For Robert Manson, the Simmental breed offers everything a commercial producer could ask for—maternal strength, good temperament, efficient growth, and the kind of adaptability required on the farm’s varied land. Brodieshill Farm is located near Forres, one of the...
Keith Nelson runs a mixed farm in Rosslea, County Fermanagh alongside his family, where they milk 120 pedigree Fleckvieh and Holstein cows in a robotic system, run a small suckler beef herd and a bed and breakfast pig system. For Keith, focusing on genetics is crucial...
Sales at Thainstone, UA Stirling, Caledonian Marts, Lanark, Ayr, Newton Stewart, Quoybrae, and Dumfries featured. Moving round the UK, we’re back in Scotland and looking at markets across Scotland in this last two to three weeks and where flexible, efficient...
| Judge: Mr David Bell | |||||
| 5 Bulls sold to a sales average of £2352.00 | |||||
| Prize | Lot | Name | Vendor | ||
| Male Champion | 38 | Grangewood Trademark | Mr & Mrs A S & Y A Leedham | Messrs Brickell | 3300.00 |
| Reserve Male Champion | 42 | Wishful Vegas | D B & C A Mills | Woolhanger Farming Partnership | 2800.00 |
| Top Price Bulls | 38 | Grangewood Trademark | Mr & Mrs A S & Y A Leedham | Messrs Brickell | 3300.00 |
| – | 42 | Wishful Vegas | D B & C A Mills | Woolhanger Farming Partnership | 2800.00 |
| – | 47 | Hirwaun Vince | Mr A Davies | Boulcott & Sons | 2150.00 |
| – | 36 | Crackley Texan (P) | M/S Booth & Bell | B P J & H M Miflin & Son | 1500.00 |
| – | 37 | Abbotsbrook Trust | M/S A & C Bennett | Woolhanger Farming Partnership | 1450.00 |
| 18 Females sold to a sales average of £1279.25 | |||||
| Overall Female Champion | 9 | Heywood Viola 4th | Mr D M Barker | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | 2000.00 |
| Reserve Female Overall Champion | 23 | Big Country Vera | Mrs T M Hitchins | Mr S A Gummow | 1720.00 |
| Top Price Females | 9 | Heywood Viola 4th | Mr D M Barker | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | 2000.00 |
| – | 5 | Oakhill Nelly 14th (TF) + (CAF) | Mr & Mrs A S & Y A Leedham | C Vaughan | 2000.00 |
| – | 11 | Heywood Estelle 51st | Mr D M Barker | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | 1800.00 |
| – | 7 | Tilbrook Radiant + (CAF) | Mr P N Burgess | Messrs Watkins | 1800.00 |
| – | 23 | Big Country Vera | Mrs T M Hitchins | Mr S A Gummow | 1720.00 |
