Shows & Sales

A new centre record of 9,500 was set at the show and sale of continental cross suckled calves at Carlisle.

With an extended programme this year UK Dairy Expo highlights the very best of the dairy industry.

THE store cattle sale at Pateley Bridge included the show and sale of show potential cattle which had a record entry 17 haltered calves.

TEN years on from the first Borderway UK Dairy Expo, it returns this year with a number of new additions to the programme including a series of seminars.

The treasury has confirmed agricultural shows will be able to continue using red diesel after changes to the law on April 1

Leading a small entry at the North Wales Show Potential sale at Ruthin at 5,800 was a Charolais cross heifer bred by Gary Jones and family, Betws y Coed.

Charolais bulls sold to 24,000gns with 101 bulls averaging 8,449, up 1,328 on 2021, setting the record for all breed averages at Stirling.

Saler bulls sold to a high of 8,000gns to average 4,809 less 47 than 2021, with a 91 per cent clearance rate.

A top bid of 30,000gns led the Simmental trade in the second round of February bull sales at Stirling.

Ahead of UK Dairy Expo, Angela Calvert, speaks to Harrison and Hetherington’s Glyn Lucas about the event and current challenges to the industry.