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Texels dominated the top prices at Kelso Ram Sales selling to £45,000 with the 3638 rams sold averaging a record £1,584.10, a rise of £157.08 on the year with a 92.17% clearance rate

Topping the Solway and Tyne Texel Club sale at Carlisle at 80,000gns was Hilltop Jewel, a ram lamb from Kenny Pratt, Aberdeenshire

Vistors and exhibitors escaped the worst of the weather at Bucks County Show

The Scottish National Texel sale at Lanark topped at 68,000gns with a 78% clearance and an average of £4,377.74

There were 48 breeds of sheep in front of judge, John Sinnett, Cumbria, for the supreme championship

It was a bumper year in the livestock lines at the Royal Three Counties Show, with entries surpassing last year's 8,000 including 1,200 cattle and 12 national shows

Catch up with reports from recent livestock auctions including Gisburn, Leyburn, Hexham and J36

The Solway and Tyne Breeders Club sale of pedigree Texels was split between Lockerbie and Carlisle due to bluetongue restrictions

Catch up with what's been happening in the sale rings around the country this week

The reduction of the Duhonw flocks of pedigree sheep at Carlisle on behalf of Michael James and family, Builth Wells, topped at 10,000gns for Texels and Bluefaced Leicesters and 9,000gns for Badger Face Texels