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The Farmers Guardian supported in-lamb sale at Clitheroe was held in conjunction with the Derbyshire Gritstones, Lonk, North Country Cheviot, Whitefaced Woodland breed societies and Rare Breed Survival Trust

The Luing Cattle Society sale at Castle Douglas topped at £18,900 twice with bulls averaging £7,832, up £502 on the year, with a clearance rate of 96 per cent

Breeders from around the world attended the Highland Cattle Society spring show and sale at Oban, on Monday where prices topped at 12,000gns and for the first time a Danish-bred bull was sold

Park champion tops the sale

Limousin bulls were in demand at the breed society sale at Carlisle which saw a top price of 35,000gns, a record average of £9,590 which is £1,360 up on 2023, and a record clearance rate of 93 per cent

Local breeders stole the show at the Farmers Guardian supported sale of show potential cattle at Brecon which had 91 per cent clearance rate.

The Farmers Guardian supported Kirkby Classic show and sale of show potential cattle at Kirkby Stephen topped at £3,200 with the 61 show cattle averaging £2,218.18

Limousin bulls sold to a high of 17,000gns twice, averaging £7,466, up £777 on the year, for the 42 sold, with the strongest average of the day at 90 per cent

Two top bids of 20,000gns led the Aberdeen-Angus trade with 74 head sold, averaging £6,185, down £542 on the year with a clearance rate of 71 per cent

Beef Shorthorn bulls met a high of 21,000gns in the first Stirling February showcase. With 47 bulls sold and a clearance rate of 66 per cent, the trade averaged £7,491, up £1,794 on the year