Scottish shepherd Tom Ollerenshaw’s Moscar Bonnie topped CCM Skipton’s autumn online working sheepdog sale at £5,100, selling to Co Down buyer Mike Grant.

Beltex shearling rams from Tiree and Mortons led United Auctions’ Stirling sale, averaging £2110.50 and £2041.67, with a top 3900gns.

Registered Herdwick rams reached 6,000gns at Broughton Auction Mart, with Anthony Hartley’s Turner Hall top; the sale averaged £896 with 97 clearance.

Farmers can explore how trees support livestock, biodiversity and resilience at a free Peebles event with practical advice and funding guidance.

Ten wood ant nests relocated in Glenmore Forest Park by Forestry and Land Scotland ahead of forestry works, protecting colonies, biodiversity in the Cairngorms.

Easycare sheep sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, reaches 4,000gns for a shearling ram, while females peak at £320 and average £164.64.

United Auctions’ Oban sale saw 2,935 lambs and ewes sold. Frackersaig Farms topped gimmers at £150; E and L MacGilvray’s Texel lambs reached £130.

UK store cattle sales at Stirling, Huntly and Thainstone delivered strong demand, with cattle reaching £3700 and 552.2p/kg.

The renowned Deveron Aberdeen Angus herd will be dispersed at Stirling, marking the end of more than 30 years of breeding.

Monzie Farms’ 462kg Limousin bullock won United Auctions’ Stirling suckled calf championship, selling for £2550 as heifers reached £3000.

Simmental vice president Michael Durno discusses strong sales, maternal cattle, polled genetics, breed classification and the outlook for Stirling bull sales.

Antimicrobial residues found in soils at all 27 Argentine beef feedlots, raising concerns over contamination, medicine traceability and antimicrobial resistance.