British Charolais Cattle Society

Charolais bulls topped at 18,000gns three times with the 86 bulls averaging £9,039.77 up £1,062 on the year with a 95% clearance

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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