Limousin

The 71 Simmental bulls which went under the hammer achieved an average of £11,025, down £45 on the year

Averaging £4,903, the 164 in-calf heifers peaked at £12,000 at the Jalex Select autumn sale held on behalf of James Alexander, on-farm at Randalstown, Northern Ireland, but it was a pedigree Limousin bull that topped the entry at £12,500

Striving for quality genetics has proved to be the solution for a land-locked family farm on the edge of Sheffield

Catch up with reports from recent livestock markets including Ballymena, Welshpool, Thainstone, Sedgemoor, Bentham, Kendal, Hawes and online

Ahead of the National Beef Association's Beef Expo on May 30, we go behind the farm gate with commercial cattle judge Tracey Jones and her family

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Sedgemoor, Skipton, Stirling, Kirkby Stephen and Dolgellau

All but two of the 32 bulls forward sold to new homes at the North East Limousin Club’s show and sale at Darlington, where five bulls sold for five-figure prices

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Worcester, Darlington, Market Drayton, Stirling and Skipton

An increased average of £569 on the year and a clearance rate of 97% were the highlights of the British Limousin Cattle Society sale at Carlisle where the Goldie family, Dumfries claimed another championship and top price

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Exeter, Lockerbie, Melton Mowbray, Penrith, Borderway and Skipton