January The year began with the sad loss of one of our founder members Roger Pascoe. A great friend and enthusiast for our breed, Roger introduced many breeders to the art of show craft and encouraged everyone to enter shows and keep the cattle sections going....
SIMMENTAL BULLS AVERAGE £7770, UP £1938 ON THE YEAR, AND A NEW CENTRE RECORD AVERAGE Islavale Pizza sells at 9000gns Backmuir bulls at 8000gns, and 7000gns x2 Tillyeve, and Drumsleed bulls at 7500gns The ongoing demand for Simmental bulls was again evident with...
94 SIMMENTAL BULLS SMASH THE BREED RECORD AVERAGE TO SET NEW MARK OF £9,832, UP £2,334 ON THE YEAR • 56,000gns a new UK, & European record for a Simmental bull • Commercial producers buying bulls up to £20k • Four bulls sell at 20,000gns and over • 26 bulls in all...
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 | |||||
