Sheep Sales

Trade stays firm

Store cattle realises a top of £2620 at Carlisle

Lanark leads store lambs at £154 whilst Carlisle tops store cattle at £2620

United Auctions sold 7072 store and breeding sheep alongside 128 rams and ram lambs at their sale on Monday

United Auctions sold 7072 store and breeding sheep alongside 128 rams and ram lambs at their sale on Monday

United Auctions

Store lambs realise £158 at UA Stirling whilst breeding sheep sells to £1050

Lambs averaged £106.23 at Islay's sale, up £4.31 on the year

Lambs averaged £106.23 at Islay's sale, up £4.31 on the year

£106.23 average

Stanalane Charollais cross lambs top Islay at £144 with sale average £106.23

Myfyr Evans reserve champion, a ewe lamb, sold for the top price of 3000gns

Myfyr Evans reserve champion, a ewe lamb, sold for the top price of 3000gns

Rhaeadr ewe lamb tops Carlisle Suffolks at 3000gns

A Blackface ram lamb set a new centre record of £7200 at Dingwall for Hugh and Alan Blackwood, Auldhouseburn

A Blackface ram lamb set a new centre record of £7200 at Dingwall for Hugh and Alan Blackwood, Auldhouseburn

Auldhouseburn sets £7200 Fort William Blackface record

Prime cattle trade remains strong all over

Prime cattle trade remains strong all over

Limousin cross leads the trade at £3350 at Thainstone

Richard and Mark Ireland’s prime lamb champions which sold for the top price of £238

Richard and Mark Ireland’s prime lamb champions which sold for the top price of £238

Skipton success

Irelands claim back-to-back prime lamb titles at Skipton

Blackface tups sold to £2000 from Milnmark

Blackface tups sold to £2000 from Milnmark

Lawrie and Symington

Final fling finishes on a high at Lawrie and Symington

Thainstone led the store cattle trade at £4200 or 972.2p per kg

Thainstone led the store cattle trade at £4200 or 972.2p per kg

Aberdeen and Northern Marts

Thainstone leads store cattle at 972p whilst Dingwall tops lambs at £175

John Anderson from Broynach Farm in Caithness

John Anderson from Broynach Farm in Caithness

Winter concerns

Vaccinating provides a bit of certainty in an otherwise unpredictable business

Falling sheep and cattle numbers continue to hit UK production

Falling sheep and cattle numbers continue to hit UK production

Trends and Prices

UK beef, sheep, dairy and pork production set to fall further

Prime sales across the country

Prime sales across the country

Beltex lambs reach 472p at Stirling livestock market

Increased demand for lamb on the run up to the festive period should help bolster prices

Increased demand for lamb on the run up to the festive period should help bolster prices

United Auctions

Festive demand could provide lift for lamb trade

Woodend Texels shine at Dingwall annual sale selling for £2200

Woodend Texels shine at Dingwall annual sale selling for £2200

Dingwall and Highland Marts

Woodend Texels shine at Dingwall sale

Hollandmake Flash from Michael Kirk sold for £12,000

Hollandmake Flash from Michael Kirk sold for £12,000

Dingwall and Highland Marts

Hollandmake Flash lights up Dingwall at £12,000

Champion North Country Cheviot from T W Hammond, Branton selling for top price of £1800

Champion North Country Cheviot from T W Hammond, Branton selling for top price of £1800

£1800 champion

Champion Cheviot tops Hexham ram trade at £1800

Beck Head Briscoe 10th - £85,000 at Kirkby Stephen Swaledale Ram sale 2026, selling to Alan Alderson, Barras and Mark Nelson Bull & Cave.

Beck Head Briscoe 10th - £85,000 at Kirkby Stephen Swaledale Ram sale 2026, selling to Alan Alderson, Barras and Mark Nelson Bull & Cave.

Ram trade soars

Beck Head tup leads Kirkby Stephen trade at £85,000

Store lambs continue to sell well

Store lambs continue to sell well

Store sheep and cattle continue to sell well throughout Scotland

Graham Foster's Springhill ewe lamb topped the trade at £5100

Graham Foster's Springhill ewe lamb topped the trade at £5100

Charollais trade

Springhill ewe lambs top joint timed online Charollais female sale

Some 608 shearlings and aged rams found new homes at Dalmally Blackface sale

Some 608 shearlings and aged rams found new homes at Dalmally Blackface sale

United Auctions

Shearlings and ram lambs sees increased averages at Dalmally Blackface sale

Auldhouseburn led the ram lamb trade at £40,000

Auldhouseburn led the ram lamb trade at £40,000

Trade hits £40k

United Auctions

Auldhouseburn ram lamb sell to top of £40,000 at Dalmally Blackface sale

Store cattle of all breeds continue to attract premium prices at markets throughout Scotland

Store cattle of all breeds continue to attract premium prices at markets throughout Scotland

Store cattle sells to £2700 and £2600 at Kirkby Stephen and Thainstone

Sale leader at £16,000 from Wanwood Hill

Sale leader at £16,000 from Wanwood Hill

Blackface rams sell to £16,000, £14,000 and £12,000 at Hexham

Sale leader from Ian Hunter’s Dalchirla pen realised £170,000

Sale leader from Ian Hunter’s Dalchirla pen realised £170,000

Record BF price

United Auctions

Dalchirla Blackface shearling soars to record £170,000 at Dalmally sale

The Blackwood’s Auldhouseburn lamb topped the sale at £145,000

The Blackwood’s Auldhouseburn lamb topped the sale at £145,000

BF ram lambs to £145k

Auldhouseburn ram lamb leads two-day Lanark Blackface sale at £145,000

First to make £52,000 from Willie Dunlop and sons Quintin and William, Elmscleugh

First to make £52,000 from Willie Dunlop and sons Quintin and William, Elmscleugh

Commercial demand

Blackface shearlings peak at £52,000 twice at annual two-day Lanark sale

Jim Neil's Runningburn gimmer sold for the top price of 5800gns

Jim Neil's Runningburn gimmer sold for the top price of 5800gns

Runningburn Charollais gimmer takes top price at Hereford High Fliers at 5800gns

Suffolks led the averages at £133.43 at this week's store and breeding sheep sale at UA Stirling

Suffolks led the averages at £133.43 at this week's store and breeding sheep sale at UA Stirling

Suffolks lead United Auctions Stirling store lamb sale average at £133.43

Store cattle peaked at £3600 this week whilst store lambs realised a top of £156

Store cattle peaked at £3600 this week whilst store lambs realised a top of £156

Dingwall lead store cattle at £3600 whilst Lanark tops store lambs at £156

The top priced shearling at 14,000gns came from Anthony Hartley, Turner Hall

The top priced shearling at 14,000gns came from Anthony Hartley, Turner Hall

Turner Hall tops Cockermouth Herdwick sale at 14,000gns

Sale leader was the shearling from Mairi and Robert Paterson's Craigneich flock at £13,000

Sale leader was the shearling from Mairi and Robert Paterson's Craigneich flock at £13,000

Averages improve

United Auctions

Shearlings and ram lambs take five figures at Stirling North-type Blackface sale

Topping the sale at 5000gns was a Rigghead gimmer from Helen and David Sloan and their daughter Hannah Jackson

Topping the sale at 5000gns was a Rigghead gimmer from Helen and David Sloan and their daughter Hannah Jackson

Rigghead lead Charollais females at Skipton with 5000gns and 4000gns sales

Jim and Sharon Robertson's Texel shearling from Becks topped the trade at £2800

Jim and Sharon Robertson's Texel shearling from Becks topped the trade at £2800

Becks Texel leads Longtown Ram Fair at £2800

Jim Logan from Romavale

Jim Logan from Romavale

Talent, hard work and perseverance will always pay dividend in the long run

The top-price Woodcroft W1 at £18,000 from the Peart family

The top-price Woodcroft W1 at £18,000 from the Peart family

Woodcroft ram lamb leads Carlisle Bluefaced Leicester trade at £18,000

Prime sales through the ring

Prime sales through the ring

Aberdeen and Northern Marts

Texel ewes hit £350 at Thainstone

The sale topper was Cretlevane W1, selling for £14,000, for Allan McArthur and his daughter, Louise MacLean

The sale topper was Cretlevane W1, selling for £14,000, for Allan McArthur and his daughter, Louise MacLean

Cretlevane lamb tops Carlisle crossing trade at £14,000

Setting a breed record at £34,000 was the two-shear ram from the Warden family, Skelfhill

Setting a breed record at £34,000 was the two-shear ram from the Warden family, Skelfhill

£34,000 two-shear sets South Country Cheviot record for Skelfhill

Sale leader was the shearling from the Grahams' Craigdarroch flock at £25,000

Sale leader was the shearling from the Grahams' Craigdarroch flock at £25,000

United Auctions

Size pays at Stirling Blackface tup sale with 10 at £10,000 and above

overall champion four shear tup from R and S Duncan, Livet sold for £1500

overall champion four shear tup from R and S Duncan, Livet sold for £1500

Dingwall and Highland Marts

Clashnoir take the lead at £2600

Rose Tennant and judge Richard Greenwood with the first prize Swaledale gimmer lambs

Rose Tennant and judge Richard Greenwood with the first prize Swaledale gimmer lambs

Swaledales peak at £330 as Skipton ewe lamb averages surge

The Warden family, Skelfhill, with their record breaking South Country Cheviot ram lamb which sold for £34,000

The Warden family, Skelfhill, with their record breaking South Country Cheviot ram lamb which sold for £34,000

Skelfhill ram lamb rewrites South Country Cheviot record

Breeding tups of all shapes and sizes were forward for the Ram Rendezvous sale at Stirling

Breeding tups of all shapes and sizes were forward for the Ram Rendezvous sale at Stirling

Tups sell to £4800

Dalchirla Texel tops Ram Rendezvous at £4800 at United Auctions Stirling

Three gimmers from Jan and Hughie MacKenzie sold for a centre record of £800 per head

Three gimmers from Jan and Hughie MacKenzie sold for a centre record of £800 per head

Langdale gimmers sell for £800 record

Store lambs peak at £160 at both Thainstone and Lazonby

Store lambs peak at £160 at both Thainstone and Lazonby

Strong sheep trade

Aberdeen and Northern Marts

Lazonby and Thainstone top store lambs at £160 whilst breeding sheep reach £2000

Ewe lambs took the top price of £1500 at Dalmally's annual sale of Blackface breeding sheep

Ewe lambs took the top price of £1500 at Dalmally's annual sale of Blackface breeding sheep

United Auctions

Ewe lambs lead Dalmally sale of Blackface females realising top of £1500

Sale leader at £26,000 from Willie and Billy Graham, Craigdarroch

Sale leader at £26,000 from Willie and Billy Graham, Craigdarroch

Blackface shearlings reach £26,000 at annual Newton Stewart sale at Ayr

Sale leader at £20,000 was the two-shear from Borgie

Sale leader at £20,000 was the two-shear from Borgie

A new record average achieved at Lairg where NCC rams realise top of £20,000

Topping the trade at 50,000gns was the pen leader from Colm McAteer

Topping the trade at 50,000gns was the pen leader from Colm McAteer

Record 50,000gns

Blackface ram sets new NI record high at Ballymena sale with 50,000gns price

Champion shearling and sale leader at £7000 from John Bradley, Penyghent

Champion shearling and sale leader at £7000 from John Bradley, Penyghent

£7000 champion

Dalesbred shearling ram sells for record £7000 at Bentham show and sale

First prize pen of Swale ewes from Valley Farm sold for £900

First prize pen of Swale ewes from Valley Farm sold for £900

Swaledale ewe pen sets new Kirkby Stephen record at £900 per head

Champion (left) and reserve winners from Jimmy Bell and John Lord which sold for £1500 and £4000 respectively

Champion (left) and reserve winners from Jimmy Bell and John Lord which sold for £1500 and £4000 respectively

£4000 top price

Bluefaced Leicester ram lamb tops Kirkby Stephen sale at £4000

Ardnagrask Marigold from Emma Johansen-Wylie sold for the top price of 910gns

Ardnagrask Marigold from Emma Johansen-Wylie sold for the top price of 910gns

Ardnagrask Marigold tops Valais Blacknose trade at 910gns

A gimmer from Fingland led the annual sale of Blackface females at Castle Douglas, selling for £300

A gimmer from Fingland led the annual sale of Blackface females at Castle Douglas, selling for £300

Blackface boost

Fingland gimmer tops Castle Douglas Blackface sale at £300