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Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ flagship Thainstone Centre is firmly established as the agricultural centre for the North-east of Scotland. Many organisations serving the farming industry have a permanent presence at Thainstone, including the National Farmers’ Union of Scotland, Scottish Agricultural College and the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department, as well as banks, legal and accountancy practices, animal feed suppliers, animal health specialists and agricultural machinery companies.

The centre is widely recognised as the most modern auction mart in Europe as a result of its innovative design features and excellent livestock handling facilities which ensure the efficient and stress-free handling of stock.

Facilities include three purpose-built sale-rings, a large exhibition hall, covered accommodation for 3000 cattle or 14,000 sheep (or a combination of both) and straw-bedded lairage accommodation to rest livestock travelling from a distance, e.g. Orkney and Shetland.

The centre operates most days of the week with a large indoor and outdoor market attracting up to 250 car boots and 120 stalls on a Sunday, vehicle auctions on Monday and Thursday evenings, monthly sales of beef and dairy breeding stock on a Wednesday, prime and OTM cattle and sheep on a Thursday, store cattle, store and breeding sheep and bulls on a Friday, and occasional sales (eight per year) of farm machinery, building and industrial equipment and commercial vehicles on a Saturday.

Major annual sales, such as the Royal Northern Spring Show in February, the Spectacular show and sale of beef cattle suitable for further showing in September, and the Aberdeen Christmas Classic in December, and regular sponsored sales throughout the year, are events of national importance, attracting the cream of Scottish livestock and a large following of regular buyers from throughout the UK.

Seasonal shows and sales of pedigree stock, both cattle (beef and dairy) and sheep, are an important feature of the annual sales programme.

The versatility of the centre and the availability of in-house catering to a high standard, makes Thainstone an ideal venue for conferences, trade exhibitions, seminars, concerts, dances and other social functions.