Shows & Sales

Continental breeding took the spotlight in both the sheep and cattle rings at Agrifest South West. Ellie Layton reports.

A round up of some of the sales in this week's Farmers Guardian

Alistair Sneddon rounds up recent events

Tom Boden and family’s Sportsmans flock, Stockport, claimed the top two prices at Skipton’s show and sale of pedigree Suffolk females

Buyers flocked to Cutcombe for the two-day sale

Bulls had a clearance rate of 79 per cent and pedigree females had a 100 per cent clearance rate

Scott Donaldson on the latest trade

Trade for Belted Galloways was on fire at Castle Douglas where trade topped at 20,000gns with averages up on the year

THE two-day sale of Swaledale rams took place at Hawes on behalf of the Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association B District

There was a buzz among exhibitors and visitors alike at this year’s Carlisle Borderway Agri Expo, with heifers leading the beef championship for the third consecutive year