Shows & Sales

Records were smashed at the Farmers Guardian show and sale of show potential cattle at Pateley Bridge by the overall champion

The Farmers Guardian supported show and sale of show potential cattle at Barnard Castle topped at £3,700

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Galloway Cattle Society sale saw bulls top at 13,000gns three times

The Simmental breed achieved a record average for a February Stirling bull sale with 95 bulls sold to an average of £7,498, up £238 on the year

With 16 bulls forward the Salers averaged £5,178, up £943 on the year, and sold to a high of 7,500gns

This February saw the first Luing Cattle Society sale take place at the Stirling bull sales event, with five Luing bulls selling to an average of £10,458

A bid of 22,000gns topped the Charolais trade with 107 bulls sold to an average of £8,470, up £436 on the year, with a clearance rate of 80 per cent.

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The Farmers Guardian supported in-lamb sale at Clitheroe was held in conjunction with the Derbyshire Gritstones, Lonk, North Country Cheviot, Whitefaced Woodland breed societies and Rare Breed Survival Trust