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Auctioneer at Hawes Auction Mart, Ian Atkinson discusses this year's autumn sheep sales

The Simmental champion alongside her triplet heifer calves won supreme in the beef inter-breed

It was hot competition at this year's Great Yorkshire Show as the sun beat down on the dairy rings

Taking top honours in the beef inter-breed championship was the Charolais champion Falleninch Tommy, from Andrew Hornall, Stirlingshire

Claiming the top spot for the second consecutive year was the Holstein champion Mag Pandor, from the Laird family, Peeblesshire and Ferme Blondin, Canada

With NSA North Sheep just around the corner, preparations are in full swing at Greystoke Castle Farm, Penrith, where the Peile family are set to host the event on June 4

The Holstein champion claimed the inter-breed dairy title at this year's Balmoral Show

Longwool and shortwool champions competed against one another in the sheep rings for the overall sheep inter-breed championship

There was some hot competition across the livestock sections at this year’s Balmoral Show as the sun shone over the showrings

Kate is a fifth-generation farmer running the 750-hectare (1,853-acre) Hundleshope Farm on the Haystoun Estate, Peebles, where the family have been tenants for 150 years. She runs the hill unit with her husband Ed and their four children. She is also a vet and chair of Quality Meat Scotland