Shows & Sales

Demand for show potential cattle was strong at Pateley Bridge

Buyers were out in force at Ruthin looking for cattle with show potential for the forthcoming  season

Auctioneer Oliver Chapman on prices.

FG senior livestock reporter Hannah Park catches up with breed society representatives after the first and second round of February Stirling bull sales.

The 34-year-old world record price for a Galloway was smashed at breed society’s show and sale at Castle Douglas, when a call of 26,000gns was made for Blackcraig Dyker from John, Ann and Iain Finlay, Blackcraig, Corsock.

Salers bulls at the second round of Stirling bull sales this month sold to a 6,000gns high, with 12 bulls sold to average 4,235, back 574 on the year, with a 57 per cent clearance rate.

It was a bid of 28,000gns which topped the Simmental trade at the second round of Stirling bull sales, with the 97 bulls sold averaging 7,260, a record breed average for a February sale, up 425 on 2022 with a clearance rate of 88 per cent.

At the Luing Cattle Society premier sale at Castle Douglas there was a strong demand for bulls which topped at 24,000gns and averaged 7,330, an increase of 768 on the year.

TOPPING the Highland Cattle Society sale at Oban on Monday at 22,000gns was Seamus of Benmore.

Limousin bulls sold to 45,000gns to average 8,230, up 335 on the year, with an 85 per cent clearance rate at Carlisle.