by Nicky Moreton | Feb 17, 2025 | 2025 Market Briefs, 2025 News, 2025
THERE’S MORE TO SIMMENTAL: TOPPING COMMERCIAL SALES AT 34 MARKETS AROUND THE UK IN JANUARY 2025
ABERDEEN; BALLYMENA; THAME; ST BOSWELLS; DARLINGTON; HUNTLY; THIRSK; GISBURN; STIRLING; THIRSK; TRURO; AYR; HEXHAM; SALISBURY; MALTON; BROCKHOLES; CARLISLE; BAKEWELL; SWATRAGH; CASTLE DOUGLAS; WORCESTER; HALLWORTHY; EXETER; WHITLAND; DUMFRIES; FROME; PENRITH; MARKET DRAYTON; LANCASTER; DUNGANNON; OSWESTRY; MARKETHILL; HUNTLY; GISBURN.
Beef prices continue to hit unprecedented levels and the Simmental breed remains front and centre, topping commercial sales and sections around the UK.
Commercial producers taking sight of the forward industry know that their suckler cows are the engine of their beef enterprise. They’re turning to Simmental to future proof their herds, and with the benefits in milk, easy calving, fertility, and ability to rear a quality calf year on year, that adding Simmental genetics brings.
Include the Simmental’s proven abilities in age at slaughter and daily carcase gain, all with significantly reduced finishing costs, and less environmental impact, and it really does add up to money, performance, and efficiency for producers.
SIMM STORES TO 477.3P AT THAINSTONE
At Thainstone on 31st January, Aberdeen & Northern Marts sold 581 store cattle and young bulls. Heifers (339) averaged 379.6p and sold to 477.3p per kg for a pen of seven 264kg Simmental Cross from Bogmore, Duncanstone. On the same day and a sale of 95 store cattle on behalf of Orkney consignors, bullocks sold to £2390 gross for a 660kg Simmental Cross from Workwell, Orphir, with heifers selling to o £2300 gross for a 620kg Simmental Cross from Workwell.
At Ballymena on 31st January, and a sale of breeding bulls, dropped calves, suckler cows, and weanlings, sucklers were topped by E Gillan with a Simmental at £2300, and who had other Simms at £2100, and £2020.
At Thame Farmers Auction Mart’s sale of 165 store cattle on 31st January, M/S Benford topped the heifer trade with six Aberdeen Angus X Simmental 22 months at £1785, and a second pen at £1570. Simmental X from the same farm sold at £1565.
SIMM BULLOCKS TO 447.1p AT ST BOSWELLS
At St Boswells store cattle sale on 30th January held by H&H, bullocks topped at 447.1p for Simmentals from Mossilee. The same vendor had further Simmental bullocks at 444.4p, and 427.5p. Mossilee also sold Simmental heifers to £2290.
SIMM PRIME HEIFER TO £2840 AT DARLINGTON
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of prime stock on 30th January 2025. Forward were 225 cattle. In the clean cattle (139) , the gross values continue to climb by the week and further success for Scotland was evident as our leading beast in the lump was a superb Simmental heifer from S & J E Andrew, Letter Farm, Loch-of-Lowes at £2840
At Huntly on 30th January, United Auctions Huntly 166 Store Cattle and OTMS. Store Cattle trade continues to climb with buyers eager for all sorts. Heifers (53) sold to a top gross of £2060 for a 565kg SimX from Auchnairn, Keith.
At Thirsk on 30th January, and a sale of cull cows, top price in the lump was a 69m, Simmental cow which sold for a fabulous £2250 consigned by F & D Cornforth, Hambleton and purchased by R Pearson & Son, Bradford.
In a sale of cast cattle at Gisburn on 30th January, continental beef bred cows sold to a high of 324ppk for a fed Simmental cow from Dales farmers Mason & Gardner.
STIRLING BULLOCKS TOPPED BY A SIMM AT £2470
At Stirling on 29th January, United Auctions sold 1256 Store Cattle and 163 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls, and 31 Rearing Cattle. Bullocks (724) sold to £2470 for a 682kg Simmental from Whiteside. Simmental heifers sold to £2400 from Hatton of Newtyle. Bulls (15) sold to £2970 for a 906kg Simmental from North Balloch. OTM bulls were topped by North Balloch with a Simmental at £2970, followed by West Mains with a Simmental at £2890.
Holsworthy’s sale of store cattle on 29th January, saw younger stores topped by 13mth Simmental steers from Messrs CR & CF Timms & Son, Inwardleigh at £1410.
In a sale of rearing calves at Truro, two month old Simmentals topped the bull trade at £550 from Messrs AD & JA Bray of St Martin, Helston.
At Ayr on 28th January and a sale of calves and stirks, bullocks topped at £1300 for a 8 Month Old Simmental Cross Bullock off Messrs Mathewson, Thorn.
In a sale of prime cattle at Hexham on 28th January, Messrs Graham, Miller Hill sold Simmental cross heifers to £2236.80 to feature in the leading prices.
In a sale of barren cows and bulls at Salisbury Livestock Market on 28th January, an under three year old, Tb tested, farm assured, Simmental x grazing cow from Gemma, Will and George Edwards reached a market record price per kilo of 269p. In the OTM clean cattle, a run of farm assured, over thirty month, steers and heifers from Tony Nutland and family met an exceptionally strong trade to reach 314.5p or £2204.65 for Simmental x steers and 311.5p or £2071.48 for Simmental x heifers.
A small sale of OTM cattle at Malton on 28th January saw heifers topped by a 695kgs Simm X from SF Stubbings at 337.50ppk (£2345.63).
In a sale of cast cows at Brockholes Arms Auction Mart on 28th January, the cows just keep getting dearer and dearer. In the lump it was K & L Wildman’s Simmental which topped at £2088.
At Carlisle’s primestock sale on 27th January, Mr Tom Byres, Ellen Bank sold a 41 month Simmental cross bullock for 866kgs, 325.5p, £2818 to Charles Kirkpatrick. In the prime bulls Messrs McCulloch, Overhill, Bathgate sold 1055kg Simmental to £3054.23.
At Bakewell on 27th January, a small sale of OTM bulls were topped by a six year old Simmental at £2500 from P Cafferty, Ashover.
In the sale of 479 store cattle at Darlington on 27th January, beasts under a year saw the highlights include Simmental and Charolais steers from E Parsons, Newstead Farm to a top of £1610. On the same day, a flying stock bull trade saw Simmental bulls sell to over £2500.
At Swatragh on 27th January there was a super demand for all kinds of stock. Cows sold to a top of £2280 per head for a Sim at 770kg (296p/kg) from a Cookstown producer.
Wallets Marts, Castle Douglas on 27th January had forward 205 OTM and Store Cattle. Top per kilo on the day was 304ppk for a Simmental from also from Messrs Black, Hillside.
In a sale of store cattle at Worcester on 25th January, continental heifers were topped at 317ppk for Simm X’s from M&EA Ford.
SIMM HEIFERS TO £2390 AT THAINSTONE STORE SALE
At Thainstone on 24th January, Aberdeen & Northern Marts sold 1295 store cattle, young bulls, and weaned calves. Heifers (494) sold to a top gross of £2390 for a pen of four 684kg Simmental Cross from Euchries, Crossroads. Bulls (41) sold to £2300 gross for a 780kg Simmental Cross from Brawliemuir, Drumlithie.
On 23rd January and a sale of cull cows at Thirsk, topping both the ppk and pph was a superb 37 month, 798kg Simmental cow from BW & AM Mook of Flaxton which sold for a whopping 293.5ppk or £2342 and was purchased by R Pearson & Son, Bradford.
At Hallworthy’s store sale on 23rd January, the sale of the day was the young suckler Steers with Mr J Buckland of St Buryan who had his usual run of pure Simmental Steers at 9-10 months with huge frame and plenty of conformation to £1625 for three.
In a sale of rearing calves at Truro on 22nd January, a pair of Simmental x steers flew away to top the trade at £585 for Messrs A D & J A Bray from St Martin, Helston.
On 21st January at Whitland Mart and a sale of weaned calves, the steers were led by a nine month old Simmental at £1050 from Jones, Tegryn.
C&D Auctions Ltd held their fortnightly sale of OTM and Prime Cattle in Dumfries on 20th January 2025. Bulls were led at £2300.40 by a Simmental from Dollard. Feeding steers were topped at 235ppkgg for a Simmental from Killervan.
by Nicky Moreton | Feb 7, 2025 | 2025 Scottish News, 2025 News, 2025
Here we feature the Newbiemains herd of Jim & Patricia Goldie, Newbiemains Farm, Annan, Dumfriesshire. Jim will be the ‘main in the middle’ when he judges the pre-show sale of Simmental bulls at Stirling on Sunday February 16th 2025.
The Newbiemains Simmental herd was initially established 20 years ago as a hobby alongside the Goldie family’s dairy herd, but two decades later, it’s the beef cattle that take centre stage at this 280-acre farm, which sits on the Solway coast, near Annan, in Dumfriesshire.
As Jim Goldie prepares to judge the Simmental classes at the upcoming Stirling Bull Sales, next month, he reflects on the development of the Newbiemains herd and the changes within the breed as a whole, over the last two decades.
“It was the dual-purpose aspect that really attracted us to the breed in the first place, and we definitely felt that the breed hadn’t yet reached its full potential. We knew they could produce a good, milky female, and we saw it as a challenge to try and breed more shapely bulls, while maintaining that milkiness. The breed has improved a lot, especially in the last 10 years; the bulls have more shape and better weight gain,” he explains.
The Goldies previously farmed in Ayrshire, before moving to Newbiemains in 1993, where they built up a pedigree milking herd of 250 dairy cows – the second highest yielding herd in Scotland at one point. By 2015, however, spiralling costs and falling milk prices (to 16p per litre), meant the family could no longer justify continuing to milk cows. By that time, they had built up the Simmental herd to 80 cows and the decision was made to sell off the dairy cattle and work on building the beef herd.
Jim adds: “At the time, we thought we’d put off the dairy for a year or two, with the option of going back into it. It was hard for the first few years, but we gradually built up a lot of loyal customers for our bulls and we now sell up to 35 bulls a year, mainly from home. There’s also a constant demand for heifers, which we sell both at home and at sales.”
It’s a family effort at Newbiemains, with Jim and his son Niall carrying out the bulk of the farm work, with help from Jim’s wife Trish, who also runs a nutritional advice company, AgriFeed Solutions, and Niall’s fiancé Abby Forsyth, who works for the agricultural department, based in Dumfries. There’s also Jim and Trish’s son, 13-year-old ‘wee’ Jim, who loves to be involved whenever possible and recently won the overall young handler title at the Stars of the Future event in Stirling. The current stock count at home includes 130 pure cows, along with 46 in-calf heifers and 16 recipients carrying embryos, which are due in April.
From the beginning, the Goldies had a particular type of Simmentals in mind that they aspired to breed, so early purchases included ‘beefy’ females, with particular emphasis on feet and legs.
Jim adds: “We initially bought a few from Trish’s family in Ireland; good, beefy, breedy type females that we thought would work here. We wanted them to be fleshy but still milky and most of the females we’ve bought have bred well for us. We generally find that if the rump structure is right, then that follows through to the feet and legs, and more often than not, if they have a good head, with plenty character, that follows through the body too.
“We took our time building up the herd and were very selective with the females that we bought. The Simmentals are a prolific breed and in the first five years, we got a lot of heifer calves, so that helped build the numbers up.”
Working with dairy cows for so many years, has no doubt influenced Jim’s management style with the Simmentals. Heifers calf at two years old, which they find improves their ability to get back in calf. When milking, the goal was to produce as much milk from forage as possible, and the Goldies use this same principle with the Simmentals:
“Heifers are fed concentrates up until they’re a year old, but after that they only receive forage and minerals. We grow our own wholecrop, so they get that and haylage and minerals through the winter. They are a breed that are good at looking after themselves, so they do well on forage. We re-seed often and have good quality grass here, so we make the most of that, with cows normally out to grass at the end of March. When we can, we outwinter the heifers, and we’ve found that those heifers always do better throughout their lives,” says Jim.
Although the bulk of the calving takes place in February and March, they calve year-round, which allows them to have bulls and heifers available at any time of year, to suit their various customers’ needs. Cattle are brought inside to calve, for easier management with tasks such as dehorning, and all bull calves are kept entire.
“Keeping the bulls entire and having a high-health herd, gives us plenty options when it comes to selling any cattle. Those bulls not making the grade are sold as stores between 8-10 months, at Carlisle or Dumfries,” explains Niall.
“We always ask customers what their purpose is for the bull – we have a variety of types that will do different jobs and we’ve found that being completely honest with customers is the best policy. A Simmental cross heifer has the ability to calf at two years old and look after its calf well, so you get a far quicker return with the Simmental compared to some breeds,” he adds.
All the bulls run together in age-group batches, which the Goldies say helps put muscle on them and ensures that they’re ready to go on and thrive on any farm. Although they have regular customers coming to the farm, they do take bulls to sales if they feel they’re ready at the right time, and sales through the market have peaked at 11,000gns, for Newbiemains Neymar, sold at Stirling, last February. There have been a few more five-figure sellers at markets, while prices at home have peaked at £15,000. Last year, they sold 35 bulls, between the farm and sales, to average £6700.
“All our bulls are brought out the same, whether they’re for sale at home or for Stirling or Carlisle. We aim for consistency and want to breed them to a level standard overall,” says Jim.
In their own breeding programme, bulls that have proved successful at Newbiemains include Skerrington Iceman EX95, which was bought privately after Jim saw him as a calf when he was judging at Ayr Show; Annick Klondyke EX94, another private purchase that had won at Stars of the Future; Woodhall Fantastic EX94, bought privately from Hector McCaskill; and the Roscommon purchase, Moorglen Hillbilly EX91.
Niall says: “All of those bulls bred really well for us. Iceman had great shape, but calved really easily, with a short gestation, while Klondyke was a long, stretchy bull that produced great sons and daughters. We have fantastic females off Fantastic and Hillbilly and we also exported nine bulls to Italy, off those two sires.”
While the Goldies have little faith on the reliability of figures, they do consider the female classification scheme extremely worthwhile, and consequently, they classify all their females.
Jim explains: “The importance of cow families is another element that we’ve brought from the dairy to the beef herd. Our aim has always been to keep them at a certain level, with no bottom end and we feel that we have a really strong female base now, but that’s taken a lot of years and is the result of us being very selective. That’s where classifying comes in – it helps set a standard across the whole breed. To us, that’s far more relevant than the figures on Breedplan.”
The Goldies sell females from home and take a few to the NxtGen sale at Carlisle every year. Two years ago, Newbiemains Ladywag made 9000gns at that sale, while Newbiemains Connie was placed champion and made 8000gns, a few years earlier. Showing helped make Newbiemains a recognisable name in the early days, but the whole team enjoy the social aspect of exhibiting, so it’s something they continue to do. They first won big in 2011, with Darsham Remember Me, which was champion at the Scottish National and the Great Yorkshire and they’ve since won at the Yorkshire with the home-bred Newbiemains Eclypse EX90 and Newbiemains Diamond Jubilee. Last year, the Ex94-classified Newbiemains Icandy, proved a star in the show ring, winning inter-breeds at Stirling, Dumfries and Wigtown, shown with her fourth calf at foot.
Next month, there will be no opportunity to show the two cracking Newbiemains bulls heading to the sale at United Auctions, Stirling (Prague and Packapunch), as Jim will taking starring role himself, as judge. It’s a task he’s looking forward to, and he’s optimistic about the demand for Simmental bulls.
“There are definitely plenty buyers that are willing to pay good money for good bulls; but the quality needs to be there,” he says.
And there’s more for the family to look forward to in 2025, with Niall and Abby’s wedding in the summer and plans to diversify into holiday accommodation, where lucky guests will enjoy the unique and beautiful landscape at Newbiemains, looking across the Solway Firth to Silloth, where the first Simmentals arrived into the UK, in 1970.
by Nicky Moreton | Feb 3, 2025 | 2025 Scottish News, 2025 News, 2025
In mid January, Simmental breeders Michael Durno (Auchorachan), Cameron Maciver (Coltfield), along with Meurig James, the head cattle classifier of Holstein UK, travelled north to Orkney on the invitation of the Orkney Discussion Society (ODS), to give a presentation at their evening meeting, and to give an on farm demonstration of cattle classifying the following morning. See here Michael Durno’s report:
From left to right: Meurig James (Head Classifier at HUK): BSCS Vice President Michael Durno. (Auchorachan Herd); and Cameron MacIver (Coltfield Simmentals), with a packed Orkney Discussion Society behind them. Picture by Orkney Photographic
In arriving in Orkney we were met by ODS vice chairman Tony Bone, who took us to visit Heatherhouse Farm, Tankerness, owned by Tom Lyth. Tom keeps 100 Luing cows, he breeds half of them pure, and half go to the Simmental to breed Sim/Luing heifers which he says, find a ready demand especially in Aberdeenshire. Tom is also a member of the Simmental Society, running the Brandwood pedigree herd, and has recently purchased two heifers from the Wolfstar herd of Alex and Ross King. He also runs two Simmental bulls, both from Wolfstar as well, including Wolfstar Nobleman, a 17,000gns purchase in Stirling. We were joined on the visit at Heatherhouse by Rob from BBC Radio Orkney, who recorded an interview for broadcast the following day.
The Discussion Society’s meeting in the evening was very well attended, with 82 people in the room and others from outlying areas, and on the smaller islands, tuning in via Zoom.
Michael Durno promoting the attributes of the Simmental breed, and engaging in a question and answer session. Picture by Orkney Photographic
Cameron and myself talked about the various attributes of the Simmental breed, and answered questions from the floor. One discussion point that came up was cow size, which is very important in Orkney, as nearly all cows will be wintered on slats, and cows can quite easily be too big for that system. There was also the alternative point that cows can also get too small to breed a fast growing quality calf.
Meurig James gave an overview of the classification system, and how it can be used by commercial farmers when buying a bull at sales. Ideally when buying a bull to breed replacements you would like to see a potential stock bull’s dam. With classification it can build a picture of the cow, with the scores for the various traits being published on the ABRI database. Meurig also outlined how the system can be utilized to help correct faults that may be present in a herd, such as feet and legs, and which are scored in the classification process. It was a very informative discussion and with considerable positive feedback on the Simmental breed expressed.
Meurig James talking about type classification and why he feels it is a management tool for breeding more profitable long living cows. Picture by Orkney Photographic
Tuesday morning saw us chauffeured by chairman of ODS James Cowe, to Oldhall Farm at Stromness, which is farmed by Dennis Isbister and his family. They run cross bred cows using various breeds of bull including Simmentals, and have also recently started keeping some pedigree Simmentals under the Isbister prefix. The two cows used for the classification demonstration, were from Auchorachan and Wolfstar. Meurig gave a practical demonstration of how a cow gets scored, looking at frame, character, conformation, feet and legs, and udders. There was considerable interest from over 40 farmers, who had to be split into two groups to get close enough to view the demonstration.
The Isbister family also had on display last year’s calf crop from their five cow herd, with five outstanding bull calves! The stock bull in the shed was an Omorga bull. Great thanks must go to Isbister family for providing the venue for this event, and also to Alison Ritch, the secretary of ODS for so efficiently organising everything.
A warm welcome and lunch with Alister Donaldson at Redland Farm.
We were then transported by the Orkney ‘font of all knowledge’, Mr John Copland, who gave us a very well guided tour along to Alister Donaldson’s farm, Redland, where we had some great Simmental, and Orkney chat, over lunch. Alister also has a team of Simmental bulls, which were bred at Springfield, Grangewood, and Omorga.
Interested breeders at the on farm classification demonstration at Dennis Isbister, Old Hall Farm.
Alister then very kindly became tour guide, as we travelled to Swannay Farm where we met with Ryan Morgan. Swanny farm was once one of the largest dairy farms in Orkney, but is now home to 200 beef suckler cows. Ryan is another who is currently adding some pedigree Simmentals, and we saw female animals that were from the Newbiemains, Annick, Auchorachan, and Ranfurly herds, and also the bull Swannay Niknak that was heading to the OBBA Show and Sale of breeding bulls on 29th January at Orkney Auction Mart ( and where he went on to sell for a Simmental centre record of 6000gns).
On farm at Dennis Isbister, Oldhall Farm, Stromness.
Alister continued our very well guided tour of the Orkney mainland, and delivered us back to the airport safely on time. A terrific trip and thank you to everyone for the warm hospitality, for showing us some terrific cattle and for the interest shown in both classifying and the Simmental breed.
The 17,000gns Wolfstar Nobleman purchased at Stirling by Tom Lyth, Heatherhouse Farm, Tankerness.
Thank you also for the meeting pictures here supplied by Orkney Photographic
by Nicky Moreton | Jan 6, 2025 | 2024 News, 2024 Market Briefs, 2024
SIMMENTALS TOPPING SALES AT: ABERDEEN; BAKEWELL; DINGWALL; DUMFRIES; SEDGEMOOR; EXETER; GISBURN; STIRLING; CARLISLE; MONMOUTHSHIRE; SKIPTON; MELTON MOWBRAY; TRURO; HEXHAM; THAME; HUNTLY; LONGTOWN; CROOKLANDS; DUNGANNON; MALTON; SALISBURY; MARKET DRAYTON; DALMALLY; WHITLAND; THIRSK; CARMARTHEN; BALLYMENA; AYR; LANARK; SWATRAGH; AND DARLINGTON.
Renowned for its maternal qualities the Simmental breed, through SRUC & AHDB’s National Beef Evaluations, has evidenced its terminal strengths for carcase traits and is the UK’s number one ranked continental breed for age at slaughter. This, coupled with its growth advantages, daily live weight gain, and ability to produce beef from grass, sees Simmental’s ability to deliver a green beef product with a reduced carbon footprint, and increased profitability.
Nest Simmental Bull Sale is at Stirling on 17th February and where 159 bulls are entered: https://abri.une.edu.au/online/cgi-bin/i4.dll?1=3E373E37&2=2928&3=56&5=2B3C2B3C3A&11=50505B
See here, the latest Market Briefs of Simmentals topping sales around the UK in December.
In a sale of cast cows and bulls at Aberdeen and Northern Marts on 30th December, beef finished cows: (29) averaged £1980 and sold to £2290 for a 886kg Simmental Cross from Braigiewell, Echt.
On 30th December at Bakewell and a sale of barren, OTM, and feeding cows, cows peaked at 250p for a young 566kgs, 35 month old Simmy from Steve Thompson
On 23rd December at Dingwall, Dingwall & Highland Marts held a sale of prime cattle. Prime Heifers averaged 312.9p per kg and sold to £1,958.40 gross for a 640kg Simmental cross from Bridgend Farm, Dingwall selling to John M Munro, (Butchers), Dingwall.
C&D Auctions Ltd held their fortnightly sale of OTM Cattle in Dumfries on 23rd December 2024. OTMs sold to £1700.50 gross for Simmental cross cow from TI Bell & Son, Cormaddie. On the same day and a sale of store cattle, Simmental Bullocks topped at £1480 from B Ramsay Ltd, High Auchneel.
In a sale of busk calves and stirks on 21st December at Sedgemoor, top price flew to £1250 (2x) for pure Simmentals from R & J Cook. Further Simmentals sold to £890 (2x 9m) KNK Farm Partnership.
A super entry of 154 calves at Exeter just before Christmas on 20th December sold to a flying trade with a packed ringside of buyers! Top of the day was £495 a Simmental bull, the best of a good run from William Hosegood & Family of Zeal Monachorum who sold others to £480, £465, £385 & £380. Young Simmental bulls sold very well to £410 x3 & £325 x2 for Keith & Shirley Wotton of Dartmouth.
At Gisburn Auction Mart on 19th December and a sale of 180 rearing calves to finish the year, £610 was the top price and from Chadwick & Leaver, Southfield with an absolutely stonking Simmental bull calf at 1m/5days.
United Auctions at Stirling on 18th December sold 214 Store Cattle and 232 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls. Heifers (95) averaged 293.56p to 331.00p per kilo for a 429kg SIM from Culnoag and £1670 for a 550kg SIM also from Culnoag.
On 18th December at Carlisle, Harrison and Hetherington conducted their final weaned bull and stirk sale of 2024. A total of 113 were forward to meet another trade in keeping with the Festive Season, joyful and triumphant. Heifers topped at £1680 for a Simmental from Messrs Johnstone, Kimmeter. In a sale of calves on the same day, Simmental heifers from Roundhill sold to £575.
In a sale of weaned calves at Monmouthshire on 18th December, a Simm steer from LL & LM Price made £555 to top the prices.
Skipton Livestock Market held its fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, and Breeding Cattle on 18th December with 201 head of cattle forward. Feeding Bulls trade was on fire with young Simm x bulls leading the way and sold to £2160 from IJ Pratt, Hebden Bridge. In the store sale, NJ&S Pinder of Hallfield sold Simmental bullocks at £1980 and £1950.
At Melton Mowbray on 18th December and a sale of 181 calves & reared, beating the calf trade, twice, with the slightly older calves was Bevin & Co, Nr Rugby with Simmental x Bulls to £650.
At Truro’s sale of 91 rearing calves on 18th December, leading the way was a smart young Simmental x bull selling for £390 on behalf of Messrs A D & J A Bray from St Martin, Helston.
In a sale of prime bulls at Carlisle on 16th December, Simmental crosses sold to £2269.68 for 784kgs from Messrs Fox, St Johns Kirk, Biggar and to feature in the leading prices.
On the 13th December and a sale of store cattle on behalf of Orkney consignors at ANM’s Thainstone Market, bullocks sold to 339.5p per kg for a 480kg Simmental from D P Nicholson & Co, Quoys, South Ronaldsay.
Hexham & Northern Marts held their weekly sale of store cattle (244) on 13th December. In line with recent weeks and correlating to a buoyant prime trade, no fewer than twenty lots exceeded the coveted figure of £2000 and all classes were in great demand. In the cattle 30+ months, Simmental X steers from Will Davy, Warton, made £2000. In the 17-22 months bracket, Simmental x steers made £2030 from Satley.
In a sale of 115 store cattle at Thame Farmers Auction Mart on 13th December, M/S Masters topped the steers with a single Simmental 22 months at £1710, others from the same pen sold at £1685 on two occasions.
In a sale of 161 calves at Exeter on 13th December, heifers topped at £455 for a weaned Simmental heifer from Ben Drury.
On the 13th December at Thainstone, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 288 Store Cattle, Young Bulls and Young and Weaned Calves. Bullocks up to 300kg led by Fleck (SimX) £1030, 375.9p; bullocks at 301-350kg topped by Cairntack (SimX) £1160, 351.5p; heifers between 401-450kg topped by Cairntack (Sim) £1485, 349.3p. Breeding Cattle (39) sold to £2600 (X9) for in calf Simmentals and (X4) Cows with calves at foot from Cairntack, Belhelvie.
United Auctions Huntly 12th December 2024 sold 130 Store and OTM Cattle along with 480 Store lambs. Heifers (52) sold to average 297.4p per kg, selling to a top gross of £1830 for a 590kg SimX from Braehead, Huntly.
At Longtown on 12th December, C&D Auction Marts Limited saw cast cows continuing to meet a competitive trade. The sale topped at £1,485 for a Simmental from Archbank Farming Co., Moffat.
On 12th December and a sale of store cattle on behalf of Shetland consignors at Aberdeen and Northern Marts, Thainstone, bullocks sold to 376p per kg for 274kg Simmentals from D G Flaws, Fleck, Dunrossness.
J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction’s held their Christmas Show of Calves & OTM Cattle, Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, on 12th December. A full row of weanlings and stirks for the final sale of the year, saw nicely reared Simmental cross steers from JA Law, Carnforth sold to £820 and who also sold heifers at £700. Younger heifers sold to £580 for a Simmental cross.
United Auctions at Stirling on 11th December sold sold 474 Store Cattle and 315 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls. Bullocks (250) – Averaged 313.20p to 360.60p per kilo for a 355kg SIM from Ashmore & Strone. Young Bulls (21) – Averaged 302.88p to £1360 gross for a 459kg SIM from Low Bowhill.
On 11th December at Carlisle, Harrison and Hetherington held their penultimate weaned bull and stirk sale at Borderway Mart. A total of 193 went under the hammer. 45 bulls sold to a top of £1960 from Messrs Goldsbrough, Moffat for a fantastic Simmental bull.
At Dungannon Farmers Mart on 11th December, fat cows sold to £1500 for a 765kg Fleckvieh (196.00) presented by H McGuigan.
At Malton on 10th December, SF Stubbings, Woodhill Farm, Sledmere, East Yorks sold five Simmental bulls 17m – 20m to a top of £2504.18, and with others at £2460.75, £2436.63, £2292, and £2256.38.
At Salisbury Livestock Market on 10th December and a sale of barren cows and bulls, Richard and Steph King’s super Pure Simmentals sold to top price of 237p or a near record return of £2336.82, only one barren cow sold at Salisbury has ever come to more.
On 9th December Caledonian Marts, Stirling held their final store cattle sale (367) of the year with all cattle in serious demand! Bullocks averaged an unbelievable 338.72p per kg (including Dairy bred), selling to a top gross of £1660 for a pen of Simmentals from D McKenzie, Ardgate, Gartocharn.
On 9th December at Market Drayton, and a sale of 140 barren cows, cull bulls, and overage clean cattle, bulls sold to £2,018.24 for a Simmental from APJ Dairies Ltd.
On 9th December at Carlisle, Harrison & Hetherington’s sale of prime cattle an entry of 74 prime bulls met a flying trade. M/s Houldey, Kirtleton House, Lockerbie sold 736kgs Simmentals to £2307.36 and £2305.75 for 802kgs to feature in the top prices.
On 7th December and a sale of store and breeding cattle held by United Auctions at Dalmally, the small entry of breeding cattle was topped at £1640 for a SimX, in-calf heifer from K Taylor & Son, Dall.
At Thainstone on 6th December, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 571 Store Cattle, Young Bulls and Young and Weaned Calves & Breeding Cattle. Bullocks (144) averaged 321.1p and sold to £2100 gross for a 744kg Simmental from Home Farm, Rothienorman. Heifers (244) averaged 319.8p and sold to 372.3p per kg and £2040 gross for a Pair of 548kg Simmental Cross from Sauchenbush, Echt.
Also at Thainstone on 6th December, Aberdeen and Northern Marts held a sale of store cattle on behalf of Orkney consignors. Heifers sold to £1,780 gross for a 558kg Simmental from A Miller, Blinkbonny.
At Thainstone on 5th December, Aberdeen and Northern Marts held a sale of 342 cast cows and bulls. Beef Feeding Cows (150) averaged £1374.30 and sold to £1775 for a 640kg Simmental Cross from Blinkbonny, Stronsay.
At Whitland Mart on 5th December and within a sale of 513 weaned calves, young bulls sold to £1,380 for a 10-month-old Simmental from Davies, Crymych.
In a sale of prime cattle at Gisburn on 5th December, prime bulls met a strong trade. J E Bracken sold a 760kg Simm X to £2386 to feature in the leading prices.
At Thirsk Farmers Auction Mart on 5th December, the OTM section saw a best gross of £1809.78 for a Simmental X from Amblers Lodge Farm, Shipton purchased by E Nield & Partners, Betchton.
On 4th December at Dungannon Farmers Mart, weanlings sold to a height of £1800 for a 555kg Simmental Bull (324.00) presented by K Brady. Fat Cows sold to a height of £1450 for a 715kg Sim (203.00) presented by P Donnelly.
At Melton Mowbray on 4th December and a small sale of breeding cattle, topping was P&F Baker with a 6 year old pure Simmental Cow with calf at foot to £2,000.
In a sale of 339 calves at Carmarthen on 4th December, another big entry through the calf shed met with an absolute flyer of a trade!! Top price of £515 for 2-month-old Simmental bull from Jones TY llwyd mawr,
At Skipton Auction Market on 4th December, and their fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, Breeding Cattle, 308 head were forward. Young feeding bulls were topped by Simmentals from EB Webster at a cracking £2350. In the store sale Simmental heifers from JD Loftus featured in the top prices at £1900.
On 4th December Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd sold 236 store cattle, 70 adult head of breeding cattle and 190 OTM cattle. Heifers (94) averaged 260.0p per kg and sold to 350.1p per kg for a pair of 377kg Simmental crosses from Refouble, Nairn. Breeding cattle (70) sold to £3,400 gross twice for Simmental cross heifers in calf from Rychraggan, Drumnadrochit. OTM prime & feeding cows (190) sold to £2,360 gross for a 1,210kg Simmental from Conon Brae Farms, Torgorm.
An entry of 150 store cattle at Ballymena on 3rd December saw bullosck sell to a top of £2100 for a Simmental from E Gillan, Deerfin.
At Ayr’s Christmas Show & sale of cattle on December 3rd, the show and sale of cull cows was topped by a Simmental at £2340 from Whitehill.
At Lanark on 2nd December, and Lawrie & Symington’s sale of Prime Cattle, Young Bulls Per Head were topped by Simmentals £2442, and £2312 or 295 p and 288p from J Dyet, East Merkland
In a sale of 125 cattle at Swatragh on 2nd December, heifers between 301 to 400kg (p/kg) were topped by a Swatragh producer, for a Simm, 400kg £1270 (318).
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held special Christmas shows and sales of store cattle and rearing calves in conjunction with their weekly sales of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 2nd December 2024. Forward were 558 cattle, and 126 calves. In the show of rearing calves, the Wilkinson family of Carrsides Farm got the tap for Reserve champion with a stretchy September born Simmental bull calf. Come sale time this calf also got the day’s top rice of £615.
On 2nd December, Bakewell Market held their Christmas Primestock Show & Sale. In a sale of barren, OTM, and feeding cows, the trade was topped at 278ppkg for a 32 month old Simm from Mosley & Co, Chelmorten.
Market Drayton’s sale of 604 rearing calves on 2nd December saw a remarkable trade and with the top price for continental heifers being £395 for a Simmental from RD.&A. Roe & Son, Gnosall.
At Sedgemoor on 2nd December, and a sale of UTM, OTM, and OTSM cattle, a new record OTM heifer price was set at 296.5ppk for a Simmental from EJ Collins & Son, Chard. Also on the same day, 52 cows forward with 11 entered into the show. Class 13A saw the beef cows meet a firm trade rising to 219.5ppk for a Simmental from R Bigwood.
by Nicky Moreton | Jan 6, 2025 | 2024 News, 2024 Market Briefs, 2024
MARKETS INCLUDE: GISBURN; THAINSTONE; THAME; HUNTLY; STIRLING; DUNGANNON; TRURO; WOOLER; MELTON MOWBRAY; LANARK; SALISBURY; SEDGEMOOR; CARMARTHEN; LANCASTER; DINGWALL; OSWESTRY; MALTON; BAKEWELL; MARKET DRAYTON; DARLINGTON; LUDLOW; BALLYMENA; CROOKLANDS; HALLWORTHY; MONMOUTHSHIRE; LOCHMADDY; GARSTANG; SHREWSBURY; DUMFRIES; HEXHAM; THIRSK; HOLSWORTHY; CARLISLE; AYR; HOLMFIRTH; CASTLE DOUGLAS; FROME; AND KNIGHTON
The Simmentals bread and butter is there well established maternal qualities of fertility, easy calving, milk in abundance, and ability to rear a quality calf year on year. Adding to this, AHDB data has shown Simmental gives beef producers more. Industry leading age at slaughter whether sired by a Simmental or out of a Simmental dam, significant reduction in finishing costs, and lower emissions meeting environmental challenges.
Simmental is the breed giving all round value, added efficiency, and profit as commercial beef producers key in on future proofing their herds.
These latest market briefs again highlight the all-round added value Simmentals can deliver as they top prime, store, breeding, suckled calf, rearing calf, and cull sections at the respective sales. Many of the other market leaders will be out of Simmental, and Simmental X dams.
In a sale of store cattle at Gisburn on 30th November, heifers topped at £1890 for a Simmental heifer from dales farmers Mason & Gardner, who also had Simm steers to £1650.
At Thainstone on 29th November, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 590 Store Cattle, Young Bulls and Young and Weaned Calves. The store cattle met an ‘animated demand’ throughout, with the top gross of the day being £2200 for a Simmental Cross Heifer scaling 780kgs consigned by Miss J Russel, Garrelhill, Newmill. Bulls sold to £1920 gross for a 668kg Simmental from Dundurcas, Rothes. On the same day and a sale of store cattle from Orkney consignors, heifers sold to £1,850 gross including a 620kg Simmental from West Brough Farms, Sanday.
At Thame on 29th November and a sale of 269 store cattle, heifers sold to a top of £1500 for a pen of pure Simmental heifers from M/S FM&JM&J Shoulder.
At Thainstone on 28th November, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 276 cows and bulls. Bulls sold to £2640 for a 1020kg Simmental from Cairnhill, Huntly.
United Auctions, Huntly, on 28th November sold 179 Store, Breeding and OTM Cattle Bullocks (51) sold to average 295.1p per kg and a top of 334.6p per kg for SimX’s from Overhall, Fyvie
At a sale of OTM cattle at Caledonian Marts, Stirling on 28th November, OTM males sold to to 230p per kg for a Simmental from A F Steel, Lenaig, Tayinloan.
At Dungannon farmers Mart on 27th November, dropped calves sold to £450 for a Sim Hfr presented by J Fields.
In a sale of rearing calves at Truro on 27th November, best of the bull calves to £385 for a Simmental x bull sold by Messrs A D & J A Bray from St Martin, Helston who went on to sell further Simmental x bulls for £365, £360 and £350
H&H at Wooler Mart sold a very good show of Store Cattle on 26th November. The heifers per head were topped by Simmentals at £1620 from Fowbery Farm. Simmental bullocks from the same home sold for £1760 to feature in the leading prices.
In a sale of cull cows at Melton Mowbray on 26th November, James Knight Farms led the way with a Simm X weighing 767kgs and making 233.5 p/kg.
On 25th November at Lanark, Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 283 cattle comprising of 70 bullocks and heifers, 130 cast cows and 83 calves and stirks. Beef cows sold to £2010 per head for a Simmental from Gillandersland Farm.
At Salisbury Livestock Market on 25th November, trade very brisk yet again for an entry of mostly smaller fresher calves. A smart Simmental bull hit £230 from Jake Smith, Hazeley Heath who also topped the heifers with a Simm at £150.
In a sale of prime cattle at Sedgemoor on 25th November, and 474 head, steers sold to £2,144.11 for a pure bred Simmental (751kg) from MJ & KM Boucher, Axbridge. Heifers sold to a top of £2155.58 for a 692kg Simm X from MJ & KM Boucher.
At Thainstone on 22nd November, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 399 store cattle, young bulls, and weaned calves. Heifers (131) sold to £2000 gross for a 682kg Simmental from Berryleys, Grange.
In a sale of OTM bulls at Carmarthen Livestock Market on 22nd November, the top price was £1740 for a Simm bull from Owens Argoed.
NWA Lancaster’s weekly sale of calves, OTM cattle, and store cattle on 22nd November saw no let-up in the trade for store heifers, with these averaging £1422. Hitting the top spot was ID Bailey, Betts Farm, Preston who sold a Simmental heifer to £1860.
Thame’s November exempt sale on 22nd November of 93 head of mainly 20 months plus cattle. Red Lion Farm sold their Simmental X steers out of the yard to the top price of £1380, £1340 and £1310.
At Thainstone on 21st November, Aberdeen & Northern Marts held a sale of Prime Cattle. Under 30 Month prime bullocks sold to £2410.80 gross for an 820kg homebred Simmental Cross from Hilton of Culsh, New Deer.
On 20th November and a sale of 573 store cattle at Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, Dingwall, bullocks (342) sold to £1,880 gross twice including a 670kg Simmental cross from Miekle Ussie, Dingwall.
Simmental bulls to £355 from J R James & Son, Church Farm, topped a sale of calves at Oswestry on 20th November.
At Dungannon Farmers Mart on 20th November, suckled cows sold to £1900 for an In-Calf Sim Heifer presented by S Casey.
At Truro’s sale of store cattle on 20th November, rearing bulls topped at £1160, £1140, and £1100 for Simm X’s from Mr B Cowell of Helston.
Lawrie and Symington sold 277 Store Cattle at their fortnightly sale at Lanark on 19th November. Bullocks sold to a top of 331p for a 571kg Simmental x from Broomfield Lodge Farm and to average 307.8p.
From the Malton market report of 19th November, a sale of young bulls was topped at 296.50ppk for an excellent 18-month-old Simm X weighing 650kgs (£1927.25) from FH JA & MA Eddon, Lockton, selling to R Pearson.
At Bakewell on 18th November, a sale of OTM bulls was topped at £2390 by a 4-year-old Simm from CW & BM Hudson, Longnor.
In a sale of 158 barren cows, cull bulls, and overage clean cattle, at Market Drayton on 18th November, top slot in the cows was 248p for a Simmental Cow weighing 688kgs to generate £1,706.24 for A.J. Warner & Sons, Woodseaves. Top price in the lump was £1,775.60 for a Simmental cow weighing 772kgs for H.&S. Ormrod, Crosslanes.
On 18th November and Darlington’s weekly sale of cast cattle, store & breeding stock and fortnightly calves, the store cattle trade found yet another gear, absolutely scintillating scenes and without doubt the best trade yet. A lovely 17-month-old Simmental from E Parsons, Newstead Farm made £1760 to feature in the very top end of prices.
At Ludlow Market’s TB restricted store sale on Friday 15th November, Simm X steers topped the trade at £1560; £1500; and £1490.
On 14th November Aberdeen & Northern Marts held a sale of Prime Cattle. Young Bulls (36) sold to £2872.10 gross for a Simmental from Cowfords Farm, New Pitsligo.
At Ballymena on 14th November, and a sale of prime cattle, beef bullocks sold to a top of £2622 for a Simmental from D McBurney, Cullybackey.
At NWA’s J36 Crooklands fortnightly sale of calves, stirks,, store, and OTM cattle on 14th November, an abundance of stock bulls forward sold to 245p/kg for a Simmental from LA&M Lambert, Lupton.
In a sale of stirks and weaned calves at Hallworthy on 14th November, trade still remains firm with a ring full of buyers. Top call was for a smart 10 month old Simmental Steer reaching £1015 in from T Wellington and Partners of St Kew.
Monmouthshire Livestock Centre’s sale of cull cattle on 13th November saw a larger entry, over half of which were strong well meated sorts selling to another tremendous trade, as 17 Grade 1 Beef bred levelled at £1456/head. Top price £1880 (212p/kg-890kg) for a Simmental from EA Matthews, Pontypool.
At Truro’s sale of prime cattle on 13th November, steers were topped by Simmentals to 295p (626kg) for Mr R I Nicholls of St Clement, Truro. At a sale of rearing calves on the same day, heifers sold to £305 for Simmental X from Messrs AD & JA Bray of St Martin, Helston.
At Lochmaddy on 12th November, United Auctions sold 287 Suckled Calves and 19 Breeding Cattle and Farrow Cows. Heifers sold to £1480 for a Simmental Cross from A Maclean, 25 Balemore.
In a sale of store cattle at Brockholes Arms Auction Mart, Garstang, on 12th November, top spot was shared by regular Vendors AR & E Gornall and D & N Davis with Simx and AAx steers to £1,700, J & A Heap & Son not far behind with further Simx to £1,680.
In a sale of 227 calves at Shrewsbury on 12th November, CJ Tams sold their ‘lovely Simmental Bulls’ to a joint top price of £450. Heifers were in hot pursuit, also from CJ Tams, who sold Simmentals to the top price of £445.
At a sale of 68 calves at Lanark on 11th November, off milk calves reached £700 for an exceptional 4 month old Simmental cross bull calf from Colmslie Farm. On milk calves topped at £350 for a Fleckvieh bull calf from Woodhead Farm. Stirks were topped at £840 by a Simmental from Mid St Colmac.
In a sale of finished cattle at Bakewell on 11th November, an 876kg Simm from TB Dalton, Brailsford made £2303.88 to feature in the top end of the prices.
In a sale of 433 store cattle at Salisbury Livestock Market on 11th November, ‘superb Simmental heifers’ from Phillip Egremont sold to the ‘dizzy heights’ of £1390, £1350, £1300, and £1170.
C&D Auctions held their fortnightly sale of OTM cattle in Dumfries on 11th November 2024. Bulls sold to £2048 for Simmentals from JB Paterson & Co, Hartbush and to 256p/kg to average 200p/kg. An entry of 390 store cattle were forward on the same day. Bulls were topped by Simmentals from JM & J Goldie, Newbiemains which made £1420 or 315.6p/kg.
In a sale of barren cows and bulls at Sedgemoor on 11th November, plenty of demand for the best suckler types as red and white Simmentals topped the day at 214.5ppk and 213.5ppk from R Binning. Heavier Simmentals with more flesh at 205.5ppk from RC & K Wright & Son.
At Thainstone on 8th November, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 878 Store Cattle, Young Bulls and Weaned Calves. Heifers (293) sold to £1880 gross for a pair of 622kg Simmental X’s from Northton, Cullerlie. Bulls sold to £1260 gross for a pen of three 388kg Simmental Cross from Auquhorthies, Oldmeldrum. On the same day and a sale of store cattle from Orkney consignors, heifers sold to £1,710 gross and 323.8p per kg for a pen of three 528kg Simmentals from J & E Miller, Nigley, Evie.
At Hexham on 8th November, Hexham and Northern Marts held its weekly sale of Store Cattle and Suckled Calves with a catalogued entry of 316 from across the North of England and Scottish Borders. The offering of young bulls saw a high of £1630.00 for Simmental crosses from Close House.
At Thirsk on 7th November, and a sale of cull cattle, the best grossing was £2079.74 for a Simmental X from BW & AM Mook, Flaxton purchased by JA Jewitt Ltd, Spennymoor.
On 7th November, Aberdeen and Northern Marts held a sale of prime cattle. Prime Heifers sold to £2074.80 gross for a 760kg Simmental Cross from Greenvale, Dunnet. 30 to 36 Month heifers sold to £2173.60 gross for an 880kg Simmental from Berryleys, Grange. On the same day and a sale of 342 cows and bulls, beef finished cows (143) averaged £1736.95 and sold to £2240 for a 1078kg Simmental from Backley, Pitcaple.
On 7th November and a sale of prime cattle at Ballymena, beef bullocks were topped at £1950 for a 650kg Simmental from A McMillan, Portglenone.
At Dingwall, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd on November 6th sold 571 weaned and store calves, and 32 adult head of breeding cattle.Heifers (286) sold to £1,690 gross for a 610kg Simmental cross from Badrain, Culbokie.
On 6th November and a sale of 320 store cattle at Holsworthy, a cracking entry saw a flyer for all cattle. Stronger meat cattle saw trade improve due to the finished price rising. Top was £1960 for a cracking 19mth single suckled Simmental steer from Messrs PRT & M Balsdon, Beaworthy, who sold three others at £1810 and 21mth single suckled Simmental steers from MP & A Stubbs, Woolley to £1635.
At Stirling, on 6th November, United Auctions sold 553 Store Cattle and 242 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls. Heifers (248sold to £1800 gross for a 604kg SIMX from Jaw.
At Truro’s store cattle sale on 6th November, steers at 1-1.5 years old sold to a top of £1700 for a Simm X steer from Choon Farms, of Manaccan, Helston. On the same day and the 4th sale of prize suckled calves, heifers up to 7 months old were topped by Simm X to £880 for Messrs Jewell of Alverton. The same vendors topped the heifers at 8-12 months old and again at £880, and £860 with Simm X.
In a sale of calves at Oswestry on 6th November, Simmental bulls topped at £395 & £360 from J R James & Son, Church Farm.
At Carmarthen on 6th November, the trade for weaned heifers was led by a Simm X at £465 from Beeston, Rhandir.
In a sale of store cattle at Brockholes Arms Auction Mart, Garstang, on 5th November, top spot (and setting a new store market record) went to Mr S J Edwards with Simm X steers to £1,860, the same home with other Simm X steers to £1,800 and £1,580.
At Carlisle on 6th November and H&H’s weekly sale of calves, Messrs Boyd, Rockhallhead had Simmental bulls at £530. Simmental heifers topped at £500 from Messrs Harrison, Roundhill.
In a sale of prime cattle at Ayr on 5th November, bulls peaked a £1700 for a Simmental from J Drummond, Skeoch Farm.
At a store sale of cattle on 5th November at Holmfirth the day’s top price saw Simmental bulls to £1885.
In a sale of calves at Salisbury Livestock Market on 4th November, Simmental heifer calves topped at £202 from Jake Smith Farm Ltd, Hazeley Heath. The same vendor topped a sale of Weaned Steer Calves at £398.
Wallets Marts, Castle Douglas, had forward OTM Cattle, Store Cattle and Store Lambs on 4th November. 89 Store Cattle topped at £1660 for Simmental heifer from Messrs Dunlop, Cannee.
In a sale of 105 barren cows, cull bull, and overage clean cattle at Market Drayton on 4th November, trade remained extremely buoyant for all grades and especially young, lean feeding types. Mr Bob Yeomans & Family, New Street Lane dominated the podium with their Simmentals to 228p (£1,646.16), 220p (£1,702.80), and 210p (£1,583.40).
At Carmarthen on 1st November and a sale of 310 store cattle, an honourable mention for Simms which sold to £1750.00, 20m, from Cwrt Mawr, and to £1720.00, 27m, from Powell Maesyderi, to feature in the leading prices.
On 1st November and a sale of prime cattle at Frome, continental heifers from DAM Marklove to 260p/kg and £1577 for Simmental x. Simmental x heifers from LM Maidment & Sons to 240p/kg. In the cull cow section, A Simmental, also from DAM Marklove topped at 234ppkg or £1662.
At a sale of store cattle at Knighton on 1st November, the day’s top price per head was £1800 for a lovely bunch of 5 Purebred Simmental Heifers (21m) 585kg selling to £1800 from LR Drew & Sons.
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