Shows & Sales

The sale of pedigree Limousins at Carlisle topped at 18,000gns for Killerton Uncanny

A smaller entry was seen at this year’s Welsh Dairy show, but this did not tarnish the high standard, with some of the best cattle the Welsh dairy industry has to offer on display. Ellie Layton reports.

Blackface rams sold to £70,000 at Dalmally sale with a record turnover for the sale of £1.34 million.The 193 ram lambs averaged £2774.92, while 476 aged rams and shearlings levelled at £1,690.90

Ram lambs sold to £65,000 at Lanark's two-day sale of Blackface rams where 98 ram lambs averaged £7,938, up more than £3,000 on the year, with 273 shearling rams averaging £2,648

Limousin trade peaked at 12,000gns with 38 bulls sold to an average of £6,303 - down £750 on the year – with a clearance rate of 59%

Beef Shorthorn bulls peaked at 7,500gns with females leading the bidding at 8,500gns

Aberdeen-Angus bulls sold to a high of 13,000gns, with 23 bulls sold to an average of £6,076, down £623 on the year and a clearance rate of 50%

Two bids of 16,000gns led the Charolais trade with 65 bulls forward selling to an average of £7,977 – back £276 on the year – and clearance rate of 77%

Buyers and sellers returned to the sale ring for a jam-packed day as all breeds went under the hammer on one day of the October Stirling bull sales event

The three-day Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association C District ram show and sale at Kirkby Stephen topped at £34,000 on the second day