Sheep
A selective trade peaked at 2,800gns at the Scottish Texel Breeders’ Club show and sale at Lanark.
This year's Solway and Tyne Texel Club Sale at Carlisle saw a six-figure top call, with averages up in both the ram lambs and gimmers.
Gimmers hit a new centre record average at the English National Texel Sale, Worcester, with a joint centre record top price of 16,000gns.
The season-opening Scottish National Texel Sale, Lanark, saw a six-figure top call for a ram lamb from Denbigh, Wales.
Sheep farmers are being reminded of the added value opportunity that exists from using pedigree Texel rams across their flocks beyond Brexit