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Trade for Blackface rams at Stirling peaked at £60,000, a centre record for the breed, with 587 selling to average of £1,393, an increase of £272 per head on the year

The recently crowned 2024 Hereford bull of the year, Rempstone 1 Alpha N688, set a new breed and society record of 18,000gns at the breed society sale at Shrewsbury

A new crossing type Bluefaced Leicester centre record of £32,000 was set

Catch up with the latest livestock sale reports

Stephen Dodsworth commends our youth - Stephen is a fieldsperson at Darlington Íæż½ã½ã Auction Mart

Averages were up on the year at the Íæż½ã½ã supported show and sale at Hawes

New highs were seen at the Talybont Welsh ram sale, held at Talybont-On-Usk market with Lewis Pritchard, Crickhowell, setting at new breed record of 26,000gns doubling the existing breed record of 13,000gns

Martyn Cook's Dorrery flock, Halkirk, dominated the sale of North Country Cheviots at Lairg with his consignment of 10 two-shear rams which averaged £7,750

There was a buzz among exhibitors at the inaugural North East Live event, a new primestock show held at Darlington Íæż½ã½ã Auction Mart

Winners of the breed championships battled it out before the panel of judges at this year's Dairy Show at the Bath and West showground, Somerset, with the final judging coming down to a nail-biting finish. Ellie Layton reports.