Shows & Sales

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.

Catch with what's been happening in the auction markets

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

The Luing Cattle Society sale at Castle Douglas topped at £18,900 twice with bulls averaging £7,832, up £502 on the year, with a clearance rate of 96 per cent

Breeders from around the world attended the Highland Cattle Society spring show and sale at Oban, on Monday where prices topped at 12,000gns and for the first time a Danish-bred bull was sold

Park champion tops the sale

Limousin bulls were in demand at the breed society sale at Carlisle which saw a top price of 35,000gns, a record average of £9,590 which is £1,360 up on 2023, and a record clearance rate of 93 per cent

Local breeders stole the show at the Farmers Guardian supported sale of show potential cattle at Brecon which had 91 per cent clearance rate.

The Farmers Guardian supported Kirkby Classic show and sale of show potential cattle at Kirkby Stephen topped at £3,200 with the 61 show cattle averaging £2,218.18