by Nicky Moreton | Jul 17, 2024 | 2024 North East News, 2024 North West News, 2024 News, 2024 Great Yorkshire Show, 2024
• Popes Premier takes Male Championship
The April 2022 born in-calf heifer Popes Princess Noor from Jimmy & Vikki Wood, Popes Farm, Preston, Lancashire swept all before her to lift the 2024 Simmental Supreme Championship on day one of the 2024 Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate on Wednesday 10th July.
Supreme Champion Popes Princess Noor
From a small but quality entry of Simmentals, Popes Princess Noor first of all picked up the Female Championship before going head to head with her stablemate and Male Champion on the day, Popes Premier 23, to secure the Championship tap out. Judge for the day was John Barlow of the noted Denizes herd at Ulnes, Nr Leyland, Lancashire.
No stranger to the show ring, Popes Princess Noor last year, amongst a host of titles, won the Simmental Overall Junior Championship at the English National Show (within the Royal Norfolk), and was Junior Female Champion at the Scottish Simmental National Show (held within Dumfries Show).
Judge John Barlow
With a connectivity in breeding, Popes Princess Noor is by the noted Team Celtic and out of Popes Princess Hettie making her a full sister to the herd’s 2022 Great Yorkshire Champion, and English National Show Champion Popes Princess Lumi, and a half sister to the 2023 Great Yorkshire Show Individual Interbreed Champion, and multi title winner, Popes Princess Immie!
Popes Princess Noor is in-calf to the noted AI sire Denizes Hamish.
Reserve Supreme Champion Popes Premier
Taking the Reserve Overall Supreme, and Male Championship, was the January 2023 born bull Popes Premier 23. Sired by Popes Lethal Weapon, Popes Premier 23 was shown through last summer as a calf at foot alongside his multi title winning mum, the aforementioned Popes Princess Immie. Premier’s grand dam is the herd’s famous, and much decorated cow, Popes Princess Cleo. In his own right, Popes Premier 23 won the Simmental Pedigree Calf Championship before moving on to win the National Pedigree Calf Show Interbreed, a first for the Simmental breed, at the English Winter Fair in November 2023.
Overall Champion & Reserve
CLASS 60 Bull born before 1 January 2023
1st Fircovert Nigel, Mr P Gunther
Fircovert Nigel
CLASS 61 Bull born on or after 1 January 2023
1st Popes Premier 23, Messrs JH & VG Wood
2nd Fircovert Peacock, Mr P Gunther
3rd Fircovert Panther, Mr P Gunther
4th Allsaints Phoenix, Mrs S Germany
CLASS 63 Heifer born in 2022
1st Popes Princess Noor, Messrs JH & VG Wood
2nd Williams Fluffys Nellie, Mrs S Germany
3rd Lynfield Precious, Mr G Scrivens
4th Maidenlands Polarine 4 (P), Mr D Saunders
CLASS 64 Heifer born in 2023
1st Popes Trixies Pearl, Messrs JH & VG Wood
2nd Clonagh Regal Fortune, Mr C Croft
3rd Popes Trixies Prudence, Messrs JH & VG Wood
4th Maidenlands Polarine 4 P, Mr D Saunders
5th O’so’good Sarah’s Paisley, Nichola Osgood & Robert Tremayne
6th Maidenlands Polarine 5 P, Mr D Saunders
OVERALL, FEMALE, & JUNIOR CHAMPION
Popes Princess Noor, Messrs JH & VG Wood
RESERVE OVERALL, & MALE CHAMPION
Popes Premier 23, Messrs JH & VG Wood
RESERVE MALE CHAMPION
Fircovert Peacock, Mr P Gunther
RESERVE FEMALE CHAMPION
Popes Trixies Pearl, Messrs JH & VG Wood
CLASS 65 Group of three animals
1st Messrs JH & VG Wood
2nd Mr P Gunther
CLASS 66 Pair of animals
1st Messrs JH & VG Wood
2nd Mr D Saunders
3rd Mr P Gunther
Reserve Female Champion, Popes Trixies Pearl
by Nicky Moreton | Jul 11, 2024 | 2024 Virtual Show
It`s the first “big reveal” of this year’s Simmental Virtual Show, and we are delighted to announce the results for Class One -Bull Calf born on or after 1st August 2023.
Congratulations go to the Lisglass herd of JL & CJ Weatherup, Ballyclare, Co Antrim whose September 2023 born bull Lisglass Pop has been awarded first place. Lisglass Pop is by the AI sire Alchester Kracker 19, and is out of Lisglass Isla.
This first class had an excellent entry of 48 bulls and the top eight places have been awarded by the judge Richard Rodgers, Hiltonstown Simmentals, Portglenone, Co Antrim as follows:
1st Lisglass Pop 23
2nd Auchorachan Premier 23
3rd Haystar Prime Time 23
4th Lisglass Popeye 23
5th Sowenna Pluto 23
6th Thorncliff Ronnie 24
7th Kilbride Farm Portstewart 23
8th Auchorachan Picasso 23
A big thank you to everyone who entered Class One. The quality of the entries has got this year’s Simmental Virtual Show off to another terrific start!
by Nicky Moreton | Jul 9, 2024 | 2024 News, 2024 Market Briefs, 2024
SEDGEMOOR; ABERDEEN; GISBURN; STIRLING; DUNGANNON; CARLISLE; MONMOUTHSHIRE; TRURO; AYR; SALISBURY; MARKET DRAYTON; LANARK; FROME; SKIPTON; OSWESTRY; BAKEWELL; PENRITH; SEDGEMOOR; THAME; BALLYMENA; EXETER; ST BOSWELLS; DARLINGTON; AND DALMALLY.
Here is the final part of three posts covering Simmental cattle topping store, prime, breeding, and calf sales around the UK. Where they are not Simmental sired, many other sale top prices are out of Simmental females! Simmental genetics continuing to add value, flexibility, efficiency, and profitability for commercial producers.
‼️ If you have any market briefs, or pictures, of Simmental cattle leading sales in your area then please forward them on to information@britishsimmental.co.uk and we’ll be very happy to post them!
£2655 SIMMENTAL LEADS PRIME BULLS AT CARLISLE
A great entry of 109 prime bulls forward at Borderway’s weekly primestock sale on 10th June at Carlisle. Top overall on the day was a 985kg Simmental selling to £2654.58 from Messrs Goldsbrough, Oakrigg, Moffat purchased by A & D Meats.
At Ballymena on 10th June, heifers in the 401 to 500kg category were topped by an Ahoghill producer, with a 460kg Sim at £1310 (285p/kg).
Exeter’s store cattle sale on 5th June saw steers top out at £1340 given for a smart Simmental from Russell Williams of Blackawton.
At Thainstone on 6th June, Aberdeen & Northern Marts held a sale of cast cows forward from Orkney consignors. Beef Cows Sold to £1,830 gross for a 782kg Simmental from Maesquoy Farms, Harray. At a sale of prime cattle on the same day, Young Bulls sold to 271p per kg for a 725kg Simmental from Towiemore, Keith and Heifers sold to £1,907.55 gross for a 785kg Simmental cross from Newton of Savoch. At a sale of cows and bulls, Beef Finished Cows (69) sold to £2130 for a 956kg Simmental cross from Culhay, Forbes.
Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 325 Store Cattle at their sale in Ayr on 6th June. Top Price of the day was £1875 for a pen of 7 Simmental Bullocks off Stoopshill.
At H&H’s sale of store cattle at St Boswells on 6th June, heifers per kilo were topped by Simmentals at 275p from East Learmouth.
At Frome’s prime cattle sale on 5th June, UTM heifers were led by Simmentals from TJ Rowland Farms to 269p/kg, and topping at £1747 for 650kg.
In a sale of store cattle at Monmouthshire Livestock Auctioneers on 5th June, 162 strong stores were forward. Grazing types peaked at 331p/kg (£1020-308kg) for Simmental crosses from GJ Owen & Co, Pontfaen.
United Auctions Stirling on 5th June sold 285 store cattle & young bulls, 116 Breeding Cattle & 104 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls. Bullocks (139) averaged 302.31p to a 374.60p per kilo for a 283kg SIMX from Kirkland. Young Bulls averaged 268.46p to a 277.60p per kilo for a 389kg SIMX from Woodhall and £1090 for a 408kg SIMX Woodhall. Beef Cows (96) averaged 195.07p to a 254.0p per kilo for a 752kg LIMX from Stanley and £2050 for a 838kg SIMX Nether Strathkinnes. In the breeding cattle bulls saw a joint top of £4000 and including a Simm from Tartraven.
In a sale of 546 store cattle at Sedgemoor on 5th June, heifers peaked at £1675 for a Simmental from SJ Sibley, Beaminster.
At a sale of weaned cattle at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on 5th June, a great entry of 310 stirks forward was topped by Messrs Vaughan, High Dovecote who sold the top price, a Simmental bull, for £1450.
At Market Drayton’s sale of store cattle on 5th June, the heifers were topped at £1305 for a 480kg Simmental from Mr D.A. Lockett.
TWO-MONTH-OLD SIMMENTAL LEADS CARLISLE CALVES AT £605
On 5th June Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of calves at Borderway Mart, Carlisle. Topping the trade was Messrs Sanderson, Graden Farm, Kelso with Simmentals at £605 for a 2-month-old calf.
In a sale of rearing calves at Truro on 5th June, the heifers were topped by a Simmental x to £340 for Messrs A D & J A Bray of St Martin, Helston, who had further Simmental heifers at £310, & £300.
At a sale of barren, OTM, and feeding cows at Bakewell on 3rd June, the trade topped at 256p for a 530kg Simmy from CJ Stone.
At Ballymena on 3rd June, cows sold to 211p/kg for a Sim at 660kg and to a top of £1660 per head for the same cow from a Swatragh producer.
On 3rd June, Market Drayton’s sale of barren cows, cull bulls, and overage clean cattle saw in the clean cattle steers traded to 216p twice for Simmentals (£1,460.16 and £1,317.60) from The Sidebottom Family, Mottram St Andrew.
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held a special sale of breeding cattle in conjunction with their weekly sale of cast cattle and store stock on Monday 3rd June 2024. The top five prices all came from J Sisterton, Newlands Haugh with a super run of Simmental, AA, and Hereford heifers and second calvers suckling young calves selling away between £2500 and £2600.
In a sale of breeding cattle at Gisburn on 1st June, cows with bull calves at foot were topped by a Simm from T H & A Pickard, Bolton By Bowland at £1850. In calf cows sold to £1280 for Simmental x from Stephen Duckworth, Haslingden.
At Dalmally on 1st June, United Auctions held a sale of breeding cattle. Heifers with calves at foot were topped by Barguillean with SimX at £2600, £2500, and others at £2050.
by Nicky Moreton | Jul 8, 2024 | 2024 News, 2024 Market Briefs, 2024
SEDGEMOOR; ABERDEEN; GISBURN; STIRLING; DUNGANNON; CARLISLE; MONMOUTHSHIRE; TRURO; AYR; SALISBURY; MARKET DRAYTON; LANARK; FROME; SKIPTON; OSWESTRY; BAKEWELL; PENRITH; SEDGEMOOR; THAME; BALLYMENA; EXETER; ST BOSWELLS; DARLINGTON; AND DALMALLY.
In this latest set of market briefs, hard-working Simmental sired cattle are continuing to do the business and top store, prime, breeding, and calf sales around the UK. Where they are not Simmental sired, many other sale top prices are out of Simmental females! Simmental genetics continuing to add value, flexibility, efficiency, and profitability for commercial producers.
Here’s the second part of three posts covering the month of June:
A strong sale of rearing calves at Market Drayton on 19th June saw the top call of £470 going jointly to a Simmental heifer from S&M Huxley & Sons.
At Dungannon Farmers Mart on 19th June, fat cows sold to a top of £1890 for a 760kg Sim (249.00) presented by G Newell.
In a sale of prime and feeding bulls at Frome on 19th June, suckler bred Simmental bulls from TJ Rowland Farms led the way at 253p/kg and 248p/kg, grossing £1796 and £1782.
At Skiptons Fortnightly Sale of Young Feeding Bulls, Store Bullocks & Heifers, and Breeding Cattle, on 19th June, young bulls were topped by Simmentals at £1980, £1650 from E&M Fairhurst and to a leading average of £1815. Simmentals also led the averages for store heifers at £1450, with RD Elliott attaining prices of £1550 £1510 £1500 £1450 £1430 £1400.
In a sale of calves and weanlings at Oswestry on 19th June, a nice show of stirks forward topped at £555 for a trio of Simmental bullocks from the James family.
At a sale of prime bulls at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on 17th June, a 949kg Simmental from Messrs Ryder, Holme House, Carlisle sold to £2348.28 purchased by A & D Meats, and to feature in the top prices.
Bakewell held a sale of 112 barren, OTM, and feeding cows on 17th June. Leading the trad was an 800kg Simmental cow that made £1784 for Messrs Renshaw & Brassington.
On 17th June, Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly Sale of 167 Store Cattle & Feeding Bulls of all classes. Dalemain Estates topped the heifer section at £1785 for a twenty-four-month-old pure-bred Simmental, selling to Mr A Skelton.
On 17th June and a sale of weaned calves at Salisbury Livestock Market, four month old Simmental steers led the way at £530 from B G Newman & Partners, Sherfield English.
In a sale of calves at Sedgemoor on 15th June, beef from dairy topped at £505 for a month old Simmental bull from KP Silverthorne.
SIMMENTALS TOP ALL SIX CATEGORIES AT THAINSTONE BREEDING CATTLE SALE
Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 142 Head of Adult Breeding Cattle on 14th June. Heifer with Bull Calf sold to £2850 for a Simmental Heifer with a Simmental Cross Bull Calf from Floors Farm, Grange. Heifer with Heifer Calf sold to £3000 for a Simmental Heifer with Twin Heifer Calves from Floors, Grange. Cow with Bull Calf sold to £2900 for a five-year-old Simmental Cow with a Simmental Cross Bull Calf from Floors, Grange. Cow with Heifer Calf sold to £2950 for a Simmental Cross Cow with her second calf from Crannabog, Rothienorman. In Calf Cows & Heifers sold to £2150 for a November Calving Simmental Heifer from Floors Farm, Grange. Breeding Bulls sold to 5200gns for a 4 Year Old Simmental Bull from Floors Farm, Grange.
Also on 14th June at Thainstone, and a sale of 383 store cattle, young bulls, and young weaned calves, Bulls sold to a top of 286.6p per kg for a 506kg Simmental from Lagavaich, Glenlivet.
At Thame Farmers Auction Mart on 14th June saw feeding cows from Olivia Bacon sold to £1335 for Simmental x.
At Thainstone on 13th June, Aberdeen & Northern Marts held a sale of cast cows and bulls forward from Orkney consignors. Beef Cows Sold to £1,750 gross for a 806kg Simmental from Firm of Paterson, Veltigar, Tankerness.
On 12th June, United Auctions, Stirlling sold 492 store cattle & young bulls, 165 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls & 442 Breeding cattle. Heifers (263) averaged 281.40p and to £1650 for a 613kg SIMX from Temples. Beef Cows (136) averaged 194.53p to 270.30p per kilo for a 418kg SIMX from Bemersyde. Stock Cows & Calves – Glenturk (dispersal of commercial herd) saw Sim & BCF £3000×2, £2800×2 & £2700. Sim & HCF £3000 £3000×2, £2900×2, £2800×5 & £2700×2. Herd Average- 37 cows & calves £2,664.86. Stock Cows & Calves Marvingston (Dispersal) saw Sim & HCF £2900 & £2000×4. Cows and calves were in good bloom selling to a busy ringside of buyers from all over Scotland which were all going back into breeding herds.
At Dungannon Farmers Mart on 12th June, fat cows sold to a top of £1740 for a 725kg Sim (240.00) presented by J Casey, selling at £1540 was a 720kg Sim (214.00) from D Bell.
An electric trade of calves and weanlings at Oswestry on 5th June saw Simmental bulls to £475 and heifers to £402 all aged 5-6 months, from J R James & Son, Church Farm.
At Frome’s sale of prime cattle on 12th June, the trade for UTM steers saw a top gross price of £1828 for a 686kg Simmental from TJ Rowland Farms.
by Nicky Moreton | Jul 8, 2024 | 2024 News, 2024 Market Briefs, 2024
SEDGEMOOR; ABERDEEN; GISBURN; STIRLING; DUNGANNON; CARLISLE; MONMOUTHSHIRE; TRURO; AYR; SALISBURY; MARKET DRAYTON; LANARK; FROME; SKIPTON; OSWESTRY; BAKEWELL; PENRITH; SEDGEMOOR; THAME; BALLYMENA; EXETER; ST BOSWELLS; DARLINGTON; AND DALMALLY.
In this latest set of market briefs, hard-working Simmental sired cattle are continuing to do the business and top store, prime, breeding, and calf sales around the UK. Where they are not Simmental sired, many other sale top prices are out of Simmental females! Simmental genetics continuing to add value, flexibility, efficiency, and profitability for commercial producers.
Here’s the first part of three posts covering the month of June:
At Sedgemoor on 29th June and a sale of calves, a superb run of Simmental bulls for DE Down & Son reached £425 at 1m, when others sold to £405 (2x) for the same vendor. Simmental heifers from the same vendor sold to the joint heifer top price of £365 for a 1m calf.
Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 371 Store Cattle, Young Bulls, Young and Weaned Calves and Breeding Cattle at Thainstone on 28th June. Bulls sold to £1340 gross for a 526kg Simmental Cross from Candyglirach, Drumoak. Cows with Calves at Foot sold to £1750 for a Simmental Cow with twin calves from Candyglirach, Drumoak.
In a sale of breeding cattle at Gisburn on 29th June, bulls were first in the ring and sold to a high of £2250 for a 16mo Simmental from R & L Loftus.
In a sale of prime cattle at Caledonian Marts, Stirling on 27th June, Young Bulls sold to £2198 for a Simm from W Young, Templehall.
Gisburn’s sale of stirks on 27th June, saw the top of the trade being Thomas Atkins with his Fleckvieh and Simmental bullocks realising £900 at just 6–7-month-old.
SIMMENTALS TOP BULLOCKS & YOUNG BULLS AT UA, STIRLING
On 26th June at Stirling, United Auctions sold 291 store cattle & young bulls, 78 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls. Bullocks (114) – Averaged 279.5p to 318.3p per kilo for a 333kg SIMX from Eden and £1860 for a 680kg SIMX from Harestonhill. Young Bulls averaged 245.15p to 266.3p per kilo for a 383kg SIMX from Mosston Muir.
Dungannon Farmers Mart on 26th June saw steers sell to £1980 for a 705kg Sim (281.00) presented by J Eakin.
On 26th June, Harrison and Hetherington held their monthly Beef Breeding sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle of heifers with calves at foot, breeding bulls, and bulling heifers. Bulling heifers topped at £1750 for a Simmental from Messrs Carter, Gerrard House. Messrs Morton, Church Farm sold a Simmental cross heifer for £1720 and £1700. At a sale of calves on the same day, two month Simmental Bulls sold to £630 from Messrs Roan, Boreland of Colvend, Dalbeattie.
On 26th June and a sale of young stirks/stores at Monmouthshire Livestock Auctioneers, an excellent entry of 118 young stores sold to a top in the steers from CD Cometson, Senghenydd, with 11 month Sim X steers (£1460-490kg).
At Truro on 26th June, cows and calves saw a fiery trade, with Simmental outfits leading the way at £1920 for Mr A Kemp of Truro.
Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd sold 80 prime and cast cattle at their sale in Ayr on 25th June. Cows were topped at £1820 by a Simmental from Auchtygemmell.
At Salisbury Livestock Market on 25th June, and a sale of barren cows and bulls, beef cows topped the sale at up to 209.5p for a Simmental from Roly James off the Isle of Wight.
At a sale of store cattle on 24th June at Caledonian Marts, Stirling, bullocks sold to £1630 for Simmentals from A McKenzie, Ardgate.
Market Drayton’s sale of 185 store cattle on 24th June saw Cows and calves topped at £1,420 for a Simmental from JW.&PE. Painter, Howle. Heifers were led by a 656kg Simmental at £1,670.00 from Mr G. Martinez. A nice show of weanlings included 6 month Simmental steers to £780 from Graham Ward Farms, Madeley.
On 24th June Lawrie and Symington Ltd had forward 141 cattle comprising of 35 bullock and heifers, 50 cast cows and 56 calves and stirks at Lanark Market. Beef cows sold to £2110 per head for a Simm from Taylor, Skirling Craigs Farm, or to 236p/pk from the same home.
Aberdeen and Northern Marts on 20th June sold 34 Cows and Bulls to average £1459.12. Beef Feeding Cows averaged £1220 and sold to £1530 for a 692kg Simmental Cross from Haddoch Farm, Cairnie.
On 19th June, United Auctions, Stirling sold 230 store cattle & young bulls, 386 Breeding Cattle & 122 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls. OTM Bulls averaged 192.24p to 253.3p per kilo for a 754kg SIM from Kirkton of Mailler In the sale of breeding cattle, Simm stock cows with heifer calves at foot sold to £2450, and Simm cows with bull calves at foot to £2350, from Floors Farming. A stock bull from the same home made £3800.
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