NBA Beef Expo

Entries Open for the UK Commercial Cattle Show

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:38 +0100

Top Quality Commercial Cattle from Across the UK Invited to Compete at National Beef Associations’ Beef Expo 2026

Entries are now officially open for the National Commercial Cattle Show, which will take place as part of the NBA Beef Expo on Saturday, 30^th May 2026, at Melton Mo...

A Duo of Welsh Judges Announced for NBA Beef Expo 2026

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:39 +0100

The National Beef Association (NBA) is pleased to announce the judges for the National
Commercial Cattle Show, held as part of its flagship NBA Beef Expo, taking place on
Saturday, 30 th May 2026 at the UK’s largest town-centre livestock mart in Melton Mowbray.

Two highly respected Welsh cattle producers have accepted the responsibility of judging at
the 2026 event. Glyn Howatson, of Denbigh, North Wales, will judge the Native and<...

Beefing Up Food Security at Melton Mowbray

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:28 +0100

The National Beef Association’s Beef Expo industry showcase will highlight the threat to critical food security at the UK’s biggest town centre mart in 2026.

The National Beef Association (NBA) is delighted to announce that their flagship biannual event, NBA Beef Expo is to be hosted by the country’s biggest town centre livestock mart in Melton Mowbray on Saturday, 30th May 2026. Under the banner of ‘Beefing Up Food Security’, Beef Expo’s ultra-comp...

Ladies of British Beef Celebrated at NBA Beef Expo

Thu, 02 May 2024 15:24 +0100

Cumbria played host to one of the one of the most important gatherings for the UK’s beef industry, which saw support and commitment to British Beef Farmers from Government Ministers, and two Limousin X Heifers scooping the top accolades in the National Commercial Cattle Show.

The National Beef Association’s 2024 Beef Expo took place on Saturday, 27th April, at North West Auctions near Kendal. The event brought together the very best in British catt...

Countdown to the biggest Beef Expo ever in Cumbria

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 07:37 +0100

Government & Shadow Ministers, MPs, Supermarket Procurement Directors, Breeders, and farmers will gather to celebrate the successes and confront the critical challenges facing the UK beef industry in Cumbria on Saturday, 27^th April.

Cumbria is preparing to play host to the biggest and most important gathering for the UK’s...

NBA Beef Expo Young Farmer Focus Aberdeen Angus – Graeme Rhind

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 09:02 +0100

Graeme Rhind is a young farmer and Aberdeen-Angus breeder whose impressive CV includes a host of successes on the show circuit and winning the 2023 Aberdeen-Angus Youth Development Programme Senior Section Finals.

Now aged 22, he left school at 16 to work full time on his family’s Newton Struthers Farm, Kinloss Forres alongside his grandfather, Sandy, parents Graeme ...

NBA Beef Expo to Host South Devon Herd Book Society Performance Championships

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:22 +0100

As part of National Beef Association’s (NBA) annual Beef Expo event, being held at NWA Auctions near Kendal in Cumbria on Saturday 27th April, The South Devon Cattle Society hold its Performance Championship.

In this competition, South Devon performance recording breeders from across the country compete in a unique technical event to showcase EBVs an...

NBA Beef Expo - Young Famer Focus, Beef Shorthorn - Kirsty Leigh

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:08 +0100

Kirsty, aged 28, is a fourth-generation farmer in Worcestershire, and has recently been appointed a Board Apprentice for the Beef Shorthorn Society

Kirsty who describes herself as being ‘someone who likes to shake things up’, attended Reading University to study for a Degree in Agricultural Business. After spending her sandwich year working for ACT as a feed speciali...

Highly respected member of Cumbria’s Livestock Industry to oversee NBA Beef Expo showcase

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:59 +0100

The National Beef Association is delighted to confirm that Lisa Bennett has stepped up into the key role as Chair of the organising committee responsible for this year’s industry showcase, Beef Expo 2024.

Held this year at the North West Auctions J36 Rural Auction Centre Crooklands on Saturday, 27^th April, NBA Beef Expo provides the most important and comp...

Thor Atkinson Commits Support to NBA Beef Expo

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:19 +0100

The National Beef Association (NBA) is delighted to be able to confirm that Ulverston based Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications has committed its full support as main sponsor to this year’s National Beef Association’s Commercial Cattle Show.

Attracting some of the UK’s finest commercial cattle, this presentation and show is a major element of the NBA Beef Expo, taking p...

NBA Beef Expo Young Farmer Focus Warrendale Wagyu – Jack Thornton

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:25 +0100

Jack Thornton aged 20 has been working with Warrendale Wagyu for two years, he started initially as one of their finishers with a batch of 20-month-olds, but has also recently taken delivery of his first batch of Wagyu calves. So now he is very much involved in the whole supply chain.

Jack, who completed his agricultural training at Myerscough College in Lancashire,...

NBA Beef Expo Young Farmer Focus Charolais – Sean Mitchell

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:22 +0100

Sean Mitchell from Grassknop Farm near Skelton in Cumbria is a progressive young Charolais breeder and a member of the British Charolais Cattle Society. Aged 23, he works at home on the farm alongside his father Alistair, and also operates his own cattle clipping preparation service for show sales and showing.

Afte leaving school, Sean completed his agricultural appr...

An outstanding line up of cattle, trade stands and seminar speakers for The National Beef Association’s one day exhibition showcase taking place in Cumbria on Saturday, 27th April.

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:48 +0100

An outstanding line up of cattle, trade stands and seminar speakers for The National Beef Association’s one day exhibition showcase taking place in Cumbria on Saturday, 27^th April.

Beef breeders, farmers, and businesses involved in the industry are expected to gather from all over the UK to celebrate the best of beef cattle breeding, and t...

Judges Announced for NBA Beef Expo

Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:43 +0100

The National Commercial Cattle show held as part of the National Beef Association’s bi-annual spring flagship event attracts the highest quality cattle from across the UK, and it is for many one of the day’s highlights. Today, the NBA is delighted to announce that two expert judges have accepted the daunting challenge of separating the best from the very best in this fiercely contested competition being held at the ...

NBA Beef Expo Returns to Cumbria

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:53 +0100

The National Beef Association’s highly successful Beef Expo event is heading to the Northwest in 2024 for a one day exhibition showcase of the British Beef Industry.

A year to the date in advance, T...

From Humble Beginnings Comes the Perpetual Ghyll House Trophy

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:09 +0100

Sibling duo B & L Wilkinson who run 20 head of cattle on 25 acres take Supreme Champion at 2022 Beef Expo with homebred heifer, Maggie.

This year’s NBA Beef Expo winner comes with a slightly different backstory to normal which proves that great things really can come from humble beginnings. Beth Wilkinson wowed judges at this the UK’s only dedicated ...

Young Hadrian’s Wall Farmer Prepares for NBA Beef Expo

Mon, 23 May 2022 15:28 +0100

On Friday 28^th May, eighteen-year-old, Rachael Graham, who farms at home alongside parents, Stephen and Tracey, and younger sister Amy (16) at Miller Hill Farm, situated on Hadrian’s Wall, will be showing her livestock at NBA Beef Expo at Darlington Famers Auction Mart.

For Rachael, showing is a passion, and NBA Beef Expo is an event she has been looking f...

Harry Amos - Case Study

Wed, 18 May 2022 16:12 +0100

Harry Amos works alongside his father, Gordon, on his family’s farm near Market Harborough in Leicestershire. The farm’s main enterprise is a large beef finishing unit which aims to turn over in the region of 500 head of steers and heifers per year.

Alongside the cattle enterprise, the Amos’s also run a flock of 140 Texel cross ewes which Harry re-established after f...

Leyburn Lady to Show at NBA Beef Expo

Wed, 18 May 2022 16:11 +0100

Yorkshire farmer, Georgina Laws, runs a beef and sheep enterprise alongside parents, Digby and Cynthia, at High Village Farm, Leyburn. Having grown up on the family farm, 26-year-old Georgina also works part time as a drover and clerk at nearby Darlington and Leyburn auction marts.

This year, Georgina will be exhibiting one bullock at NBA Beef Expo being held at Darl...

A First Time Livestock Exhibitor

Wed, 11 May 2022 14:23 +0100

Harry Amos works alongside his father, Gordon, on his family’s farm near Market Harborough in Leicestershire and NBA Beef Expo will be his first time in the showring. The Amos family farm’s main enterprise is a large beef finishing unit which aims to turn over in the region of 500 head of steers and heifers per year.

Alongside the cattle enterprise, the Amos’s also r...