• New Livestock Auctioneers Association chairman

    Newly appointed chairman of the Livestock Auctioneers Association, Robert Addison, who is also managing director of Hexham and Northern Marts, in Northumberland, is looking forward to working hard to ensure livestock producers will continue to be well-served by both auctioneers and the market.

  • Dairy farmers can make 'serious' money

    Despite the huge increase in feed prices, dairy farmers can make money, and 'serious' money, milking cows if they pay more attention to the feeds and actual price of feeds used.

  • Chestermann tops Simmental sale

    An unplaced bull secured the lead price of 4700gns at a society show and sale of Simmental cattle which included the dispersal of D and N Field's Burytown herd from Blunsdon, at Carlisle.

  • Near Whitebred Shorthorn record

    Prices fell just short of the 7400gns record price at a show and sale of Whitebred Shorthorn and Galloway cattle at Carlisle, last week, when a Shorthorn heifer from Gordon Jackson's Blackburn herd from Newcastleton, sold for 7000gns.

  • Suffolks in demand

    Suffolk sheep enthusiasts from far and wide gathered at United Auctions' Stirling Mart for the dispersal of Charlie and Kevin Proctor's Conveth flock from Mains of Tollo, Turriff, where a top price of 6500gns was achieved for a one-crop ewe.

  • Tamhorn Blues sell to 14,000gns

    The dispersal of Danny and Jane Wyllie's British Blue Tamhorn herd saw a top price of 14,000gs at Newark Livestock Market and a healthy average of £3501 for the 48 females on offer.

  • Woodmarsh herd leads trade

    BEESTON CASTLE Auction had a busy day last week, hosting both the annual Wexham Cup Holstein bull show and sale, and the Northern Lights sale of elite Holstein heifers.

  • Stirling bull sales

    Many averages rose at this week's newly named Stirling bull sales with new centre records and, of course, a Charolais selling for a new breed record of 100,000gns.

  • Swales make £46,000 at Kirkby Stephen

    The crowds once again descended on Kirkby Stephen for the annual two-day Swale-fest, which offered a smaller entry than last year but expectations were high that there would be a strong trade.

  • New Charolais record

    A new Charolais breed and centre record of 100,000gns was set at the Stirling Bull Sales on Wednesday.