Farming Today This Week: Livestock Markets

For many a livestock market doubles up as a place to buy and sell and as a social club. Over recent years the number of markets has declined. There are nearly 200 left in the UK. Charlotte Smith gets to the heart of Thame Farmers Mart in Oxfordshire, from eating a bacon sandwich in the cafe before the auction starts to speaking with potential purchasers in the sales ring.

And with almost two-billion pounds changing hands at livestock markets each year in the UK, we look at what the future holds for the insitutions, from online sales to trainee auctioneers.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Lucy Bickerton.