Auctions provide lifeline for restricted herds

Timely introduction of TB-restricted sales relieves stocking rate pressure Livestock auction markets are throwing an invaluable lifeline to beef and dairy herds struggling with high stocking rates, and sometimes poor cash flow, due to bovine TB restrictions. They are holding successful licensed TB-restricted sales to provide stricken herds with a vital outlet for surplus beef and dairy stock.“The only other way to sell stock from a herd under TB restrictions prior to that was through private sale to a licensed unit – not easy and not a fair system either,” says the says the Livestock