56.87 and aged rams average £875.70.

Records for the highest price polled Hereford female and the highest priced Hereford bull calf were set at the Rempstone 20th anniversary sale held on-farm near Thame on behalf of the Ludgate family

Rams met a 97% clearance at the sale of hill-type North Country Cheviots at Lockerbie where 42 more rams changed hands compared with 2025 and the average increased by £191.73

Catch up with what's been happening in the marts this week with reports from Lanark, Skipton, Longtown and many more

For the first time since March this year the average for prime cattle sold through auction marts is the same or slighter higher than at the same time last year

The crème de la crème of the sheep dog trialling world descended on Huntington Farm, Lauder in the Scottish Borders over five days last week.