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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

Averages improved in all sections at the Luing Cattle Society’s Premier sale at Castle Douglas where heifers met a 100% clearance and all bar one bull sold to new homes with a top of 25,000gns

A demand-led change in focus has paid dividends for one Peak District Farm

Luing bulls sold to a high of 14,000gns, with Salers bulls topping at 9,500gns

Averages were up in all sections at the Luing Cattle Society’s premier show and sale at Castle Douglas

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This February saw the first Luing Cattle Society sale take place at the Stirling bull sales event, with five Luing bulls selling to an average of £10,458

A decline in BPS payments and a drive for resilience has seen an upland livestock partnership in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, revolutionise the way their traditional beef and sheep system is farmed

At the Luing Cattle Society premier sale at Castle Douglas there was a strong demand for bulls which topped at 24,000gns and averaged 7,330, an increase of 768 on the year.