It was a successful first-time appearance at the Suffolk Sheep Society’s national show and sale at Shrewsbury for Michael Ludgate of the Rempstone flock, Thorne, Oxfordshire, who topped the sale at 30,000gns
Claiming the pig inter-breed title was a Duroc, from Oliver Giles, West Sussex
It was the Jersey champion which was the choice of judge, Mark Logan, Northern Ireland to take the supreme dairy title
The Scottish area branch of the Suffolk Sheep Society show and sale at Lanark topped at 52,000gns for a ram lamb from Stewart Craft Farming’s Lakeview flock, Glenrothes.
THE online sale of working sheepdogs hosted by ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Marts (R.G. Jones), Dolgellau, had an entry of 130 and a clearance rate of 75 per cent.
Skipton’s opening show and sale of store lambs saw 2,910 head average of £89.28, an increase of £4.64 on 2022.
The long journey from Launceston, Cornwall, to Harrogate paid off for Julian Collings, who has been showing pigs for 53 years.
Two days of judging a record entry of more than 3,500 sheep culminated in the inter-breed championship where the MV-accredited champion and reserve went on to take the top awards
The 10th annual Spotlight dairy sale at Sedgemoor peaked at 6,200gns.
The ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian supported Charollais Premier sale at Worcester peaked at 24,000gns for a ram lamb from Dave Roberts’ Boyo flock, Shrewsbury.