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 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian and had a 95 per cent clearance rate.
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.
Setting up a beef enterprise to finish black and white bulls for Buitelaar Group has given Aidan Taylor the opportunity to return to work on the family farm in Lincolnshire.
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
Constantly making small improvements can add up to a big difference over time, as the Hall family who milk pedigree Holsteins near Shelley, West Yorkshire, have found out.
Averages were up at the spring show and sale of suckled calves at Carlisle which peaked at 7,000
THE ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian supported Kirkby Classic sale of 609 store and potential show cattle at Kirkby Stephen topped at 6,000.