• Top two Limousins sell to Morrisons

    AT THEIR annual Limousin show and sale, last week, Caledonian Marts had 43 cattle forward for judging by Philip Goodwin, general manager of sponsors, Wishaw Abattoir Ltd.

  • Ervie Herefords sell to £4600

    Buyers from as far a field as Argyll, Cheshire, Northumberland and Northern Ireland, were forward for the fourth on-farm sale of pedigree Hereford cattle from the Douglas family at Mains of Airies, Stranraer, last weekend, where Dumfries auctioneer, Harry Beggs, took the top bid of £4600.

  • Dairy cattle reach 2500gns at Ayr

    TRADE PEAKED at 2500gns at a Holstein show and sale, at Ayr on Tuesday.

  • Golddigger heads to Edzell

    SCOTTISH LIMOUSIN breeder, G Yarr, who runs the Portmore herd at Witton, Glenlethnot, Edzell, Angus, came home in style from last week's show and sale of pedigree bulls at Ballymena, having purchased the top priced bull at 6100gns.

  • 31,000gns Charolais centre record

    Charolais bulls sold to a centre record breaking 31,000gns at Carlisle, when the reserve junior and reserve overall champion, Whitecliffe Highlight, a 15-month-old bull from North Yorkshire breeders, Mark and Jane Hayhurst, sold to Scottish breeder, Wendy Kingaby, buying for her Utopia herd at Mains Auchmedden, New Aberdour, Fraserburgh.

  • Rejected bull makes five figures privately

    DESPITE CHANGES to the pre-sale inspection at Limousin society sales, many breeders remained bitter about the continued inconsistency of the panel at last week's breed show and sale at Carlisle, where 20+ bulls were rejected – one in seven.

  • Nether Barr tops Limmy sale

    THREE PEDIGREE Limousin bulls from sisters, Helen Murdoch and Judith Hansell, Nether Barr, Corsock, ruled supreme at a breeding sale at Castle Douglas, on Monday, selling for the top prices of £5500, £4800 and £4000.

  • Monty mania hits record 3000gns

    A NEW breed centre record of 3000gns was achieved at the third annual sale of pedigree Montbeliarde cattle at Beeston Castle auction mart, last week.

  • Salers peak at 4200gns

    A SMALL but select show of pedigree Salers bulls was forward for the second annual society sale at Wallets Marts, Castle Douglas, last weekend, where the champion, a two-year-old from Peter Donger's Seawell herd from Towcester, went on to secure the day's lead price of 4200gns.

  • Limousin bulls peak at 40,000gns

    A distinct shortage of cash, due to the soaring cost of concentrates and the lack of available grass, resulted in a decidedly sticky trade for pedigree Limousin bulls at a society show and sale at Carlisle, where overall averages fell more than £800 per head – despite a top price of 40,000gns.