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The inaugural sale of pedigree female sheep at Worcester saw the Dutch Spotted breed dominate the day’s trade with a top price of 4,900gns for a ewe with a pair of lambs at foot.

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CHAROLAIS bull sold to 7,600gns at Welshpool to average 4,419.13 with a 58 per cent clearance rate.

THE timed on-line auction of pedigree Longhorn cattle hosted by Harrison and Hetherington saw a top price of 3,200 for bulls and 2,000 for females.

Bulls sold to 7,200gns and a new female average of 3,934 was set at the inaugural Hereford Cattle Society spring parade and sale at Shrewsbury which was supported by Farmers Guardian and had a 95 per cent clearance rate.

Many of us are ready to see the back of lockdown. Whether it is the chance to meet friends, head to the pub, attend an agricultural show or just get back to some form or normality, the realities of lockdown are wearing thin for most.

Multiple breed records were broken at the Dorset Diamonds sale at Ballymena held on behalf of the Northern Ireland Horn and Poll Dorset Sheep Breeders Club.

Tuesday’s sale of Devon cattle at Sedgemoor saw a top call of 6,200gns for Knowstone Ferdinand 4 from father and son, John and Richard Stanbury, South Molton.

THE multibreed pedigree sale at Melton Mowbray included the Lincoln Red Cattle Society’s premier spring show and sale which provided the day’s top price of 8,000gns.

The highlight of the sale of sheep with lambs at foot at Bentham was the sale of a Dorset cross Leicester ewe with a Beltex cross Texel lamb from Joe Gorst and family, Old Hutton, with the proceeds donated to North West Air A