• 5000gns Tidkin Cow and Calf leads Tidkin & Jet Dispersal Sale • 15 Tidkin cows and calves average £3353 • 28 Simmental lots in all gross £94,920 • 4 Bulls average £5565
Bulls from the Chestermann herd of N&N Gwynne, Castlewigg Farm, Whithorn, Newton Stewart, sold to 6200gns, and 6000gns to lead a ready demand for Simmental bulls and females at the Society’s May Sale at Carlisle. Sitting alongside the Society’s Sale was the Dispersal Sale of the Tidkin & Jet Simmental herds of Gerald & Jessica Towers, Turners Arms Farm, Yearby, Redcar, Cleveland and which saw a top price of 5000gns paid for a cow and calf, and with fifteen cow and calf outfits averaging a healthy £3353.
6200gns Chestermann Leonardo
Leading the way in the bulls was the September 2020 born Chesterman Leonardo. Entirely homebred, this bull is by Chesterman Gibble 15 EX93, a daughter of the herd’s noted Hirwaun Non, and is out of Chestermann Empire Sage EX90, a Sterling Empire daughter. Earlier in the day Chestermann Leonardo had won the class of Simmental bulls and Overall Championship in front of the judge and commercial producer Mr Ian Wainwright, Todhall Farm, Cupar, Fife. Commenting on his Champion Mr Wainwright said: “This is a very good commercial bull. He’s a well grown, growthy, easy fleshing bull with plenty of length and good on his legs.”
Purchasing the top price was IHG Warden, Skelfhill Farm, Hawick, Roxburghshire who will be putting the bull to work on 30 Luing cows to breed the increasingly popular SimLuing.
6000gns Chestermann Lexus
With a nifty sale one-two, the Gwynnes also sold the day’s Reserve Champion, Chestermann Lexus 20 for 6000gns to Aucheneck Estates, Killearn, Stirlingshire. Also September 2020 born, Lexus 20 is another by Chestermann Gibble EX93 and this time out of Chestermann Empire Tracey 2 VG86. The 50 breeding female Chestermann herd are regular consignors at Carlisle Simmental Sales and have secured numerous Championships at this corresponding fixture over the years with their first being back in 2006 with Chestermann Siegfried.
Some quality pedigree Simmental females from the Tidkin and Jet Herds met with a strong demand from a busy ringside and sold to a top of 5000gns for the 2017 born Tidkin Natalie’s Illusion, who was sold with her third calf at foot, the Clonagh Lexus P sired heifer calf, Tidkin Natalie. Tidkin Natalie’s Illusion is by Auroch Ace and out of Hockenhull Natalie 39th. After a visit to view the night before, the top lot was purchased by Bruce Lambie for his Fallhills pedigree herd at Fallhills Farm, Howgate, Penicuik, Midlothian.
Fifteen Tidkin cows and calves averaged £3353, with further units making 4200gns, 4000gns, and 3600gns respectively with 10 lots in all in the Dispersal making 3000gns and more.
Selling at 4200gns was the March 2019 born Tidkin Katherine who was sold with her first calf at foot, the Clonagh Joker Poker sired Tidkin Molly. Tidkin Katherine is by Clonagh Eclipse Truly and is out of Tidkin Beyonce. Purchasing this unit, and with Tidkin Katherine PD’d in calf to Clonagh Lexus (P), was DF & MG Littlefair for their Crabshires herd at West Farm, Staindrop, Darlington. The April 2018 born Tidkin Jade made 4000gns when selling with her Clonagh Joker Poker bull calf at foot Tidkin Mascot 21. This second calver, PD’d in-calf to Clonagh Lexus (P), is by Clonagh Eclipse Truly, and is out of Tidkin Whisper. Buying this outfit was JA&E Dinwoodie, Aucherbeck Farm, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire.
The Tidkin and Jet herds had a heavy influence of stock bulls used in the herd from the Clonagh herd of Garret Behan, Republic of Ireland. One of these stock bulls, the 2019 born polled bull Clonagh Lexus (P), made 4000gns when selling to the pedigree Eifed herd of Mr DW Jones, Llangoedmor, Cardigan, Wales.
Champion & Reserve from the Chestermann herd
AVERAGES: BSCS MAY SALE 4 Bulls £5565 3 Heifers £1820
TIDKIN & JET DISPERSAL SALE 1 Stock Bull £4200 15 Cows/Hfrs with Calves at Foot £3353 5 Heifers Served/In-calf £2541
There was a steady trade for pedigree and commercial cattle at the Northern Ireland Simmental Club’s evening show and sale, held at Swatragh Livestock Market.
Prices peaked at 3,700gns, with auctioneer Stephen Redmond confirming that 10 bulls changed hands to level at £2,768 per head (83%), while four pedigree females topped at 2,600gns and averaged £2,086 each.
Dunrock Mighty
Claiming the sale’s top price of 3,700gns was new breeder Chris Quinn from Cookstown who exhibited the thirteen-month-old Dunrock Mighty. This first prize winner was sired by Curaheen Bandit, and bred from one of the herd’s foundation females, Ranfurly Weikel 27th J16 – purchased for 5,500gns as an in-calf heifer at the Ranfurly herd’s third production sale in 2020. This much-admired red bull was a first prize winner at the inaugural Four-Breeds Calf Show, held at Dungannon last November. Boasting Breedplan figures in the top 5% for eye muscle area +5.6, milk +14 and terminal production index +100, he sold to R McGilligan from Drumsurn, Limavady.
Male Champion Corrick Laser
Second highest bid of the evening 3,300gns was paid to Cecil McIlwaine, and sons Scott and Neil, from Newtownstewart, for the November 2020 Corrick Laser. This bull caught the eye of judge Ryan Gilmour, Dungannon, to secure the male championship. Sired by Seafort Gill, he is the first calf bred from the home-bred Woodhall Ferrari daughter Corrick Iris. Ranked in the breed’s top 10% for terminal production index +100, he was snapped up by Crockataggart Farms based at Draperstown. Established over 40 years ago, the 18-cow Corrick Herd has sold four Seafort Gill sons this spring at Stirling, Dungannon and Swatragh to average £4,804 per head.
“There was a good show of quality stock at Swatragh. The male champion is a tremendous bull with power, width, length and a good top,” explained Ryan Gilmore, whose Gillview Herd comprises of eight breeding females.
Also making his Simmental show and sale debut was first-time exhibitor Joseph Muldoon from Aughnacloy. He brought out the second placed Belragh Major ET who sold for 2,860gns to George Hamilton, Randalstown.
This fourteen-month-old bull was sired by Kilbride Farm Dragoon, and bred from Raceview Kalyto Ginger – purchased for 3,300 Euros at the Raceview Herd’s draft sale at Roscommon in 2019. Belragh Major is in the breed’s top 10% for eye muscle area +5.0 and milk +10.
Joseph Muldoon’s Belragh prefix comprises of three breeding females, managed alongside a small pedigree Texel flock, 30 commercial suckler cows, and 150 cross-bred ewes.
Following close behind at 2,800gns was the October 2020 Edenbann Lorenzo TPI+70 SRI+79 bred by Garvagh vet Nevin Smyth. This first prize winner is a son of the herd’s jointly owned stock bull Rabawn Flame, and is out of a home-bred Curaheen Apostle dam. Buyer was Ronnie Killen from Newbuildings.
Two lots sold for 2,500gns each. First to sell was the third prize winning Bridgewater Farm Linton bred by Nigel Glasgow, Cookstown. Born in November 2020, he is by Islavale Frontier, and out of a home-bred dam by the twice Balmoral Show breed champion Dermotstown Delboy. This bull is in the breed’s top 5% for milk +11 and eye muscle area +5.5, and top 15% for self-replacing index +105. Highest bidder was David Thompson from Killaloo, Londonderry.
Reserve Male Champion Hiltonstown Marquez
Selling for 2,500gns to Martin Smyth, Castlerock, was the reserve male champion Hiltonstown Marquez bred by Richard Rodgers, and son Rhys, from Portglenone. Another by Islavale Frontier, this thirteen-month-old bull is bred from Hiltonstown Grace VG88 – one of 35 cows in the herd. He is in the top 10% for calving ease +4.0, and his maternal half-brother was exported to Germany earlier this year.
Judge Ryan Gilmour added: “The reserve male champion is another good well-balanced bull.”
Females reached a ceiling of 2,600gns, paid to sale sponsor Eamon McCloskey, Kilrea, for the female and supreme overall champion Drumagarner Lacy. Born in 2020, she was sired by Lissadel King VIP, and is out of a home-bred dam by the 12,000gns Kilbride Farm Bantry.
Described by the judge as lovely, sweet heifer with great style and show presence, she sold to pedigree breeder David Cameron, Portstewart, for his Ballee Herd.
Eamon McCloskey’s second placed Drumagarner Lorraine sold for 2,000gns to Ronnie Killen. Born in June 2020 she is by herd sire Rabawn Flame, and out of a home-bred dam. This heifer is in-calf to Curaheen Dickens.
The commercial section of the sale attracted an entry of in-calf and maiden heifers. In-calf heifers peaked at £1,320 and £1,260, paid to Carson Smylie, Nutt’s Corner, for cross-bred Simmental heifers, due in June to a Simmental bull. Maiden heifers sold to a top of £1,280, paid to Kenneth and Andrew Clarke, Tynan; while Keith Nelson, Rosslea, realised £1,160 for a cross-bred maiden heifer.
• Stock bull to £5000 • Cows & calves top at £3150 • In-calf heifers to £3050 • Yearling heifers to £2000
In front of a busy ringside, pedigree Simmentals sold to a solid trade and topped at £5000 at the reduction sale, held due to ill health, of the Blackpool herd of David Loftus, Mount Farm, Carr Lane, Singleton, Blackpool at Bentham Auction Mart, on Tuesday 3rd May.
Cows and calves topped at £3150, with in-calf heifers to £3050, and yearling heifers to £2000. However, leading the way at £5000 was the herd stock bull Denizes Juggernaut. Bred by MA Barlow & Sons, Four Oaks, Nr Leyland, Lancashire, this rising four-year-old bull by Denizes Hamish 16 and out of Raceview Dawn Matilda, a Hillcrest Champion daughter, is a maternal half brother to the 30,000gns Denizes Lancelot. With tremendous figures, Denizes Juggernaut is in the breed’s top 1% for both Calving Ease Direct, and Calving Ease Daughters, and is +7 for Maternal (Milk).The combination of pedigree and performance saw the bull being purchased by local breeders JH & VG Wood, Popes Farm, Dutton, Preston for their noted Popes pedigree herd.
The stated aim of the Blackpool herd has been to breed bulls and females with size, power, good mobility and temperament, and the sale very much provided the opportunity to acquire proven pedigree Simmental cattle with good breeding behind them. Leading the cows and calves at £3150 was Blackpool Hayley VG 85 with her Denizes Juggernaut sired heifer calf Blackpool Martha at foot. 2016 born, Blackpool Hayley is by Islavale Elder 13 and is out of Balckpool Vogue, a Blackford Nobleman daughter. Securing this top lot, and one of several purchases on the day, was E&M Fairhurst & Son, for the fast establish Fairhurst pedigree herd at Langcliffe Mill, Langcliffe, North Yorkshire.
Selling at £3000 was the 2019 born Blackpool Kelsi with her calf at foot, Blackpool Nicky. Blackpool Kelsi is sired by Woodhall Ferrari and is out of Blackpool Isla VG86. Sold with a Maternal (Milk) figure of +8, this outfit was bought by Barry Harding for his Hallway pedigree herd at Cornerfields Farm, Uxbridge, Bucks. In-calf heifers sold well throughout to average £2260 and to a top of £3000.
Yearling heifers topped at £2000 for the May 2021 born Blackpool May. Entirely homebred, this heifer is by Blackpool Jonathon 18, and is out of Blackpool Desi GP 84.
Simmental bulling heifers from Dorothy Moffat, Innerwick Farm, Dunbar sold strongly and to £2350 at the Scottish Simmental Club Annual Show and Sale sponsored by Carrs Billington and held within a sale of some 340 breeding cattle at Stirling on Monday May 2nd. From a quality offering a number of Innerwick heifers made over the £2000 mark with 14 in all averaging £1915.
Innerwick heifers pictured prior to the saleChris Johnston, Kirkton
Simmental cattle featured throughout the sale and to a top of £2600 for a Simmental X heifer with heifer calf at foot, and also for two Simmental X Heifers with bull calves at foot, from Iain Johnston, Kirkton. Some of the leading Simmental prices on the day included: Bulling Hfrs: Innerwick(Sim) £2350, £2250 & £2200; WJ Millar, Huntingfaulds (SimX) £1850 & £1720. Heifers and Bull Calves: Iain Johnston, Kirkton (SimX) £2600×2. Heifers and Heifer Calves: Iain Johnston, Kirkton (SimX) £2600. Cows and Bull Calves: Corsehillhead (SimX) £1850 Cows and Heifer Calves: Corsehillhead (SimX) £1850×2 Prize List judged by J Thomson, Hilton of Beath Pen of 4 SimX bulling hfrs, over 15 months. 1st W Moffat, Innerwick £2350 2nd W J Millar, Hunting Faulds £1850 3rd M J & A M Mill, Shawsmill £1500 SimmentalX Heifer and Calf 1st Iain Johnston, Kirkton £2600 2nd Iain Johnston, Kirkton £2400
Thank you to all vendors for your support of this Scottish Simmental Club Sale of commercial breeding cattle, and thanks also to Carrs Billington for their valued sponsorship.
A maternal mainstay of the of the commercial suckler herd, natural efficiency is a real strength of the Simmental breed. Simmentals are versatile; complement all breeds; are easy calving maternal, milky mothers; produce beef from grass and are easy fleshing; are fast growing and are the UK’s leading continental beef breed for age at slaughter. This all-round ‘efficiency package’ is ticking the boxes with commercial beef producers and seeing the breed performing where it matters, on farm and in commercial sale rings, for all classes of stock, at markets around the country and from Caithness to Cornwall! This is the second of our recent Market Briefs posts bringing us up to date, and if you have any news of Simmentals doing the business in your area then please just let us know at information@britishsimmental.co.uk and we’ll be happy to publish it.
Aberdeen & Northern Marts sale of cast cows and bulls at Thainstone on 21st April saw a Simmental from Drumsleed, Fordoun make £2390.
Hallworthy Market’s store cattle sale on 21st April, saw an outstanding run of 450 cattle with 300 Stores topping out at £1675, for a trio of long tall strong Simmental Steers from A P & D J House of St Issey, their next was a superb fleshy Sim x Steer to £1650, and another strong pair at 24 months to £1590. Again in the heifers it was the House Family out in front with a sparkly Simmental x Heifer, deep and well fleshed to £1550, and another pair at £1400. Younger Heifers were the same as the Steers with J Vincent of Pillaton seeing his single Simmental x Heifer at 14 months to £1110, with M C Winn with a 12 month showy Heifer to £1095. United Auctions, Stirling on Wednesday 20 April 2022 sold 2113 store cattle. Heifers (934), averaged 234.77p and to £1640 for a 646kg SimX from Shieldburn. Young Bulls averaged 207.59p and to £1060 for a SimX from East Cauldcoats.
On Wednesday 20th April at Carlisle, Harrison & Hetherington had 1188 cattle forward at their weekly sale comprising of 592 Store Cattle, 260 store bulls and weanlings, 226 calves. Featuring in the top prices of a fantastic sale, Simmental crosses from Messrs Potter, Cardew House, Carlisle sold to £1840.
At Dungannon Farmers Mart on 20th April, Dropped Heifer Calves peaked at £335 for a Sim presented by a Dungannon Farmer. At Morgan Evans & Co Ltd, Gaerwen Auction Centre, Anglesey on 19th April, a fast OTM trade was toped at 173ppk for a 714kg Simmental cross.
At Lawrie & Symington’s sale of store cattle at Forfar on 19th April, 113 heifers sold to a top of £1460 for a 652 kg Simmental cross from W. Stewart & son, Newton of Inshewan.
On 19th April at Bentham Livestock Mart sale, Farmers Stirks, 712 forward. One of the largest entries to date saw trade remain firm with plenty of customers in attendance including some from Aberdeenshire and a strong Yorkshire contingent. A nice run from Mason & Gardner, Philpin saw a strong Simmental heifer top the heifer trade at £1210.
At Quoybrae, Caithness on 18th April, Aberdeen & Northern Marts sold 619 store cattle. Bullocks (357) averaged 247.3p and sold to £1,740 gross for a 758kg Simmental Cross from Brae Edge, Castletown. Heifers (262) averaged 234.8p and to £1,565 gross for a 693kg Simmental Cross from Ha, Durran.
Within Rugby Farmers Mart’s sale on 18th April, a good yarding of Breeding Cattle saw a nice enquiry for future breeding. Aged Cows and Calves from Messrs Herbert saw a top of £1670 for a Simmental Cow 2012 with 4 month Steer calf at foot with others £1620. Younger units from Ibbetson & Crawley saw £1730 for 2018 Simmentals with 3 month Simmental Bull Calves at foot with 2014 units similar at £1720 and £1700.
On 16th April, United Auctions sold 701 cattle at Huntly. 314 heifers sold to average 238.5p per kg and to £1520 for SimX’s from Auchnascraw.
In a sale of calves at Sedgemoor on 16th April, the top price was £435 for a superb young Simmental from RD Knight & Son, same Vendor £368 and £325.
In a sale of 145 store cattle from Orkney consignors at Aberdeen & Northern Marts Thainstone centre on 15th April, Bullocks Sold to a top of 296.6p per kg for a 386kg Simmental from Maesquoy Farms, Harray. On the same day a sale of store cattle on behalf of Shetland consignors, saw (35) bullocks sell to a top of £1,240 gross for a 550kg Simmental from J & K Scollay, Tirvister.
Again at Thainstone on 15th April, Aberdeen and Northern Marts held a sale of 1,504 Store Cattle, Young Bulls and Young and Weaned Calves. Heifers (643) averaged 243.3p and sold to £1,490 gross for a pen of four 584kg Simmental crosses from Mill of Kintocher, Craigievar. Bulls sold to 235.4p per kg for a 412kg Simmental cross from East Cairnorrie, Methlick.
At Aberdeen & Northern Marts Prime Cattle Sale on 14th April, the small section of heifers averaged 234.1p and sold to 241p per kg and £1,735.20 gross for a 720kg Simmental from Lost Farm, Strathdon. On the same day Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 240 Cows and Bulls to average £1,438.56 (206p per kg.) Beef Finished Cows (116) averaged £1,639.65 and sold to £2,230 for a 996kg Simmental cross from Milton of Noth, Rhynie. Beef Feeding Cows (91) averaged £1,212.14 (+£2.08) and sold to £1,510 (thrice) including a 808kg Simmental cross from Candyglirach, Drumoak.
On 14th April at Caledonian Marts, Stirling, Prime Bullocks sold to £1813 for a Simmental from J & J Brown, Loanrigg. At Frome’s prime cattle sale on 13th April and the UTM steers, a quality Simmental from Messrs AH Collins roared to 209.50p/kg or £1621, the day’s top gross price, with others from Waddon Farm sold to £1382.
On Wednesday 13th April at Carlisle, Harrison & Hetherington had 1303 cattle forward at their weekly sale comprising of 651 Store Cattle, 296 store bulls and weanlings, 316 calves. Trade was as good as ever with a day’s top of £2000 achieved for a Simmental cross steer for regular vendors Messrs Robinson, Rowell Farm, Milnthorpe.
At Exeter’s sale of TB restricted (orange) cattle on 13th April, the store cattle section saw steers top a £1520 for a pair of well grown Simmental bullocks (21m) from Jesse White of Sandford.
At Lodge & Thomas’s Truro Livestock Market on 13th April, prices for cull cows were sitting at an all-time high. Beef types sold to a top of 197p/kg including a smart 689kg Simmental from Messrs J G A Raymont & Son of St Merryn, Padstow, purchased by Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh.
At Lanark on 12th April, Lawrie and Symington Ltd sold 981 Store Cattle at their April Show & Sale. Heifers peaked at £1630 for a Simmental from Penicuik Estates.
SIMMENTAL CENTRE RECORD FOR PRIME BULL AT CARLISLE! On Monday 11th April, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of Primestock and with an entry of 71 prime bulls. A fantastic trade was achieved throughout. Setting a new centre record for the Simmental breed – the previous record was only set in the previous week – was Messrs Goldsbrough, Oakrigg Farm, Moffat selling a 1076kg bull to £2404 and purchased by A & D Meats.
At Market Drayton’s sale of barren cows and cull bulls on April 11th, stock bulls sold to 177p (£1,699.20) for a Simmental from the Roe family.
In a sale of store cattle on 8th April at NWA’s Lancaster Market, Continental bullocks peaked at £1640 for a Simmental from JA&SM Allen, Windermere. Simmental heifers sold to £1380 for a pen of three from EJ Burrow, Milnthorpe. On the same day Simmental cows sold to £1676 from Barlow Bros, Croston.
At Frome’s Prime Cattle Sale on 6th April a good show of UTM heifers saw Messrs LJ Curry’s outstanding Simmentals which roared to a huge £1707, the top gross price on the day, or 229.50p/kg and £1638 or 227.50p/kg.
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