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View from the rostrum: Solid trade for quality breeding stock

Ted Ogden on progress of autumn sales

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
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Ted Ogden.
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Ted Ogden.

Autumn breeding and store stock sales are in full swing at livestock markets across the British Isles, and here at Skipton there have been some weeks seeing 16,000 to 18,000 prime, store and breeding sheep...

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