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Farmers Guardian's head of livestock reflects on current prices for breeding cattle in relation to the finished trade

Commercial buyers were out in force boosting averages and clearance rates

Nominations for the Mart's The Heart awards supported by the Livestock Auctioneers Association and Shearwell Data are now open

There will be an opportunity to secure some of the best in elite poll Charolais genetics at Borderway mart, Carlisle, as R. and A. Needham Farms disperse their Cockerington herd on Saturday May 9, as part of the company’s annual Charolais bull Sales

No fewer than seven animals surpassed the £8,000 mark at the March show and sale of show potential cattle at Borderway where the trade was led by a Limousin cross heifer at £15,000

The pedigree bull sale at the Royal Northern Spring Show at Thainstone peaked at 13,000gns for the champion Simmental

Borderway UK Dairy Expo 2026 will feature a new headline award, elite cattle from the UK’s leading herds, an international panel of judges and a major trade exhibition

There was a big crowd at Barnard Castle for the Farmers Guardian supported show and sale of show potential cattle where the majority of entries were seven to 12 months of age

A second-prize bull set a new UK breed record at the Highland Cattle Society’s spring show and sale at Oban when Iain MacKay and Claire Simonetta’s Jock of Cnoc Na Sith went under the hammer at 34,000gns

Scott Donaldson, group director of H&H based in Carlisle, raised the question of who benefits from the data collected in the performance recording and pedigree information of cattle