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Averaging £4,903, the 164 in-calf heifers peaked at £12,000 at the Jalex Select autumn sale held on behalf of James Alexander, on-farm at Randalstown, Northern Ireland, but it was a pedigree Limousin bull that topped the entry at £12,500

A new breed record of £34,000 was set at the sale of South Country Cheviots at Lockerbie when the champion from the Warden family’s Skelfhill flock, Hawick, hit that price as a total of 10 rams sold for five-figure prices

Catch up with all the news from around the marts this week including sales at Lairg, Kirkby Stephen, Castle Douglas, Leyburn, Skipton and more

There was a strong entry of cattle North East Live with heifers taking all the top tickets

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Market Drayton, Lazonby, Castle Douglas, Clitheroe, Carlisle and Skipton

Records for the highest price polled Hereford female and the highest priced Hereford bull calf were set at the Rempstone 20th anniversary sale held on-farm near Thame on behalf of the Ludgate family

Rams met a 97% clearance at the sale of hill-type North Country Cheviots at Lockerbie where 42 more rams changed hands compared with 2025 and the average increased by £191.73

Catch up with reports from recent livestock markets including Ballymena, Welshpool, Thainstone, Sedgemoor, Bentham, Kendal, Hawes and online

A new male breed record of 25,000gns was set at the Valais Blacknose Beauties national show and sale at Carlisle which was celebrating its 10th anniversary