The outstanding feature of the Autumn sale was the unprecedented demand for first cross Highland heifer calves, which saw buyers from Wales and the Isle of Skye competing with several local hill farmers to secure the best lots.

attendance. Highland enthusiasts from Australia, the United States, Germany, Ireland and Denmark were looking on with interest although the likelihood of being able to export live animals soon seemed quite remote.

One never can predict how any event such as our recent annual Oban sale will go as there are so many factors involved.

Members will have seen that United Auctions in Oban are holding a pedigree Highland sale on 8 March. This sale is not under the auspices of the Society and, as we notified you in the Bulletin on 8 January, we have reluctantly decided to hold a virtual only sale this year probably at the beginning of March.