Sheep Sales

James Theyer's Clanfield Texel ewe lamb topped the sale at 3000gns

Texel ewe lamb from Clanfield made 3000gns at Worcester

Milltown Good Girl ET topped the sale at 3500gns for Tommy Jackson (Photograph: Wayne Hutchinson)

Milltown Good Girl topped the Dutch Spotted sale at Carlisle for Tommy Jackson

John Gibb's ewe lamb topped the sale at 12,000gns (Photograph: Wayne Hutchinson)

Cairnton ewe lambs tops Carlisle Dark Diamonds at 12,000gns

Sale leader was John Gibb's ewe lamb from Cairnton, shown by daughter Sophia.

Suffolk Supreme sale at Lanark sold to 1900gns with an 87% clearance

Sale leader at £3900 was Saltire Blue Euphoria

Online multi-breed pedigree sheep sale from Woodies and Saltire flocks

The show gimmer topped the sale at 15,000gns

William Tait’s dispersal of the Burnview Suffolks hits 15,000gns

Suffolk ewe lamb from Birness sold for 5000gns. Ref:RH271123113 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Suffolks make £5000 twice at Christmas Classic, Thainstone

Sammy Stewart with the champion, Janetstown Eynhallow and judge, Nicola Henderson.

Janetstown Eynhallow tops Zwartbles at Dingwall sale

Andrew Wilson topped the Suffolk section at 8000gns with a Castleisle ewe lamb.

Big Bang sale topped at 9000gns by Cannon Hall ewe lamb

North of Scotland Texel flock competition winners

Matthew Seed's Auchry wins North of Scotland Texel flock competition

Sportsmans record priced Suffolk gimmer at 40,000gns (Photograph: Catherine MacGregor).

Sportsmans sells record priced Suffolk female at 40,000gns

Finished beef prices are up on the year and on the five-year average

Finished beef and sheep prices up 8-9% on run up to festive period

Sheep dispersal from Patterdall Hall attracted many around the ring

Patterdale Estate sheep dispersal sells to £138 at Penrith

Lamb prices look set to remain buoyant

Trends & Prices Christmas cheer for sheep trade: Surging demand and limited supplies boost prospects

Richard, left, and Mark Ireland with their CCM Skipton November prime lamb champions, pictured with the judge Mick Etherington, centre

Richard and Mark Ireland, Heys Farm led Skipton's prime lamb sale

Sale leader at the Dungannon export sale of Charollais females was a ewe lamb from the Springhill flock of Graham Foster selling to the Devon-based Willow flock of Ben and Amelia Watts.

Graham Foster, Springhill, produced top priced Charollais at Dungannon

Selling for the top price of 3000gns was this Suffolk gimmer from TJ and CR Boden

Sportsmans produced the lead priced Suffolk at Skipton Auction Mart

Harrison and Hetherington

Williamsgill reserve Suffolk champion made 2000gns at Carlisle

Lawrie and Symington

Auldhouseburn Blackface lamb made £2600 at Lanark Final Fling Sale

Some 7946 store lambs came under the hammer at Hexham

Dutch Texel cross lambs take champion and top price at Hexham

This Orchilmore tup lamb topped the sale at £6000

Thomas Muirhead, Orchilmore, produced top priced Blackface ram lamb

This ewe lamb topped the trade at £3800

Logoe Durno Charollais females average £1505.64 at online sale

Rachel and her father, Brian have not been able to get straw down on carrots due to the incessant wet weather

Field Margins: Excessive rainfall causes chaos for Rachel Young

David Baxter centre, presents the Royston Baxter trophy for the champion Dalesbred to Godfrey and Alison Haygarth

Dalesbred sheep achieve 100% clearance and a top price of 600gns at Skipton

A top price of £9000 was paid for this shearling from the Bainbridge family.

Bainbridge sell lead priced Dalesbred at £9000 at Bentham

The sale was led by this shearling from the Hamiltons, Woolfords when it made £20,000

North-type Blackie tup fetches impressive £20,000 at Stirling

Sale leader at £12,000 from The Dudlees Partnership of Messrs Walton and Steven Mackay

Dudlees tops Hexham Blackface ram sales at £12,000

The Blackwoods, Auldhouseburn sold this lamb for £15,000

Stirling Blackface ram lambs reach a high of £15,000 for Auldhouseburn

Sale leader at £45,000 from Hugh and Alan Blackwood, Auldhouseburn

Auldhouseburn tops Lanark BF sale at £45,000 and £32,000

Lamb values have risen on the week

Trends & Prices Lamb values take a welcome rise on the week as trade remains firm

Topping the sale at £16,000 was this Merkins shearling from the Bennies

Merkins top Stirling Blackface shearlings at £16,000

No fewer than 20 shearlings sold at five-figure prices

Lanark Blackface ram sale reaches £45,000 with averages up £500 on year

Champion and sale leader at £20,000 from John Reed, Knarr

Champion Swaledale made £20,000 for John Reed, Knarr at Barnard Castle

First prize pen of Blackface gimmers from A Murray and Sons, Sewingshields, sold for £200, pictured from left with Angus Murray, and right, judge Harry Hope, Mouldy Hills, Canonbie (Photograph: Robert Smith)

Yatesfield BF gimmers hit £215 at Hexham breed sale

Penrith store lambs from G Cartmel, Hollands

More than 1500 store lambs cashed in at £85 per head at Penrith

Suffolk champion from Neil Benzies

Loanend tops Thainstone multi-breed ram sale at £1000

Champion winner sold for a record price of £20,000

Shetland sheep break new records with £20,000 shearling sale at Lerwick

Commercial breeding tups sold to a top of £2200 at the Ram Rendezvous sale

Dalchirla Beltex cross tops Stirling Ram Rendevous at £2200

Sale leader at £18,000 from Jim and Fiona Burns (Photograph: Catherine MacGregor)

Blackface rams reach £18,000 and £14,000 at Ayr market

Joint sale leader £18,000 from John Paton, Castle Crawford

Castle Crawford and Mainside led Lockerbie's South County Cheviot at £18,000

Shrewbridge ewe from Sophie Harding sold for £7000 Ref:RH061023022 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Bluefaced leicester gimmer price set for shrewbridge flock at Carlisle

Sale leader at £10,000 from Midlock Ref:RH061023069 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Midlock Rams Triumph Midlock topped both the shearlings and ram lambs Bluefaced Leicester crossing Sale

Champion from R Wilkinson and R Tennant, Gatesgarth, pictured with the reserve from K Wrathall Ltd

Pre-sale Herdwick champion fetches top price at Broughton Auction Mart

Blackface gimmers sold for £355

Dingwall Abersky and Crackaig Shine at Dingwall's Blackface Ram Sale

Sale leader at £2600 from Messrs Bell, Kirkton (Photograph: Robert Smith)

Ram Sale Hits £2600 Kirkton Texel tup lamb leads Longtown multi-breed ram sale at £2600

Sale leader at 3000gns from Robert and Jeanette Gregory’s Edstaston flock

Edstaston tops Saucy Charollais at Shrewsbury with 3000gns gimmer sale

Sale leader at £35,000 from Declan McKillop

Declan McKillop's Giants Causeway flock leads Hawes BFL sale

Champion from Andrew Hunter, The Steel, left pictured with Sarah Alderson, sponsor of Tethera Vets, Aaron Kirkby for Eden Farm Supplies, Philip Dawson with the reserve champion, judge Peter Lee and Catherine Raine of sponsors IAnsons

Carry House sells top priced Bluefaced Leicester at Kirkby Stephen

First prize pen of Blackface gimmers sold for £220 per head from Wanwood Hill (Photograph: Robert Smith)

Blackface gimmers from Wanwood Hill sold for £220 at Longtown

Top priced shearling at 10,000gns from John and Patrick Harkin

Ulster Ram Breeders' BF sale at Ballymena topped at 11,000gns

Breeding sheep sales

Breeding sheep sales hold up well – High Staward Blackie reach £7200

First prize pen of Swaledale ewes from Paul Hallam sold for £550

Swaledale females at Hawes Auction Mart reached £600

Record-priced Blackface draft ewes from Donald and Jimmy MacGregor sold for £1800 each

Ewe record! New breed record for draft Blackface ewes at United Auctions’ sale at Stirling

Robert and Becca Rennie with the Attonburn rams Cocaine and Crackhead Ref:RH021023178 Rob Haining / The Scottish Farmer...

Attonburn Sets Record! Attonburn led the North Country Cheviot ram sale staged at Lairg