Carlisle

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Hexham, Exeter, Gisburn and Borderway,

Grant Anderson, commercial sales manager and sales team leader at Harrison and Hetherington, discusses coming sales events

Entries from the Finlay family’s Blackcraig herd from Corsock headed up both the male and female sections of the Galloway Cattle Society’s show and sale at Castle Douglas

Suffolk females met a 98% clearance at the Dark Diamonds sale at Carlisle where the sole ewe lamb entry from Dennis Taylor topped the entry at 22,000gns

A pair of ewe lambs from Lilia Hutchinson's Howgillfoot flock led the way at the Suffolk Sheep Society's Three Nations sale at Borderway when they sold for the top two prices of 30,000gns and 22,000gns

A new breed record was set at the Whitebred Shorthorn Association sale at Borderway when John Pattinson's Hottbank Gold was knocked down for 8,000gns

Jordan Duddy has taken on the role of contract farmer at SRUC’s Acrehead dairy farm after a competitive selection process

The Beltex Sheep Society’s Premier Sale, supported by Farmers Guardian, once again topped at 60,000gns, with ram lambs leading the trade and twice breaking the Beltex lamb breed record

The British Limousin Cattle Society sale at Carlisle topped at 45,000gns for the reserve senior champion, Ampertaine Upfront

Topping the show and sale of Limousin cattle at Carlisle at 25,000gns was the intermediate and reserve overall champion, Bernish Unstoppable, from K. McCroy, Omagh, Co Tyrone