Will you be attending LiveScot at Lanark this month?

Entries include 166 pedigree calves and 102 pedigree lambs which will be paraded on the Friday evening, with the show on the Saturday featuring 99 open beef cattle, 16 butchers’ cattle, 50 commercial calves, and 123 pairs of sheep.

Last year’s champion pen of lambs came from John Guthrie Once again the club is focusing on the next generation by hosting this year’s SAYFC National Sheep Dressing Competition, along with the Lanarkshire Young Farmers’ Calf Rally, which will host their show following the pedigree calves on the Friday evening.

All 46 calves will be sold on the Saturday.

Who will be in this year's winning line up? The Club also looking to the future with competitions for young handlers.

Cattle young handlers can compete on the Friday evening with the competition for young sheep handlers being staged on the Saturday. Competitors for both sections can enter right up until the day of the event.

Last year's inter-breed calf champion went to Delfur Nifty Entries for the Native Pony Winter Fair competition and the show of dairy cattle, staged on the Saturday, will be taken up until Monday, November 11.

“LiveScot has so much to offer when the event attracts the highest quality of livestock,” said Scottish National Fat Stock Club chairman Alister Vance.

“I hope we can continue to encourage the next generation of young farmers and producers to continue showcasing the very best of farming.

“We are again indebted to our sponsors as the show would not be possible without their financial commitments which we gratefully appreciate,” said Mr Vance.

The LiveScot sheep classes will begin at 9am on the Saturday to see who will pick up the top spot

Programme of events

Friday, November 22, 2024

All timings are approximate

3.30pm

Pedigree calf classes

Followed by inter-breed

Followed by cattle young handlers

5.00pm

MV accredited pedigree lamb classes

Followed by Non-MV accredited pedigree lambs

7.00pm

Suffolk supremes: Sale of Suffolk females

7.30pm

Young Farmers’ calf rally classes

Saturday, November 23, 2024

8.00am

Gates open to the public.

8.30am

Cattle classes commence

9.00am

Sheep judging begins

9.00am

Trade Stands Open

10.00am

Judging of baking and crafts section commences

10.00am

Judging of shepherds’ crooks and walking sticks commences

10.15am

Judging of grain and grass silage commences

10.00am

SAYFC sheep dressing competition commences

11.00am

Judging of unhaltered cattle classes in their pens

12.30pm

Sheep young handlers

Followed by sheep championships

12.30pm

Judging of dairy cattle

1.30pm

Overall cattle championships

Followed immediately by the Housewife’s choice class

2.00pm

Auction sale of sheep (in catalogue order)

3.30pm

Beef ribs auction in aid of RSABI and Macmillian nurses

Followed by auction sale of commercial calves, all LiveScot beef cattle, and sale of Young Farmers’ rally calves

LiveScot judges

Open cattle classes and overall beef championships –

Chris Penny, Gwern Yr Ychain, Powys

Butchers cattle and housewives choice classes – James Craig,

Back Newton Farm, Twynholm, Kirkcudbright

Commercial calf show – Neil Hardisty,

How Hall Farm, Cumbria

Cattle young handlers – Alice Allan,

Blairshinnoch, Dumfries

Dairy judge – David Wright, Berryholme, Kendal

Sheep classes, overall and breed championships –

Willie Shearer,

Burnbrae Farm, Strathaven

Grain, hay and grass silage – Graham Kerr,

Kirklands Farm, Dunsyre

Crooks – David Seaton, Girvan

Ribs and saddle of lamb – Tom Courts of Tom Courts Butchers

Baking and crafts section – Shelagh Arkley, Linlithgow

Pedigree judges

Aberdeen Angus, Beef Shorthorns and any other breed calves – James Rae, Castle Douglas

Limousin and British Blues calves – Jack Hendry, Heads of Auchinderran, Keith

Simmentals, Galloways and Charolais calves – Sean Mitchell,

Grassknop Farm, Penrith

Inter-breed pedigree calves – Chris Penny,

Gwern Yr Ychain, Powys

MV and Non-MV accredited pedigree lambs – Dougie Fleming,

Nisbet Farm, Coulter