Episode 6 of Sale Ring Stories is available to watch now.
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Farmers Guardian's Sale Ring Stories video series highlights the complexity and diversity of the UK's sheep industry, showcasing the many aspects of the sector and the role that auction marts play.
Bluefaced Leicesters at Hawes
In episode 6, Farmers Guardian's head of livestock Angela Calvert visits Hawes Auction Mart and speaks to auctioneer Ian Atkinson, Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders Association chair Lawrence Allison, vendor and mart director Tom Willoughby, and Derek Hall, chair of Native British Lamb 365, about the importance of hill breeds and their value to the rural economy.
We also witness a new breed record price being broken for a Bluefaced Leicester tup, which sold for £88,000.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the next instalments as we follow the annual sales cycle, visiting different types of sales, starting with the first store lamb sales, through to pedigree rams and commercial breeding sheep, heading behind the scenes to meet vendors, buyers, auctioneers and the people that make these sales happen.
