A top bid of £4,000 led Carlisle’s Monthly Dairy Sale, with 46 more cows and heifers fetching £3,000 or more. Strong demand drove prices higher.

Compared to last week’s sale, Choice Slaughter Steers and Heifers traded mostly 2.00 higher while Select Steers and Heifers traded 6.00 lower. Lean Dairy Cows traded mostly 2.50 lower. Holstein Bull ...

The shift to dairy-beef and the collapse of the Chinese heifer trade have driven big changes in semen sales in Australia in the past 12 months.