British Charolais Cattle Society

Ayrshire claims dairy supreme, Beltex takes top sheep honours and Welsh sow is inter-breed champion at South of England Show, Ardingly

Livestock numbers were up across the board at the two-day Staffordshire County Show, with a particularly strong entry in the dairy section

Charolais dominated the May multi-breed bull sale at Stirling with a 90% clearance and a top price of 30,000gns, a record price for the event

Averages were up across all beef breeds at the Northern Spring show and sale at Thainstone

There was a booming trade for the Charolais breed with a record average of £12,153, up £3,683 on the year, with 93 bulls sold at a record clearance rate of 99%

There was a strong turnout of livestock at Agrifest South West held at Westpoint, Exeter

Sean Mitchell, 23, is a Charolais breeder at Grassknop Farm, near Skelton, Cumbria. He is also a member of the British Charolais Cattle Society

Two bids of 16,000gns led the Charolais trade with 65 bulls forward selling to an average of £7,977 – back £276 on the year – and clearance rate of 77%

Boreland Farm, near Kirkcowan, in southwest Scotland, has been run by the McCornick family for almost 100 years, but in the last 20, the livestock system has undergone a significant transformation

The Limousin heifer, Brockhurst Tranquility, owned by W.J. and M. Mash, Chesham, and shown by Jimmy McMillan, first claimed the continental championship before going on to take the supreme beef title