Hosted by Northern Ireland's Young Limousin Breeders’ Club and Limousin Cattle Club, the recent Rising Stars Calf Show featured over 100 entries from new and established herds, writes Nevan McKiernan.

A Limousin cross heifer led Hexham’s store cattle sale at £5200, with Young Farmers entries also securing top honours in a strong competition.

Hosted by the NI Young Limousin Breeders’ and NI Limousin Cattle Club, the catalogued featured over 100 entries from new and established herds and young handlers. Mr Bett, farm manager at the noted ...

Prime hoggs rise to 600p/kg or £240 per head, with cast ewes reaching £400 as market prices show continued strength.

Cattle breeds are a secondary thought for the Brumley Beef clan, who prioritise premium products, earlier maturing, temperament and moderate size first.

A heady 5,254 prime and cast sheep were penned and sold at CCM Skipton’s latest weekly Monday sale, averages again rising across all sections, an abundance of 4,586 prime lambs representing the ...

Bulls averaged €5.77/kg in the sale with a top price per kg of €8.62 paid for the weanling bulls. Heifers averaged €6.45/kg in the sale.

While breeding bulls sold to £4000 for a five-year-old pedigree Aberdeen Angus. Weanlings sold to £2400 for a 580kg Limousin male (414.00). While weanling heifers topped at £2160 for a 440kg Limousin ...

Entries are now officially open for the National Commercial Cattle Show, which will take place as part of the NBA Beef Expo on Saturday, 30th May 2026, at Melton Mowbray Market – the UK's largest town ...

Weekly cattle sale: Monday 9th March seen an entry of 115 cattle presented for sale which resulted in a super trade for all stock on offer.

Thursday 5th March 2026: A slightly smaller show of 200 beef cattle in Ballymena on Thursday resulted in another steady trade.

Younger 9-10mths British Blues from Mr J Angell of Holsworthy sold well at £1500 (3) & £1490(3). A run of young 10mth single ...