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February 2020
LAA Manifesto | The Value of Livestock Auction Marts to British Farming
The Livestock Auctioneers’ Association (LAA) is the national organisation representing auctioneering firms that occupy and run the livestock auction markets of England and Wales. The LAA takes steps to develop the system of selling livestock through auction markets, and to enhance the throughput and turnover of markets,...
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February 2020
Trade Talk - Mr R (Robert) Addision MRICS FLAA - Hexham & Northern Marts
2020 has started well with all classes of stock selling well in the market place. Prime sheep have been excellent reflected in a national SQQ average of 2.09p/kilo being up 23ppkg or £9.75 on the year. Cast ewes have seen an even more animated demand with continental bred sorts regularly breaking the £100 barrier whilst...
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February 2020
Expansion Plans at Livestock Auctioneers’ Association at ‘Exciting Time for Livestock Industry’
At one of the most exciting and crucial periods for the UK livestock industry, the Livestock Auctioneers’ Association (LAA) has this week announced expansion plans as it continues to play a leading role in representing the UK sector both in home and international markets. Heavily involved in all aspects of the UK livestock...
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December 2019
Trade Talk from Stephen Dodsworth - Darlington Farmers Auction Market
As I write this, our final Christmas Primestock sale at the current location is upon us. The pinnacle of the auction system, as the very best of British livestock is showcased, the Christmas shows across the land should rightly fill our whole industry with pride. In recent weeks the excitement for a seasonal lift in trade...
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December 2019
LAA creates Social Media Guide for members
The Livestock Auctioneers’ Association has recently been using social media more frequently in order to promote the work and activity of the organisation and to engage with LAA members. The LAA has put this guide together for its members, in order to help them connect with more customers, livestock producers, buyers and...
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November 2019
Drew Patrick – New Auctioneer of the Year Award 2019
LOVE FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE AND A HELPING HAND FROM ‘AUCTIONEERING LEGEND’ LEADS TO FLOURISHING CAREER FOR NEW AUCTIONEER OF THE YEAR, DREW PATRICK It has been a sharp rise from growing up in Pembrokeshire to becoming head store lamb and cast ewe auctioneer at Hexham Auction Mart. So how did New Auctioneer of the Year winner,...
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November 2019
Trade Talk - Peter Huntley
Autumn Sheep At our two Exmoor markets, being Cutcombe and Blackmoor Gate, we have the normal autumn boost of numbers and particularly in the last couple of weeks, the sheep trade has been boosted by the lift in the prime lamb market; prime lambs and store lambs would be ahead of the same period last year. At our recent...
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November 2019
Teamwork and trust the key as Greg MacDougall named auctioneer of the year
Teamwork and the trust of buyers and vendors are the key ingredients to a successful livestock auction market system, and it is these factors that have helped see Bentham Auction Mart’s Greg MacDougall being named Livestock Auctioneer of the Year. Mr MacDougall, 32, is a relative rarity in auctioneering circles, having...
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November 2019
Livestock Auctioneers look to the future with the next generation
New appointments for committee established to represent younger generation of livestock auctioneers The future of the livestock auction market system, and its responsibility to the wider rural economy, is being firmly represented with two new appointments on the Livestock Auctioneers Association’s (LAA) Next Generation...
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September 2019
Animal welfare of ‘paramount importance and high priority’ for livestock markets, independent survey finds
Report by the Humane Slaughter Association reveals largely positive results for livestock markets across England and Wales. Animal welfare has been found to be of paramount importance and given high priority by UK livestock markets, results from an extensive survey by the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) has revealed. Commissioned...
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September 2019
Trade Talk – Nick Woodmass, Longtown Market
As August closes, Cumbria and South Scotland are finally seeing a break in the weather, with many farmers desperately trying to take final cuts of silage, wheat and barley. Many of the crops are looking very wind and rain beaten but hopefully good crops can be salvaged with all farms being reliant on this for the long winter...
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August 2019
Trade Talk - August 2019
Chris Armstrong – Hexham & Northern Marts The first six months of 2019 have been more conducive to livestock production than the same period in 2018, our customers reporting largely trouble-free spring calving and lambing seasons. Prime and early store lamb trades have been in-line with last year’s values, despite a...
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