Re-emerging signs of confidence at the mart ringsides

Autumn is a time of change, the days get shorter, the leaves change colour — and customers not seen ringside at cattle sales since the spring or the previous autumn begin to gradually reappear.

Despite all the concerns about whether there would be buyers for stores or cattle for sheds this autumn, they have gradually begun to return.

Like birds to nest or salmon to spawn, there is no denying nature.