Shows and Sales

Sunshine and a pleasant breeze made for perfect conditions at Hope Show, where more than 650 sheep and a strong cattle entry competed for the coveted titles

Ram lambs at the Texel Sheep Society’s Scottish National Sale, Lanark, peaked at 110,000gns to average £4,798.84 with a record a clearance of 82%

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

A Beltex ewe reigned supreme in the sheep inter-breed judging as entries topped over 700 head, the largest seen at Garstang Show for a number of years

At a busy Border Union show the inter-breed sheep winner was a Suffolk shearling ram from Norman Stuart and his daughter Mhairi, Penicuik. Lynsey Clark reports

The latest sale reports from around the auction rings, including at Carlisle, Thirsk, Lanark and Market Drayton

The show and sale of Suffolk Sheep on behalf of the Scottish Area Branch saw an 84% clearance rate with six prices crossing the five-figure barrier to a top of 40,000gns

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Auctioneer at Hawes Auction Mart, Ian Atkinson discusses this year's autumn sheep sales

There were champions from 45 pedigree sheep breeds in front of the judge, Willie Ingram, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, for the inter-breed supreme