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David and Tom Bradley Farmer led both male and female Beef Shorthorn trade

Simmental bulls were a flying trade topping at 30,000gns with another record average of £11,070, up £3,636 on last year for 12 more bulls sold and with a with a clearance rate of 80%

The bull sales have become a leading factor in Ian and Andrew Nimmo’s livestock business, selling around 35 pedigree Limousin bulls a year through the ring

A West Lothian farming family is experiencing surging demand for their pedigree red Aberdeen-Angus cattle

A round up of this week's sales including from Lanark, Kirkby Stephen and Norwich

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

A round-up of this week's livestock sales, including Penrith, Market Drayton, Broughton and Ballymena

Luing bulls sold to a high of 14,000gns, with Salers bulls topping at 9,500gns

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%

The Simmental trade made history and achieved a new European breed record with a bid of 56,000gns, smashing the previous record of 46,000gns