Charolais bulls met a more select trade, selling to an average of £11,760, down £393 on the year, with 104 bulls sold at a clearance rate of 78%
Eight Luing bulls sold to an average of £12,250, up £97 on the year, with the 15 Salers bulls forward selling for an average of £8,211, up £2,698 on last year’s sale
Trade was booming at the second round of the February Stirling Bull Sales, with Simmentals selling to 30,000gns twice
Feeding colostrum at the onset of scour, alongside replacing lost fluids could help with calf recovery
An open mind to investment and expansion have seen the White family grow their thriving 500-cow dairy operation
Limousin bulls sold to a high of 20,000gns, with 55 bulls sold and a clearance rate of 86%, the trade averaged £9,744, up £2,411 on the previous year
Beef Shorthorn bulls set a new record of 40,000gns at the first Stirling February showcase. With 55 bulls sold, the trade averaged £9,234, up £2,758 on the year
Crowds returned to United Auctions for the first of the February Stirling Bull Sales, where records were broken across breeds
Variable silage quality and nutrition challenges could be a driver of scour among milking herds this winter
Jodie Nutsford from Western Holstein Young Breeders (HYB) was announced as the winner of the 2025 award