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Red Tractor interim chair, Alistair Mackintosh provoked frustration from farmers and auctioneers after comments he was achieving better prices due to Red Tractor assurance than he would have done at the auction mart

This week's letter from Red Tractor's Interim Chair Alistair Mackintosh

Tom Greenow on sheep and cattle trade

Adult sheep slaughter continues to decline as lamb prices reach new highs

Neil Wilson, executive director at the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland, and Ellis Mutch, an Aberdeenshire auctioneer part of the ANM Group, joins us on the podcast this week

Highlights from some of this week's sales

Deadweight beef prices began 2024 very strongly, although they have slipped over the past few weeks. However, the buoyant liveweight trade suggests that beef's bull run is not over just yet

Auctioneers said farmers had been 'delighted' with the prices achieved

Glyn Lucas on why farmers are undervalued

Easter and Ramadan were driving demand at Irish marts and factories, as in the UK