MULLYKNOCK SCORPIO SELLS TO ATLOW SIMMENTALS IN ‘SUBSTANTIAL FIVE FIGURE’ DEAL! The much admired 16-month-old Pedigree Simmental bull, Mullyknock Scorpio, winner of numerous show ring accolades in Northern Ireland, has been sold in a substantial five figure private...
14 Simmental bulls average £7857 4 Simmental bulls at £10,000 and over ToP priced bull goes to Orkney The annual on-farm ‘Working Genes’ sale held at the McGowan family’s Incheoch Farms in the Angus Glens, on Tuesday 8th September, saw another strong demand for grass...
Following hard on the heels of a very successful event the previous year in Northern Ireland, it was the turn of Scotland to play host to the 2025 Simmental Young Members weekend, and held over three days in Perthshire from 1st – 3rd August. See here the snapshot...
Another week, and another top Simmental Virtual Show class. It was the turn of the ladies and some tremendous Simmental cows featured in Class Six – Cow in milk, any age.
A mighty sixty cows in all and showing all of the Simmental milk and maternal qualities that you would expect and which the breed is renowned for.
Making it a second 2025 Simmental Virtual Show class win, let’s hear it again for the Mixbury Hall herd of Mr VC Bailey, Mixbury Hall Farm, Brackley, Northants who take this week’s top position with Mixbury Hall Lucinda VG 87. 2020 born, Lucinda is by the herd’s noted sire Tilbrook Frank, and is out of Mixbury Hall Damelsa.
A highlight of this year’s competition has been the judge’s high quality videos and we have another one here this week from Heather Duff, Pitmudie herd, making her comments surrounded by some cracking, and super quiet, in-calf heifers with a tremendous backdrop of Pitmudie Farm, Menmuir, Brechin. Thank you for judging Heather, and top work in such a strong class. The Class Six results are as follows:
1st MIXBURY HALL LUCINDA
2nd BREAGHEY VIDA-L388
3rd GRANGEWOOD TOLLIE’S IRIS
4th CORSKIE MAVERTON
5th WILLIAMS HONEYBEAR’S KOALA BEAR
6th CORSKIE IAM-ENNA
7th CORSKIE MILEY
8th MIXBURY HALL NADINE
9TH BROOMBRAE DELIGHT M20
10TH ASHFURLY WEIKEL’S MOLLY
Well done to this week’s winners, and well done to all of the exhibitors for ‘finishing with a flourish’ in this year’s final class.
