For Robert Manson, the Simmental breed offers everything a commercial producer could ask for—maternal strength, good temperament, efficient growth, and the kind of adaptability required on the farm’s varied land. Brodieshill Farm is located near Forres, one of the...
Keith Nelson runs a mixed farm in Rosslea, County Fermanagh alongside his family, where they milk 120 pedigree Fleckvieh and Holstein cows in a robotic system, run a small suckler beef herd and a bed and breakfast pig system. For Keith, focusing on genetics is crucial...
Sales at Thainstone, UA Stirling, Caledonian Marts, Lanark, Ayr, Newton Stewart, Quoybrae, and Dumfries featured. Moving round the UK, we’re back in Scotland and looking at markets across Scotland in this last two to three weeks and where flexible, efficient...
Mr B T & M C Raymond won Overall Champion with his bull Ben-nant Trader (TM) and was sold for 2,600 Gns.
J D & A Loftus won Reserve Overall Champion with their bull Blackpool Turbine and was sold for 1,200 Gns.
L J & A J Curry won Female Champion with Wroxall Posh Lilly, with her calf at foot, Winford Verity. She was sold for 3,500 Gns.
Mr S White won Reserve Female Champion with his served heifer Tirley Melissa’s Jasmine, she sold for 1,800 Gns.
| Judge: Mr R Carter | |||||||||
| 4 Bulls sold to a sales average of £1653.75 | |||||||||
| Prize | Name | Vendor | Purchaser | Area | Price Gns | ||||
| Male & Supreme Champion | Ben-nant Trader (TM) | B T & M C Raymond | G Ellwood & Son | Cumbria | 2600.00 | ||||
| Reserve Male & Reserve Supreme Champion | Blackpool Turbine | J D & A Loftus | M/S S & D Peile | Cumbria | 1200.00 | ||||
| Top Price Bulls | Ben-nant Trader (TM) | B T & M C Raymond | G Ellwood & Son | Cumbria | 2600.00 | ||||
| Tirley Travis | S White | McDowall & Co | Newton Stewart | 1500.00 | |||||
| Blackpool Turbine | J D & A Loftus | M/S S & D Peile | Cumbria | 1200.00 | |||||
| Blackpool Thunderbolt | J D & A Loftus | R M Jamieson | Wigtownshire | 1000.00 | |||||
| 10 Females sold to a sales average of £1218.00 Chestermann Herd – 8 heifers £1089.38 | |||||||||
| Female Champion | Wroxall Posh Lilly | L J & A J Curry | Mrs D Madeley | Herefordshire | 3500.00 | ||||
| Reserve Female Champion | Tirley Melissas Jasmine | Mr S White | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | Wiltshire | 1800.00 | ||||
| Top Price Females | Wroxall Posh Lilly | L J & A J Curry | Mrs D Madeley | Herefordshire | 3500.00 | ||||
| Tirley Melissas Jasmine | Mr S White | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | Wiltshire | 1800.00 | |||||
| Gerrard Belinda 45th (TF) | R H Carter & Son | Mr D Field & Mrs N Field | Wiltshire | 1300.00 | |||||
| Winford Vanilla | L J & A J Curry | Mr T Paul & Sons | Fife | 1200.00 | |||||
| Chestermann Kramer Nigella | N & N Gwynne | Mr T Paul & Sons | Fife | 1150.00 | |||||
