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Continental sheep reigned supreme while the Longhorn took the overall beef championship at this year's Hope Show. Chloe Palmer reports.

A record entry of 376 sheep at the 2023 Ryeland Flock Book Society main sale at Ludlow saw a new breed record of 1,500gns set for a Coloured Ryeland female

It was Robert Cockburn’s Knap flock, Crieff, which led a flying trade at the Scottish National Texel Sale, Lanark.

After a poor start to the year when the sheep industry seemed steeped in doom and gloom, the outlook now appears much more positive.

ÌýThe annual production sale of the Whiteley Hey flock on behalf of Paul Slater, Macclesfield, at J36 saw a record price of 5,500gn set with 11 rams breaking the 2,000gns barrier Ìý

Prices peaked at 90,000gns, equalling the UK breed record price, and the 148 lots achieved a record average for a single vendor of over £5,500 at the Riverdane Holsteins sale

The Robertson family from Newton of Logierait Pitlochry, topped the sale of commercial cattle at the Thainstone Spectacular

Charollais topped the sale followed by Suffolks and Texels

With store lamb sales well under way trade seems to be very similar to last year or marginally better in some cases

A RECORD entry was forward at this year’s Farmers Guardian-supported annual Partney Fair Show and Sale of breeding sheep and store lambs at Louth, where 1,381-head went under the hammer