by Nicky Moreton | Oct 9, 2024 | 2024 News, 2024, 2024 Market Briefs
The latest Simmental market briefs for September feature snippets from a mighty 33 markets around the UK and where Simmentals continue to ‘do the business’. Markets highlighted this month include:
STIRLING; LANARK; CARLISLE; SEDGEMOOR; EXETER; THAINSTONE; DUNGANNON; HUNTLY; TIREE; TRURO; SKIPTON; BALLYMENA; MELTON MOWBRAY; BAKEWELL; GISBURN; CASTLE DOUGLAS; HEXHAM; LANCASTER; DUNGANNON; FROME; AYR; SALISBURY; HAILSHAM; DUMFRIES; HULL; SWATRAGH; PORTREE; MARKET DRAYTON; HOLSWORTHY; GARSTANG; TAVISTOCK; DARLINGTON; & QUOYBRAE
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. As one commercial producer recently said: “Simmental is the ‘Tesla’ of upland suckler beef production!’
Establishing evidence based facts of the breed’s abilities, economic performance, and green credentials, analysis of 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.
The ‘ultimate combination’ for Daily Carcase Gain has been shown as the progeny of a Simmental bull out of a Simmental dam, and with the highest rates of DCG, attained by both Continental and Natives sires, being for progeny out of Simmental dams.
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.
Given these tremendous economics for beef producers, BSCS Norman Robson said in his recent report to breeders: “Our realistic aim should be to have a bit of Simmental in every suckler cow in the country.” There’s More to Simmental!
We hope you enjoy part one of three of the September Simmental Market Briefs:
BINZIAN SIMMENTAL SUCKLED CALVES X 7, MAKE £1710 AT STIRLING
On 30th September, United Auctions – Livestock Auctioneers, Stirling, sold 1150 suckled calves. Featuring among the leading prices was a pen of seven pure Simmental bullock calves at £1710 from Fraser Angus, Binzian Farm, Perth. Great to see a group making this money (not just singles), and with the calves at 527kgs, all born in October 2023, sold at under 12-months of age. Two similarly aged 463kg heifers that were not kept for breeding were sold on the same day at £1360. It’s the Simmental heifer calves that Binzian breed them for with the bullocks being ‘more than a useful sideline’! This was every single one of their Simmental bullocks from autumn calving 2023 sold in that pen, and they outsold their top pen of other ‘continental’ sired bullocks, bred from the same Simmental cows, by £10 head! It was repeat buyers purchasing the calves so a general comment that Binzian Farm is ‘on the right lines with the Simmental!’ Breeding replacements and top suckled calves, There’s More to Simmental!
At Lawrie & Symington Limited, Auction Market Lanark’s primestock sale on 30th September, beef cows sold to a top of £1950 for a Simm from Sandilands.
The Borderway Primestock Sale at Harrison & Hetherington, Carlisle on 30th September saw a 1163kg Simmental prime bull from Messrs Goldie, Newbie Mains, Annan sold to £2576.05, purchased by Morgan Helliwell, and to feature in the leading prices.
A sale of 457 busk calves and stirks at GTH – Agriculture & Sedgemoor Auction Centre – Greenslade Taylor Hunt Sedgemoor on 28th September saw the heifer trade topped at £975 for Simms from R Ridout.
Kivells Agriculture Exeter’s sale of 127 stirks and suckled calves on 27th September saw heifers in good demand with the best topping out at £940 for MA Stephens presenting Simmental cross heifers at 11 months. On the same day and a sale of 147 calves, MR & KM Pring of Broadclyst topped the section with three outstanding month old Simmental bulls reaching an impressive £410, £405 & £402.
At Thainstone on 27th September, ANM Group Ltd Aberdeen & Northern Marts sold 952 store cattle, young bulls, and weaned calves. Heifers (247) sold to £1860 gross for a 642kg Simmental Cross from Newbigging, Skelwick.
Also at ANM Group Ltd Thainstone on 26th September, a total of 93 cast cows and bulls were forward from Orkney consignors. Beef Cows sold to 269.7p for a 582kg Simmental from D B Tulloch, Burndyke, Westray.
At Dungannon Farmers’ Mart on 25th September a larger entry of stock saw weanlings sold to £1380 for a 460kg Simm Steer (297.00), presented by B Murphy.
YOUNG SIMMENTAL BULL AT THAINSTONE PRIME SALE MAKES £3143.60
In a sale of 70 prime cattle at ANM Group Ltd, Thainstone on 26th September, records were broken with a tremendous home-bred young Simmental bull from Messrs Stronach, Berryleys achieving a phenomenal £3143.60.
At Huntly, United Auctions – Livestock Auctioneers sold 589 Store Cattle, Weaned Calves & OTMs on 26th September. OTMs sold to 224.9p per kg or £2280 for a Simmental from Corskie, Garmouth.
SIMMS LEAD BULLOCKS, HEIFERS, AND YOUNG BULLS AT UA’S SALE OF 1714 STORE CATTLE
United Auctions – Livestock Auctioneers on 25th September at Stirling sold 1714 store cattle and 333 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls and 161 rearing cattle. Bullocks (934) sold to a top gross of £1910 for a 622kg SIMX from Gillandersland, and who had others at £1840 & £1820. Heifers (696) sold to 343.90p per kilo for a 471kg SIMX from Ormsary Est. Young Bulls averaged 214.65p to 282.20p per kilo for a 326kg SIMX from Gibblaston and £1050 for a 476kg SIMX from Spott HF. Also sold were 161 rearing cattle of mainly spring & summer born stirks forward. Sale was topped at £940 for a SimX Blk from Mr W Thompson, Greenlands.
Borderway’s sale of over 700 store cattle at Harrison & Hetherington Carlisle on 25th September saw a Simmental steer from Messrs Potts, Chapel House, Brampton sell for £1950 to feature in the leading prices.
At Tiree on 25th September and a small sale of 35 cattle (United Auctions – Livestock Auctioneers), cast cattle sold to £1310 for Simmentals from D Macarthur, Middleton.
Lodge & Thomas – Agriculture & Auctions Truro’s first prize sale of suckled calves, kicking off the autumn sales, saw a good entry of 107 calves. The younger calf classes were won by the choice calves, mainly Simmentals, of a superb entry from Messrs A P & S R Hooper of Castle an Dinas. Steers up to 7-months-old were topped by Simmental x to £1020 by the Hoopers, and with others at £950. The same vendors had Simm x heifers up to 7-months-old at £755. Steers 8- 12 months old were topped by Simmental x to £1140, again for the Hoopers, and with others at £1090.
At CCM Auctions Skipton Auction Mart Livestock Auctioneers fortnightly sale of breeding cattle on 25th September. G&A Gaythorpe brought forward an entry of outfits and in calf as part of their retirement sale. It was the last outfit into the ring which topped and in the shape of a second calved Simmental 3 months back incalf with a strong Parthenaise bull at foot realising £2100.
On 24th September at Ballymena Livestock Market sale of just under 300 store cattle, heifers were topped at £1785 for a 640kg Simm presented by W Dodds, Ahoghill.
In a sale of 78 prime cattle at GTH – Agriculture & Sedgemoor Auction Centre – Greenslade Taylor Hunt Sedgemoor on 23rd September, the top price per head was £2,061.83 for a 743kg Simmental heifer from R Bigwood.
A Simmental prime heifer from Fred Chanin of Thorverton topped Kivells Agriculture Exeter’s sale of prime cattle on 23rd September when realising £1664 (620kg x 269ppk).
Wallets Marts had forward OTM Cattle, Store Cattle and Store Lambs on 23rd September at Castle Douglas. OTM Cattle were a roaring trade and sold to £2028.42 for a Simmental cow from W Taylor, Little Galdenoch.
In a sale of prime cull cows at Melton Mowbray Market Melton Mowbray on 23rd September, the top price went to JS Agricultural Services with a Simm X, 829kgs, and £1570.96. On the same day and a sale of 198 store and breeding cattle, a super run of continental x cattle from Ben Smith led the way with the top of these being a Simmental X steer seeing £1420.
At Bagshaws LLP Bakewell on 23rd September, a small sale of OTM bulls saw prices led by a seven-year-old Simmental at £2067 from CE Dronfield & Son, Ashover. On the same day a Simmental Young Bull made £2044.26 from BE & TR Robinson, Abney.
In a sale of breeding cattle at Gisburn Auction Mart on 21st September, a Simmental bull from G Tattersall & AR Hargreaves lead the trade at £1900. Cows and calves topped at £1950 for a pedigree Simental cow and calf from E & M Fairhurst. In the store sale, Simmental steers topped at £1580 from AD Morton Ltd.
On 21st September at GTH – Agriculture & Sedgemoor Auction Centre – Greenslade Taylor Hunt Sedgemoor and a mighty sale of 1179 store cattle, Simmental steers sold to £1780 from KA & HJ Sparks & Son to feature in the leading prices. Other Simmental steers made £1600 for RD Churchill, Hawkchurch.
Hexham and Northern Marts at their weekly sale of store cattle on 20th September had forward an increased entry of 479 top quality sorts. Cattle 10 months and under were led by Simmental x heifers at £1250 from Burdonside.
In a sale of 187 calves at Kivells Agriculture Exeter on 20th September, heifer calves sold to a top of £400 for an outstanding month old Simmental heifer from Yendell Farms of Morchard Bishop.
by Nicky Moreton | Sep 16, 2024 | 2024, 2024 News
- Official Simmental Society Sales in the Year Gross £2,167,231, up by £75,825
- Pedigree Registrations up for the Third Consecutive Year
Record pedigree sale averages, a strong performance in UK wide commercial sales, and for the third year in a row increases in both pedigree sales gross and pedigree registrations, are just some of the high points in the annual report to members from British Simmental Cattle Society President, and Ballyclare based breeder, Norman Robson.
46,000gns Overhill House Neo
A feature through the report is the strong year of Official Society Pedigree Simmental Sales that saw a total sales gross of £2,167,231 up by £75,825, and an increase for the third consecutive year. All three major sales at Stirling in the year saw new record average marks, with the all-sales Simmental breed record being broken in October 2023 with a sale average of £7,594 for 53 bulls. That fixture also saw new record top prices set for both a Simmental bull at 46,000gns, and for a female at 32,000gns. In what is establishing as the breed’s premier Female Sale, the Next Generation III Sale at Carlisle in December is noted as continuing the sale trend with a top price of 26,000gns being a new centre record for the breed, and with record heifer averages sharply up on the year.
Keeping in line with the performance at sale, Simmental pedigree registrations and birth notifications have also increased for the third year in a row and to an annual income figure of £206,345, up on the previous year by just under £2000. This increase, coupled with ‘solid financial management,’ sees the annual accounts show a positive net movement in funds on the year of £73,042, with a surplus of £28,115 in income over expenditure.
BSCS President Norman Robson
In an upbeat report to members, in what is his second and final year as BSCS President, Norman Robson who runs the noted Kilbride Farm herd at Doagh, Ballyclare, said: “I feel truly honoured to have had held this office through a period where the Simmental breed’s popularity has continued to rise within both the commercial beef and pedigree sectors.”
“Backing up the breed’s consistent performance in the field and at the point of sale, I have been delighted that we have been able to establish evidence based facts of the breed’s abilities, economic performance, and green credentials. In analysis of AHDB data we have shown Simmental gives beef producers more. Industry leading at 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. Add that to the breeds well established maternal qualities and it’s tremendous economics for beef producers. The ‘ultimate combination’ for Daily Carcase Gain has been shown as the progeny of a Simmental bull out of a Simmental dam, and with the highest rates of DCG, attained by both Continental and Natives sires, being for progeny out of Simmental dams. As I have said previously, our realistic aim should be to have a bit of Simmental in every suckler cow in the country.”
In closing his remarks Norman Robson congratulated breeders for the quality of stock they are bringing forward, both bulls and females, and urged that they take aim at ongoing and continuous breed improvement: “Collectively we must use the knowledge, science and technologies available to keep driving on, taking the breed forward, and providing the cattle the commercial producer and market requires.”
The 54th British Simmental Annual General Meeting is scheduled to take place on Sunday 20th October at United Auctions, Stirling, and prior to the October Pre-Sale Show of 118 bulls on the same day. The sale of bulls will be held on Monday 21st October at 12.30pm, and will be followed in Ring 2 by the full Dispersal Sale of the noted Broombrae Herd of Gordon Clark, Auchtermuchty, Fife, and a Production Sale from the noted Denizes Herd of MA Barlow & Sons, Ulnes, Nr Leyland.
by Nicky Moreton | Sep 13, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Scottish News, 2024 Other Sales, 2024 News
- 7 Simmental bulls make £7000 and over
- 14 Simmental bulls average £6586
The Working Genes production sale from the McGowan family at Incheoch, Perthshire met a keen trade for an entire clearance, and with a strong demand and average for the Simmental bulls offered.
Incheoch Patrick 23 (PP) £10,200
Topping the trade at £10,200 was the dark red, homozygous polled Incheoch Patrick, with his attractive EBV profile including trait-leading calving ease and top end muscle and maternal (milk). A popular bull out in the field, this Auroch Deuter son was snapped up by James Hamilton, Aikengall, East Lothian, who over a combined three farms, Aikengall, Nunraw, and Barney Mains carry 900 spring calving Simmental cross suckler cows and accompanying finishing unit, and run some 25 Simmental bulls.
A three quarter brother to Patrick also sold at £8400 to Bruce Hogg, Birkenside. Incheoch Piccine is a single poll, with an equally impressive set of stats.
Incheoch Paragon 23 (P) £9,000
Another high seller was Incheoch Paragon P, a top 1% growth figured polled bull and son of the powerful homebred Incheoch Keystone 19 (PP). He was the pick of William Young, Skerrington Mains, Hurlford, Kilmarnock at £9000.
Incheoch Panama 23 (P) £7,800
A further four Simmental bulls sold for £7000 and over. Aikengall took another red, polled bull with a good maternal history, the Gibby’s Real Deal son, Incheoch Panama (P) for £7800. At £7600 was the homozygous Incheoch Porthos PP, a homozygous polled Incheoch Keystone 19 (PP) son from a particularly fertile and efficient cow line, who sold to Janice Laird and Alpha Simmentals.
Incheoch Porthos 23 (PP) £7,600
A Slievenagh Joker son, the easy-fleshing Incheoch Percy (P), was knocked down for £7400 to Jamie Gilchrist, buying for Ettrickshaws Farm. The McRae family at Tillyfour took Incheoch Polestar (PP), a son of Dirnanean Apostle for £7000.
Incheoch Percy 23 (P) £7,400
Commenting at the end of the sale, Neil McGowan said: “The online bidding format allowed many of the buyers to bid from home on a rare decent harvest day, though most had previously viewed the bulls. A good crowd on the day were particularly impressed with the temperament of these Simmental bulls, as they gently grazed and lazed in the paddocks next to the sale yard on the farm.”
Incheoch Polestar 23 (PP) £7,000
by Nicky Moreton | Sep 11, 2024 | 2024 Other Sales, 2024 News, 2024, 2024 Northern Ireland News
- Five animals make 5000gns and over
- Ranfurly maiden heifers average £4646
- Joint sale grosses £128, 416
There was a strong demand for Simmental females with prices reaching a top of 8,000gns at the fourth joint production sale from the noted Ballinalare Farm herd of Joe & Alan Wilson, Newry, County Down, and the noted Ranfurly herd of David & Jonny Hazelton, Dungannon, Tyrone.
The sale took place at Rathfriland Farmers’ Co-op on Saturday 7th September and attracted strong interest from breeders throughout the UK and Ireland with lots selling to buyers in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, and with exports to the Republic of Ireland.
Ranfurly Weikel 52nd topped the joint production sale at 8,000gns.
Topping the trade at 8,000gns was the much-admired show heifer Ranfurly Weikel 52nd from David and Jonny Hazelton’s 20-cow Ranfurly herd. This fifteen-month-old heifer was sired by the home-bred Auchorachan ACDC son, Ranfurly Limelight, the reserve intermediate champion at Stirling in October 2022 and which sold for 16,000gns. Her dam Ranfurly Weikel 18th is by Raceview King and was female and reserve supreme champion at the NI Simmental Club’s National Show in 2019.
Auctioneer David Lowry in the rostrum at Rathfriland Farmers’ Co-op.
Ranfurly Weikel 52nd is bred from three generations of EX cows. She was junior champion at the NI Four Breeds Calf Show in 2023; reserve junior champion at Balmoral in May 2024 and a first prize winner at the National Show, held in Antrim. This heifer came under the hammer of guest auctioneer David Lowry, and was sold to John Warnock’s Templefyn Herd based at Carrowdore in County Down.
Ranfurly Weikel 47th came under the hammer at 6,000gns.
Two heifers shared the day’s second highest bid of 6,000gns. First to sell was the January 2022 born in-calf heifer Ranfurly Weikel 47th. Sired by Samark Superman, she was bred from the Raceview King daughter, Ranfurly Weikel 33rd VG87 – a maternal sister to Auchorachan ACDC and the 15,000gns Ranfurly Formula One – supreme champion at Stirling in October 2015. In-calf to Clonagh Tiger Gallant and due in February 2025, she sold to the Bowhill Herd owned by David Smith and Rachael Reid from Low Bowhill Farm, Newmiln, Ayrshire.
Ranfurly Stella 15th shared a joint price of 6,000gns.
Also selling at 6,000gns was the November 2022 born Ranfurly Stella 15th ET, a Woodhall Ferrari daughter, bred from Raceview Fancywinty 652 ET EX93. She sold to pedigree breeder John Byrne from Ballinaskeagh, Banbridge.
The Woodhall Ferrari daughter Ranfurly Stella 16th came under the hammer at the herd’s joint 4th production sale.
Her full sister, Ranfurly Stella 16 ET, born in February 2023, sold to James Mullan’s Carrowcladagh Herd in Garvagh for 5,200gns.
These ET heifers are maternal sisters Ranfurly Stella 12th who was reserve supreme champion at Balmoral Show in 2022; and Ranfurly Stella 13th sold at the Next Gen sale in Carlisle for 5,000gns. Maternal brothers, Ranfurly Jackpot sold at Stirling in February 2020 for 9,000gns; while her full ET brother Ranfurly Nunez sold privately to the Fairhurst Herd.
The April 2023 heifer Ranfurly Weikel 51 attracted a bid of 5,000gns, selling to John Moore’s Omorga Herd at Beragh, County Tyrone. She was sired by the Team Celtic son, Ranfurly Masterpiece – sold at Stirling last year for 6,200gns. Her dam is the Raceview King daughter, Ranfurly Weikel 23rd VG86, reserve female champion at the 2019 NI National Simmental Show.
Ballinalare Farm Polly came under the hammer at 4,900gns.
Leading Joe Wilson’s Ballinalare Farm line-up at 4,900gns was the January 2023 born Ballinalare Farm Polly. Sired by the Carnkern Titan son, Curaheen Wakeman, she is out of Ballinalare Farm Ladybird, who is a daughter of the herd’s 10,000gns stock bull Denizes Fantastic. Buyers were Messrs P and R Murtagh from Newry.
Next best at 4,600gns and also selling to John Byrne from Banbridge, was the April 2023 Ranfurly Beauty 18th. This one is by the Team Celtic son, Ranfurly Klinker – sold privately to the Boyerstown in ROI and widely available through AI. Her dam, Ranfurly Beauty 10th EX90, is a Samark Superman daughter bred from Ranfurly Beauty 8th ET.
The October 2022 Ranfurly Kleeb 47th sold for 4,300gns to the Dodd family, William, Jane, Jamie and Lewis, for their Craigy Herd at Saintfield. Sired by Curaheen Bandit, she is bred from the Whitemire King Kong daughter, Ranfurly Kleeb 32nd EX92 – who will be twelve-years-old in November and has reared 12 calves, including three sets of twins.
Next best at 4,200gns was Ranfurly Weikel 50th, a March 2023 Ranfurly Limelight daughter, bred from Ranfurly Weikel 33rd VG87. She sold for export to online bidder Simon Powell, owner of the Burlane Herd based at Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
Ten-month-old heifer Ballinalare Farm Paris ET sold for 4,200
Also selling at 4,200gns was Joe Wilson’s Ballinalare Farm Paris ET. Born in November 2023, she is by Kilbride Farm Bantry and bred from Ballinalare Farm Evita – a daughter of the 20,000gns Perth champion, Auchorachan Wizard. This heifer is a full sister to the 28,000gns Stirling supreme champion and NI-record price bull Ballinalare Farm Masterpiece. Buyers were David Smith and Rachael Reid for their Bowhill Herd.
Pat Kelly, and son Frank, from the Ashland Herd in Tempo, County Fermanagh, paid 4,100gns to secure the eight-month-old Ranfurly Weikel 53rd ET. Sired by Salisbury Challenger, she is bred from the noted South Park King Kong Weikel 2nd EX93.
Next best at 4,000gns was Ballinalare Farm Princess, a February 2023 born heifer by the €11,000 Roscommon junior champion, Bighill Magic. She was the first daughter to be offered for sale from the €11,500 Lissadell Krystal Special. Buyers were Kieran and Delia Fitzpatrick, owners of the Birtrees Herd based at Rathfriland, County Down.
The Ranfurly Herd offered two seventeen-month-old bulls for sale. First into the ring was Ranfurly Principal who won a number of championship awards during the show season, including the interbreed beef honours at Clogher Show. This one is by Ranfurly Limelight and bred from the Raceview King daughter, Ranfurly Weikel 13th EX90. He failed to meet his reserve and is destined for Stirling in October.
The home-bred Ranfurly Limelight was also behind the breeding of Ranfurly Powerhouse who came under the hammer at 4,000gns, selling to Cameron and Rachel Jackson for their Future Livestock Herd at Galston in Ayrshire.
A much-anticipated star of the catalogue was the multi-award-winning show heifer Ballinalare Farm Nikita, a February 2022 Saltire Impressive daughter bred from Ballinalare Farm Ilyssa. She has enjoyed overwhelming success in the showring, winning RUAS Balmoral Show and NI Simmental National Show supreme champion two years in succession, as well as a number of interbreed honours. Bidding reached 10,000gns which fell short of the Wilson family’s expectations and this heifer returned home unsold.
AVERAGES:
Ballinalare Farm:
2 heifers with calf at foot £3,412
19 in-calf and maiden heifers £2,990.
Ranfurly:
2 in-calf heifers £4,515
12 maiden heifers £4,646.
by Nicky Moreton | Sep 11, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Market Briefs, 2024 News
SIMMENTALS TOPPING SALE SECTIONS AT: SEDGEMOOR; SKIPTON; SELBY; ABERDEEN; GISBURN; HALLWORTHY; CARLISLE; MARKET DRAYTON; DINGWALL; SALISBURY; MALTON; BAKEWELL; RUGBY; HEXHAM; THAME; CROOKLANDS; THIRSK; SHREWSBURY; STIRLING; EXETER; WHITLAND; LUDLOW; FROME; MELTON MOWBRAY; DARLINGTON; CARMARTHERN; AYR; MONMOUTHSHIRE; DUMFRIES; BALLYMENA; PENRITH; AND SWATRAGH
Analysis of Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (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, reductions in finishing costs, and lower emissions meeting environmental challenges. The ultimate combination for Daily Carcase Gain has been shown as the progeny of a Simmental bull out of a Simmental dam, and with the highest rates of DCG, attained by both Continental and Native sires, being for progeny out of Simmental dams. It’s tremendous economics for commercial beef producers.
It’s the final part of Simmentals topping store, prime, breeding, cull, and calf sale sections at markets round the country in August 2024. If you have any snippets of Simmentals topping sales in your area then please forward them to information@britishsimmental.co.uk and we’ll be happy to included them in future Market Briefs.
United Auctions, Stirling, on 14th August sold 875 store cattle & young bulls, 258 Breeding Cattle & 221 out of spec cattle, cast cows and bulls. OTM bulls sold to £2010 for a 816kg SIM from North Balloch.
At Melton Mowbray’s sale of 161 store cattle on 13th August, forward Simmental steers from GW Swales & Son sold to £1590 with further steers the same way bred from the same stable also seeing £1550 for a brace, and to feature in the leading prices. The same vendor sold well fleshed Simmental heifers to £1400.
In a sale of 155 calves at Shrewsbury on 13th August a few stronger month old types on offer sold to a top of £520 for a smart Simmental bull from John Phillips.
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock and their fortnightly sale of rearing calves on 12tth August. Forward were 257 cattle and 31 calves. Leading the heifers in the store cattle was a super Simmental from A Wilson, Calf Close Farm at £1550.
In a sale of calves at Rugby Farmers Mart on 12th August, the top price was £330 for Simmental bulls.
On 12th August at Market Drayton and a sale of 134 barren cows, cull bulls and overage clean cattle, bulls peaked at 243p, £2,240.46, for a Simmental from Warner Family.
In a sale of prime cattle at Exeter on 12th August, prime heifers topped at £1526 (612kg x 250ppk) for a meaty Simmental from Freddi Chanin of Thorverton.
Bakewell Market held a sale of 127 barren, OTM, and feeding cows on 12th August. Meated cows generally 210p plus with the biggest cows over £1500. Top gross price was £1753.10 for a Simm from BD & JH Ponsonby, Tideswell Moor.
In a sale of 208 store cattle at Ludlow on 9th August, the top price heifer was a Simm X at £1580 and 317ppk.
SIMMENTAL HEIFER AT £2233 TOPS DARLINGTON CLEAN CATTLE
At Darlington’s prime stock sale on 8th August, 124 clean cattle were forward. A marvellous forty-three cattle sold over £2000! Top gross valued heifer was a thumping 747kg Simmental from J Richmond, Dunsa Bank Farm, Richmond at £2233.
North West Auctions Junction 36 fortnightly sale of calves and stirks on 8th August saw an entry of 92 forward. Stirks sold to a top of £990 on three occasions and including for a Simmental from Bambers Farms, Cockerham.
At Hallworthy’s sale of 165 store cattle on 8th August, top of the day was £1500 given for a trio of older Simental x steers in from the Maunder family of Landrake who sold others to £1240 and £1230.
On 7th August Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of Weaned cattle at Borderway, Carlisle, with 275 stirks forward. Auchengray Farm sold the top priced Simmental heifer for £1400, the day’s top price heifer, and with Mr Paul Davidson, Old Irvine Farm selling the top priced Simmental bull for £1450.
In a sale of 196 calves at Carmarthen on 7th August, one-month-old Simm bulls sold to £458 from Price, Cwrt Mawr, to feature in the leading prices.
A sale of cull cows at Frome on 7th August saw a top gross price of £1772 for a Simm from DAM Marklove, Lydiard Millicent.
In a sale of prime cattle at Malton on 6th August, steers were topped at £2182.95 for a 19 month old Simm, 810kgs, from AW Hardwick
In a sale of calves and stirks at Messrs Craig Wilson Ltd, Ayr on 6th August, the trade for stirks was topped at £1220 for a Simmental Cross Heifer off Messrs McLelland, Knockshinnoch.
At Salisbury Livestock Market on 6th August, the sale of UTM finished cattle saw a very strong trade throughout. Top prices went to a good run from Tony Nutland and family which saw homebred Simmental x steers reach the day’s highest price and return of 265p and £1856.65 with a homebred Simmental x heifer topping her section at 263.5p.
In an ‘exceptional entry of 153 calves forward’ at Monmouthshire on 6th August, plenty of purchasers looking for quality types. Topping the trade was a Simmental bull from Raymond, Mathry, selling for £615.
C&D Auction Marts held their fortnightly sale of Store Cattle in Dumfries on 5th August.
Bulls sold to £1560 for Simmentals from J B Paterson & Co, Hartbush and to 321.6p/kg also from J B Paterson & Co, Hartbush.
In a sale of calves at Ballymena on 2nd August, bulls were topped by a Sim at £985 from A Clarke Randalstown, who had another at £825.
On 2nd August, Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of Rearing Calves and Stirks with 121 forward. Bull stirks were led at £860 by a Simmental from Church Stile Farm.
On 1st August Aberdeen & Northern Marts held a sale of cast cows and bulls on behalf of Orkney consigners at Thainstone. Beef Cows Sold to £1,770 gross for a 848kg Simmental from J & M Dearness, Knowe, Sanday.
On 30th July at Swatragh a great entry of 80 quality cattle was presented for sale which resulted in another super trade for all stock on offer. Bullocks sold to a top of £1920 per head for a Sim at 746kg (257p/kg).
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