The atmosphere is growing at Stirling, with the Simmental show taking place this afternoon, judged by Chris Martindale, of the Forsdale herd, St Martins, Shropshire.
The crowning glory went to the Supreme male and senior champion Denizes Monty 21 from MA Barlow & Sons, Leyland, Lancashire. No stranger to the showring, this January 2021-born bull was awarded the junior championship at the Highland show in June. His homebred sire is Denizes Hamish, and his Dam Denizes Trixie-Belle 6th, is a daughter of the 21,000gns Auchorachan Wizard.
The reserve supreme male, was another Lancashire bred bull, JH & VG Wood’s intermediate champion Popes Matchmaker. Bred out of Popes Whispers Della, who goes back to the 9,500gns Banwy Wonderboy, this 18-month old lad is sired the 10,000gns and Agri Expo junior male champion Denizes Impressive.
The January 2021-born Overhill House Marshall, stood reserve in the senior championship. A son of the 24,000gns Islavale Heston and the 6,200gns Newbiemains Izzie, he is bred and exhibited by Richard McCulloch, Armadale, West Lothian.
The intermediate section reserve bull was Islavale Matrix, an 18-month-old from WS Stronach, Keith, Banffshire, who is out of Curaheen Bandit sired Islavale Bramble 2 and by Corskie Highlander, who was purchased by Mr Stronach in 2017 and has gone on to breed 170 progeny into his herd.
Mr Stronach went on to claim the junior championship award with Islavale Mint, an April 2021-born bull by the above mentioned Corskie Highlander and out of Islavale Amber, an Islavale Echo daughter.
The Reserve Junior champion was the class eight winner Keeldrum Midas from David Lowry, Newsteadings Farm, Lanark. This April 2021 born is entirely homebred being by Keeldrum Gambler and out of Keeldrum Rebecca.
The days female champion is Popes Nelly’s Mia, an April 2021-born heifer from JH & VG Wood, Dutton, Lancashire. Sired by the aforementioned Denizes Impressive, she is bred out of Popes Nellys Ilia, who goes back to Swingletree Emporor.
Standing reserve was Thomas Hill’s Scotland Hill Mabel, from Wadworth, Doncaster. She is out of the Burghbridge Duncan daughter Scotland Hill Hattie, and the sire of this 19-month-old heifer is the Irish bred Clonagh King Eyes.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the ringside for the sale tomorrow, which starts at 11am.
The class results are as follows:
Class 1 – Bull born on or between 4 November 2020 & 16 January 2021 1st – Lot 648: MA Barlow & Sons – DENIZES MONTY – s. Denizes Hamish 2nd – Lot 647: Richard McCulloch – OVERHILL HOUSE MARSHALL – s. Islavale Heston 3rd – Lot 644: Mr WG MacPherson – BLACKFORD LOCAL HERO – s. Heathbrow Important 4th – Lot 643: Bruce Lambie – FALLHILLS LEGEND – s. Islavale Gallant 5th – Lot 646: WJ & J Green – CORSKIE MELDREW – s. Kilbride Farm Haka
Class 2 – Bull born on or between 17 January & 18 February 2021 1st – Lot 652: WJ & J Green – CORSKIE MIKAH – s. Kilbride Farm Haka 2nd – Lot 653: WJ & J Green – CORSKIE MONACH – s. Kilbride Farm Haka 3rd – Lot 660: Crudie Farming Company – CRUDIE MAVERICK – s. Drumsleed Kenya 4th – Lot 659: Crudie Farming Company – CRUDIE MONTE CARLO – s. Blackford Iolair 5th – Lot 663: Mr & Mrs S & L Blomfield – SWAY MONARCH – s. Sway Kingsman
Class 3 – Bull born on or between 19 February & 15 March 2021 1st – Lot 664: Gavin Brown – SPRINGFIELD MAXIMUS – s. Team Celtic 2nd – Lot 675: Delfur Farms – DELFUR MAVERICK – s. Woodhall Instinct 3rd – Lot 667: WH Robson & Sons – KILBRIDE FARM MAJESTIC – s. Kilbride Farm Jetstream 4th – Lot 668: D & R Durno & Sons – AUCHORACHAN MALCOLM – s. Auchorachan Acdc 5th – Lot 665: Delfur Farms – DELFUR MAXIMUS – s. Woodhall Instinct
Class 4 – Bull born on or between 16 & 23 March 2021 1st – Lot 685: JH & VG Wood – POPES MATCHMAKER – s. Denizes Impressive 2nd – Lot 682: D & R Durno & Sons – AUCHORACHAN MAGIC – s. Auchorachan Acdc 3rd – Lot 680: Gordon L Clark – BROOMBRAE MONTY – s. Roma Jaguar 4th – Lot 678: Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MONROE – s. Curaheen Gunshot 5th – Lot 683: Reece & Andrew Simmers – BACKMUIR MALT – s. Wolfstar Jackaroo
Class 5 – Bull born on or between 24 & 28 March 2021 1st – Lot 697: Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MOJO – s. Curaheen Giant 2nd – Lot 693: Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MAGNUM – s. Team Celtic 3rd – Lot 688: Reece & Andrew Simmers – BACKMUIR MUSTANG – s. Wolfstar Jimmy Choo 4th – Lot 695: Reece & Andrew Simmers – BACKMUIR MONARCH – s. Wolfstar Jimmy Choo 5th – Lot 694: Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MERLIN – s. Ranfurly Confederate
Class 6 – Bull born on or between 29 March & 6 April 2021 1st – Lot 698: Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MATRIX – s. Corskie Highlander 2nd – Lot 701: Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MAXIMUS – s. Dermotstown Delboy 3rd – Lot 707: Mr & Mrs AS & YA Leedham – GRANGEWOOD MUSKATEER – s. Ranfurly Impeccable 4th – Lot 702: Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MITCH – s. Corskie Highlander 5th – Lot 699: R & L Storer Smith – STORERSMITH MORSE – s. Ballinalare Farm Galaxy
Class 7 – Bull born on or between 7 & 12 April 2021 1st – Lot 714: Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MINT – s. Corskie Highlander 2nd – Lot 716: Gavin Brown – SPRINGFIELD MEDALLION – s. Islavale Jabba 3rd – Lot 710: Gavin Brown – SPRINGFIELD MAJOR – s. Islavale Jabba 4th – Lot 712: Reece & Andrew Simmers – BACKMUIR MAXIMUS – s. Wolfstar Jackaroo 5th – Lot 713: Mr GW Smith – DRUMSLEED MONTREAL – s. Wolfstar Gordy
Class 8 – Bull born on or between 13 April & 3 May 2021 1st – Lot 727: Mr D Lowry – KEELDRUM MIDAS – s. Keeldrum Gambler 2nd – Lot 730: Richard McCulloch – OVERHILL HOUSE MYLES – s. Aultmore Goliath 3rd – Lot 729: HC Stubbs & AA Burleigh – DERRYCALLAGHAN MASTER – s. Manor Park Hansome 4th – Lot 731: Strathisla Farms – STRAHISLA MANDARIN – Dirnanean Grafter 5th – Lot 728: Richard McCulloch – OVERHILL HOUSE MAJOR – s. Aultmore Goliath
Class 9 – Bull born on or after 4 May 2021 1st – Lot 737: Jim & Patricia Goldie – NEWBIEMAINS MARQUIS 21 – s. Skerrington Iceman 2nd – Lot 741: Thomas Hill – SCOTLAND HILL MERLIN – s. Clonagh King Eyes 3rd – Lot 733: WJ & J Green – CORSKIE MEGASTAR – s. Holmgaard Neils Peter 4th – Lot 742: Jim & Patricia Goldie – NEWBIEMANS MEATH – s. Annick Klondyke 5th – Lot 732: JC MacIver – COLTFIELD MURRY – Rockytop Invader
Class 10 – Heifer born on or after 27 March 2020 1st – Lot 749: JH & VG Wood – POPES NELLYS MIA – s. Denizes Impressive 2nd – Lot 753: Thomas Hill – SCOTLAND HILL MABEL – s. Clonagh King Eyes 3rd – Lot 750: Thomas Hill – SCOTLAND HILL IVY MOLLY – s. Clonagh King Eyes 4th – Lot 746: Mr C Fordyce – BLAIR LAALAA – s. Vale Royal Hamish 5th – Lot 752: Thomas Hill – SCOTLAND HILL MARY – s. Clonagh King Eyes
Group of Three Animals Mr WS Stronach – ISLAVALE MOJO, ISLAVALE MATRIX & ISLAVALE MINT
Aberdeen & Northern Marts annual show and sale of breeding cattle at Thainstone Agricultural Centre, held on Tuesday 28th September saw strong outfits easily cashed and with a noticeable demand for the quality lots featuring Simmental breeding. 136 head of adult breeding cattle were sold on the day.
Topping the Simmental trade at £3250 was Charles & George Gordon, Lost Farm, Strathdon with a Simmental heifer and bull calf which was purchased by W J Jack & Son, Woodend, Muir of Ord. This outfit in the pre-sale judging lifted the prize for Champion Simmental sired heifer with calf at foot and presented by the British Simmental Cattle Society.
Stewart Stronach, President BSCS & Charles Gordon
Over the past 20 years, the Gordons are well recognised for selling strong consignments of well-bred outfits to returned buyers at both the spring and autumn Thainstone fixtures, and from their 50-cow suckler herd of mainly Simmental cross females.
Highlighting the depth of Simmental sale influence, other breed sale highlights included:
• Heifer with Bull Calf (57) sold to £3,150 for a Simmental cross with Limousin cross from Lost Farm, Strathdon.
• Other leading Heifer with Bull Calf Prices: Sim – Lost Farm £2,900; SimX – Auchtygall £2,850, £2,650; Towiemore £2,800, £2,700 (twice), £2,600 (twice); Wester Bleaton £2,700; Lost Farm £2,650, £2,600 (four); South Blachrie £2,500.
• Heifer with Heifer Calf: SimX – Lost Farm £2,650, £2,500, £2,400; Towiemore £2,600, £2,400; Auchtygall £2,550, £2,500, £2,450; Wester Bleaton £2,200, £2,150; South Blachrie £2,150, £2,100.
• Cow with Heifer Calf (10) sold to £1,820 for a Simmental cross with Charolais cross from Battlefield, Aberchirder.
• 23,000gns breed record price for a cow and calf unit • Cow & calf units sell at 23,000gns; 12,500gns; & 9400gns • Calved heifer sells at 16,000gns • 19 lots sell at 5,000gns and more • Cows & calves average £5,343.95 • Cows average £5,423 • Sale grosses £220,710.05 • Cairnview Reduction Sale tops at 7,500gns
The seven-year-old-cow Annick Colleen’s Ginger EX93 along with her heifer calf Annick Ginger’s Nutmeg, sold for a combined 23,000gns to lead the much anticipated Annick Simmental Herd Dispersal Sale held on behalf of the late Lachlan Quarm, Holehouse Farm, Annick Lodge Estate, By Irvine, Ayrshire, at United Auctions Stirling Agricultural Centre, on Saturday 10th September.
Described as a foremost Simmental pedigree herd, the Annick sale catalogue was just filled with quality animals, built around a strength of family lines with a depth of breeding, proven performance, and a high herd health status. It was enough to ensure a packed ringside and a tremendous trade with buyers from all four home countries purchasing and competing for the animals of their choice.
Sold as separate lots, the top price cow Annick Colleen’s Ginger made 15,000gns when selling to the noted Backmuir pedigree herd of Reece & Andrew Simmers, Backmuir Farm, Keith, Banffshire. In a connectivity of breeding, later in the sale the Simmers also bought the first calved heifer Annick Ginger’s Lucia, and Ginger’s daughter, for 16,000gns. A third calver, Annick Colleen’s Ginger by Corskie Callum and out of Annick Prudence’s Colleen EX95, and with her calf at foot being a full sister to the 16,000gns Lucia. Following mum into the ring, Annick Ginger’s Nutmeg, a daughter of the 15,000gns Wolfstar Golddigger, was quickly reunited when purchased by the Simmers at 8,000gns. The combined 23,000gns price is a new Simmental breed record for a cow and calf unit.
Annick Colleen’s Ginger
One of the most anticipated lots in the catalogue was the February 2020 born heifer Annick Ginger’s Lucia. Full of breeding being out of the day’s top price and being sired by Wolfstar Golddigger, this upstanding, stylish heifer had secured a string of show titles through the summer and most noticeably when placing Reserve Simmental Overall, and Reserve Female Champion at the Royal Highland Show. Having calved a heifer calf by Kilbride Farm Karl the day before the sale, Annick Ginger’s Lucia couldn’t travel to Stirling. However, offered in her absence, this well-known heifer’s breeding and show ring performance was enough to see her race to 16,000gns and again be purchased by the Simmers family. With a touch of irony, the Simmers had plenty sight of Annick Ginger’s Lucia through the summer having narrowly pipped her to the Royal Highland Championship!
16,000gns – Annick Gingers Lucia
Commenting on their top price purchases who will now join the 80 cow Backmuir pedigree herd, Reece Simmers said: “This is a breeding line that we’ve admired for sometime and will be new to the herd. All three purchases have a lot of style, are very feminine, and tremendous examples of the Simmental breed. It’s not often you get a chance to buy quality like this, so we are absolutely delighted to get them.”
As well as the new 23,000gns breed record price for a cow and calf unit, the depth of breeding and quality in the catalogue ensured a strong herd sale with nineteen lots in all selling at 5,000gns and more with further cow and calf units at 12,500gns, and 9,400gns. The nineteen cows with calves at foot averaged £5,344; cows averaged £5,423; with maiden heifers averaging £3,255. In all the sale grossed a very healthy £220,710.
12,500gns (combined) – Annick Desiree’s Joy
Selling as two separate lots at a combined unit price of 12,500gns, was Annick Desiree’s Joy VG88 at 6,500gns and along with her heifer calf Annick Joy’s Natalie at 6,000gns. This cow and calf unit was purchased by Geoff and Kate Anderson for their Quarryhill herd at Westergreens Farm, Lossiemouth, Moray. This second calver is March 2018 born and is another by Corskie Callum, a Ballinalare Farm Nightrider son, and out of Annick Belle’s Desiree EX92. Again with breeding and proven performance behind her, Joy is the dam of Annick Memphis who was the Junior Simmental and Junior Interbreed Champion at the 2021 Stars of the Future Show. Her March 2022 born heifer calf, Annick Joy’s Natalie, is another sired by Wolfstar Golddigger.
Speaking on their purchases Mr Anderson said, “I went to visit the Annick herd a few weeks ago to have a look around the cattle in their home environment, and I purchased the cow and calf that I had picked out in the field. I was really impressed with them both and the breeding behind them. The cow has great depth of body and a nice square udder and she has a very stylish heifer calf to go with her. Both my wife Kate and I are very pleased with them and they are a great addition to our herd”.
9,400gns (combined) Annick Trixibelle 23rd
The very next cow and calf unit through the ring saw a combined price of 9,400gns. First up at 6,200gns was Annick Trixibelle 23rd VG89 from the herd’s highly noted Trixibelle line. The April 2018 born Trixibelle 23rd is by Skerrington Visa and is out of Annick Trixi Belle 9th EX92, an Omorga Volvo daughter. Sold as in-calf to Kilbride Farm Karl, Trixibelle 23rd was one of three purchases on the day by Richard McCulloch for his Overhill House herd at Armadale, West Lothian. Trixibelle’s bull calf at foot, Annick Marksman 21, November 2021 born, made 3,200gns when selling to SJ and W Dickinson, High Woodend, Tebay, Penrith.
7,500gns – Annick Fresia’s Kiki
Selling at 7,500gns was the first calving heifer Annick Fresia’s Kiki VG85. October 2019 born, this heifer is another by the prolific female breeding Wolfstar Golddigger and is out of Annick Whitney’s Fresia EX94, a Corskie Callum daughter. With strong performance and classification figures behind her, this heifer also boasted a show record having stood as Female and Reserve Overall Champion at the Royal Highland in 2021. Fresia was sold with her Kilbride Farm Karl sired bull calf, Annick Nazareth 22. Buying this outfit was Jim Dyet for his Merkland pedigree herd at East Merkland Farm, Strathaven, Lanarkshire.
Next in the trade stakes was another cow and calf outfit sold separately and going on to different homes for a combined total of 7,000gns. The cow was the first-time calving, March 2019 born Annick Trixibelle 26th VG86, who is also sired by the aforementioned Wolfstar Golddigger and boasts impressive performance figures with both her TI and SRI figures placing her in the top 5% of the breed. Bred out of Annick Trixi-Belle 8th, she was purchased by E and M Fairhurst & Son, who went on to take home a further 20 animals in all to their fast establishing Fairhurst pedigree herd at Langliffe Mill, Langcliffe, North Yorkshire. Her bull calf, the 12 month-old Annick Merlin 21, sired by the homebred Annick Dalwhinnie 12, was purchased by Messrs AL and J Blair, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire.
6,200gns – Annick Whitney’s Fresia
The first of two to sell for 6,200gns was the cow and calf set Annick Whitney’s Fresia EX94 and her heifer calf Annick Fresia’s Neomi who were purchased by JC MacIver, Forres, Morayshire. Whitney’s Fresia, a fifth calver who is also the Dam of abovementioned Annick Fresia’s Kiki, is sired by the 18,000gns Corskie Callum, and out of Annick Kittiwa’s Whitney, who goes back to the homebred Annick Titan. Her eight month-old heifer calf Fresia’s Neomi is another sired by Wolfstar Golddigger.
6,200gns – Annick Trixibelle 24th
Matching the 6,200gns price, was Annick Trixibelle 24th. Sold in calf to Kilbride Farm Karl, she is another with outstanding performance figures, backed up by her previous show success, being crowned Senior Champion at the Stars if the Future show in 2019. Sired by Wolfstar Golddigger, she is out of the Corskie Callum-sired Annick Trixibelle 16th and was snapped up by JR Goddard, Hardwick,Norwich.
6,000gns – Annick Fleur’s Jasmin
Two lots sold for 6,000gns, both cow and calf pairs. The first set were the February 2018 born Annick Fleur’s Jasmin VG89 and her seven-month-old heifer calf at foot Annick Jasmine’s Nectar. Another Wolfstar Golddigger daughter, Fleur’s Jasmin is out of Annick Radiance’s Fleur EX93, who goes back to Corskie Callum. Another stand out cow, with her top classification score – the maximum for a second calver, her first heifer calf Annick Jasmines Marigold was the 5,000gns top priced heifer to sell at last Decembers inaugural Next Gen sale. She was purchased along with her Kilbride Farm Karl sired calf Annick Jasmine’s Nectar by Inverdunning Ltd, Dunning, Perthshire was sold back in calf to the same bull.
6,000gns – Annick Diamond’s Kylie
The other 6,000gns pair were Annick Diamond’s Kylie GP82 and Annick Kylie’s Nicole, purchased by Pitgaveny Farms, Elgin, Morayshire. The May 2019 born Diamond’s Kylie is a first calver, who was sold back in calf to Kilbride Farm Karl. She is another daughter of Wolfstar Golddigger and bred out of Annick Lydia’s Diamond who goes back to Skerrington Visa. Her nine month old daughter Kylie’s Nicole is sired by the 15,000gns Islavale Jackpot.
Calf at foot to Annick Diamond Kylie – Annick Kyle’s Nicole
CAIRNVIEW REDUCTION SALE TOPS AT 7.500GNS
At the close of the Annick Sale, an offering of four lots was put forward by the Cairnview herd of Andy Wilson, Westcroft Farm, Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Leading the way at 7,500gns was the 2018 born second calver Perrywood Joanna who was sold with her impressive seven-month-old twin bull calves at foot, Cairnview Nick, and Cairnview Nack. Originally bred by BA Borlase, Sacombe Hill Farm, Hertfordshire, Perrywood Joanna is by Derrycallaghan Gambler 15, and is out of Perrywood Vixen. The twin bull calves were both sired by the homozygous polled bull Slievenagh International. Further Cairnview lots made 4800gns, 4200gns, and 3,500gns respectively.
Other top priced Lots
Lots 21 & 21A, sold for a combined 5,800gns with Dam Annick Heather’s Katriona V87 being purchased by GA Francis, Carmarthen, Dyfed for 3,000gns and bull calf Annick Monarch purchased for 2,000gns by KC and P Hawkey, St Wenn, Cornwall.
Lots 27 & 27A, Annick Prudence’s Colleen EX95 & Annick Nelson 22, sold for 5800 to Alex Heath, Market Drayton, Shropshire.
Lots 17 & 17A, Annick Fresia’s June VG87 & Annick Nevada 22, sold for 5,500gns to E & M Fairhurst & Son, Austwick, Lancaster.
Lot 41 Annick Ivy’s Moonbeam, sold for 5,500gns to R McCulloch, Armadale, West Lothian.
Lot 22 & 22A, sold for a combined 5,300gns with Dam Annick Ember’s Kirsty VG87 being purchased by GA Francis, Abergorlech, Dyfed, for 3,500gns and bull calf Annick Magnum 21 purchased for 1,800gns by J & J Munn, Jamestown Alexandria.
Lots 2 & 2A Annick Belle’s Desiree EX92 & Annick Desiree’s Nadia, sold for 5,200gns to E & M Fairhurst & Son, Austwick, Lancaster.
Lots 16 & 16A Annick Diamond’s Jem VG87 & Annick Montreal 21, sold for 5,200gns to E & M Fairhurst & Son, Austwick, Lancaster.
Lots 11 & 11A Annick Fern’s Ivy VG88 & Annick Ivy’s Nancy, sold for 5,000gns to E & M Fairhurst & Son, Austwick, Lancaster.
Lot 37 Annick Icicle’s Leah, sold for 5,000gns to Inverdunning Ltd, Dunning, Perthshire.
Simmental females are naturally efficient, healthy, easy to manage, and just full of milk. Adding value to any cross, they are maternal mainstays of the commercial suckler herd providing value and profit. The UK’s leading continental beef breed for age at slaughter Simmental sired progeny are fast growing, have a terrific weight for age, and leave a high yielding, profitable carcase. This base of female quality and performance, rounded up with terrific terminal abilities, sees Simmental providing future fit genetics for an industry where natural efficiency and dual-purpose value will be at a premium.
Please see here the latest market briefs of Simmentals ‘doing the business’ at commercial sales around the UK.
At Gisburn’s sale of breeding and store cattle on 13th August, breeding cattle remained a flying trade with stock bulls making to £2200 for a three-year-old Simmental from Peter Howarth.
At Huntly on 12th August, United Auctions sold 338 store, breeding, and OTM cattle. Breeding cattle cattle sold to £2050 for a SimX cow with SimX steer calf at foot from Whitehills, Grange. Bulls sold to a top of £1720 for a Sim from Whitehills, Grange.
Craig Wilson Ltd had a sale of 304 store cattle at Newton Stewart on 12th August. More numbers forward and more buyers present all classes easily cleared. 136 Beef sired Steers averaged 234.2p k/g peaking at £1185 for a pair of Simmental Crosses from A Henry, Barrachan.
In a sale of cast and OTM cattle at NWA’s Lancaster Market on 12th August, beef cows saw Simmentals sell to 219.5p/kg or £1738 from Barlow Bros, Crosston.
Cast cows at Frome on 12th August sold to a top price per kg of 180.5p/kg (£1390) for Simmentals from Tuckmarsh Farm Ltd.
At Aberdeen & Northern Marts sale of prime cattle on 11th August, under 30 month prime bullocks were led by Newtonhill with a Simm X at £1,750.75. On the same day at a sale of cast cows and bulls, beef finished cows topped at £1910 for a Simm X from Cortiecram, Auchnagatt.
In a sale of store cattle at Shrewsbury on 11th August, bulls sold to a top price of £1300 for a 12mo 535kg Simmental X from R & J Hill.
A decent entry of 126 Store cattle at Hallworthy on 11th August with over 200 in all including the Stirks. The dry weather making a difference on the trade but a sharper trade was seen. Top was £1,395 for two tremendous Simmentals (23m) in from AP & DJ House of St Issey, who sold other Simmentals to £1,255 (23m). Other Simmental Steers sold to a grand £1390 (26m) for WA Williams & Sons, Mullion. Heifers sold to a top of £1205 (23m) for a smart Simmental in from the same vendor, who had other Heifers to £1100 (23m), £1070 (23m).
At C&D Auction Marts, Dumfries, sale of primestock on 10th August, Simmentals from North Bowerhouses led the trade per kilo at 209p.
At Dungannon Farmers Mart on 10th August, a larger entry of stock saw prices continue to remain steady with steers selling to £1740 for a 755kg Sim (231.00) from I Trainor with further Simms at £1390 590kg (236.00), and £1300 565kg (230.00).
At Holsworthy on Wednesday 10th August, there was an enormous August entry of 370 calves penned and the best quality calves met a scorching trade, a bit like the weather. Top of the day was £550 for a reared Simmental steer in from Dave Fowler of Whitstone.
At Truro on 10th August quality continued to sell with Mr R T Dunn of Par, St Austell, once again setting the pace at 197p/kg for a great 777kg Simmental x, purchased by Dawn West Devon of Hatherleigh.
In a sale of calves on 9th August at Shrewsbury, weaned sorts met an electrifying trade topping at £620 for a bunch of three 5 month old Simm Bulls from Beddoes & Sons, with a further two from the same home at £610. On the same day the barren cow trade was topped by a Sim x at 176p to £1355.20 for R & J Hill.
On Monday 8th August 2022 Caledonian Marts Ltd, Stirling had forward 289 Store Cattle at their fortnightly sale. Bullocks averaged 221ppkg selling to 250ppkg for a pen of Simmentals from Your Local Farm, Slamannan.
In a sale of prime bulls at Harrison & Hetherington’s Carlisle market on 8th August, Messrs Taylor, Skirling Craigs, Lanark reaped the reward for his first venture to Borderway selling a a 848kg Simmental to £2064.88 to feature in the leading prices.
C & D Auction Marts held their fortnightly sale of 324 store cattle in Dumfries on Monday 8th August 2022. A grand show of stronger cattle were presented to a full ringside of buyers activley seeking more numbers. Simmental bullocks topped the sale at £1465 from Ramsay Dunbae and who had further Simms at £1465, £1350 & £1265.
At Selby Livestock Market on 6th August, the cattle trade was led by a Simx at £1095 from Tim Lewis.
At Thainstone on 5th August, Aberdeen and Northern Marts sold 1,121 Store Cattle, Young Bulls, Young and Weaned Calves and 24 Breeding Cattle. Bullocks (537) averaged 238.2p and sold to £1,710 gross for a 732kg Simmental cross from Hallbreck, St Margarets Hope.
At Frome Market’s sale of prime cattle on 5th August, UTM heifers sold to a top price of 218p/pkg for Simmentals from S Dyer, IoW.
Store cattle saw no less money at Exeter on 5th August with some of the better sorts looking a little dearer. Featuring in the top prices were strong Simmental bred steers (all around the 21 month old mark) which sold to £1,280 for both John and Helen Keep of Moretonhampstead and J and J Britton of Tiverton. Continental bred heifers saw a pair of 24-month-old Simmentals from the Shervington Family of Hittisleigh come back at £1090 apiece.
Aberdeen & Northern Marts held a sale of cast cows and bulls on 4th August at Thainstone. Leading the beef feeding cows at £1450 was a Simm from Mansons, Brodieshill.
The August sale of beef breeding cattle at NWA’s Lancaster Market on 4th August saw a top price £2220 achieved for a Simmental x heifer with a Lim x heifer calf from R&E Ladds, Kendal.
At Thirsk on 4th August the cull cattle trade saw the top price cow & best grossing be 215.5ppk or £1848.99 for a Simmental X from R Elliott, Tadcaster purchased by RM Helliwell, Rochdale.
370 Store Cattle at Hallworthy on 4th August saw a tremendous standard of cattle with fleshy types sold with ease. Amongst the top prices were a sweet pair of 22 month Simmental x Steers which sold to £1240 for B & B Facey of Bodmin.
At Stirling on 3rd August, United Auctions sale of store cattle and young bulls saw young bulls average 207.04p and to £1320 for a SimX from East Overton.
In a sale of store cattle and weanlings at Carlisle’s Borderway Mart on 3rd August, bulls and weaning cattle were once again up significantly on the week. All types of cattle extremely well bid for with buyers looking for a lot more numbers on the day. Simmental bulls topped at £1290 from Gerrard House, Wigton.
There were 250 calves and stirks forward at Holsworthy on 3rd August, with Simmentals selling to £270 for PF and MW Fishleigh, Broadwoodkelly.
Up in the leading prices for the beef cows at Truro on 3rd August, Simmental x’s sold to 186p (617kg) for Messrs J & RJ Nankervis of Zennor, St Ives. Simmental cross cattle sold well in the store sections with two-year-old steers selling for £840 for Mr J Penhaligon of Portscatho, Truro & 1 ½ year olds selling to £765 for the same vendor. A reasonable entry of 50 stirks were also on offer with the top of the day being £710 for a neat Simmental x Steer at only nine months old, in from SP & DA Ovens of Camelford.
At Dingwall’s sale of prime cattle on 2nd August bullocks averaged 257.0p per kg and sold to £1,464.90 gross for a 570kg Simmental cross from Groam, Kirkhill selling to Messrs John M Munro Ltd, Dingwall.
Sedgemoor on 1st August saw a good entry of finished cattle at 95 head, and with a pure Simmental steer at 230 pence per kilo from BA Sweet, Congresbury featuring in the very top prices.
Sedgemoor on Saturday 30th July saw another excellent entry in terms of numbers with 532 stores and with quality Simmental steers to £1365 for four 15 month-olds from EA & DA Ellis. Simmental heifers sold to £1,230 for a pair of 26 month-olds from H Attwell, Walton. There was a much better show of stirks on the week with the top priced being £920 for seven 13 month-old Simmental steers from Hensons Farming Ltd. Two further 10 month-old Simmentals steers sold for £735 each and two more 10 month-olds steer sold for £665 apiece from BK Hockey, while Simmental heifers topped at £715 for a 10 month old from JM Tratt.
At Exeter on 29th July, Simmental bred steers sold well topping at £1.495 for a 29-month-old from Cyril Emmett and a pair of well reared and fed dairy crossbred Simmentals (20m) realised £875 each for Jeff Harvey of Hennock.
Finally one that we hadn’t picked up and from Ludlow’s store cattle sale on 22nd July where there was a firm trade on the steers forward with stronger feeding types the most in demand. The top price was Simmental x steers at £1190 or 250p/pkg against an average of 204p/pkg.
Official Simmental Society Sales in the Year Gross £2,003,927
A strong year of performance for British Simmental has seen pedigree registrations and birth notifications surge with an increase of 15% in the year to an overall total of 7,388, up by 960. The figures released by the British Simmental Cattle Society are for the pedigree registration year of 1st July 2021 to 30th June 2022.
Sitting alongside these figures is a similarly strong performance at the point of both commercial and pedigree sales and which has seen Official Society Pedigree Sales in the same period nudge through the £2Million mark to gross £2,003,927. In the course of the year the Simmental breed enjoyed some record sale averages and clearances, most notably at Stirling in February when 89 pedigree bulls sold to a new breed record average mark of £6,835. In a new sale fixture introduced to ‘grow the reach of the breed’, the Next Generation Sale of Females & Weaned Calves at Carlisle in December saw a top price of 16,000gns, with heifer averages of £4,396, and bull calf averages of £6,174.
In the year, pedigree registrations increased by 13.5%, with birth notifications enjoying a 19.8% increase and this overall surge for the Simmental breed was warmly welcomed by the Society’s President Stewart Stronach, Maisley, Keith, Banffshire, who said: “Simmental females are naturally efficient, healthy, easy to manage, and just full of milk. Adding value to any cross, they are maternal mainstays of the commercial suckler herd, can calve at two years old, and can wean calves at 50% of their bodyweight at 200 days.”
“In 2021 AHDB confirmed Simmental as being the leading continental beef breed for age at slaughter, and this couples with Simmental sired progeny being fast growing, with terrific weight for age and leaving a high yielding, profitable carcase. These are the natural attributes and efficiencies of the modern British Simmental that are driving demand, forging a profitable commercial future in an industry with a higher cost base, and meeting the ‘green’ challenges of reducing beef productions carbon footprint.”
“We welcome these improved registration and sale figures, and collectively our focus will be to continue to work hard and provide commercial beef producers with future fit, profitable dual purpose Simmental genetics.”
The next pedigree sale under the Society’s auspices will be the much-anticipated Dispersal Sale of the noted Annick Simmental Herd, Holehouse Farm, Irvine, held on behalf of the late Lachlan Quarm, at United Auctions Stirling on Saturday 10th September.
British Simmental is delighted to officially announce that Sue Stenner has joined the Society’s staff team at the Society’s Stoneleigh, Warwickshire based office. Having commenced her role as a Herd Book Administrator in late July, Sue has very much hit the ground running familiarising herself with all aspects of the Society’s work and introducing herself to members as they phone in. Having worked previously with pedigree beef breed societies over some twenty years, Sue brings a wealth of all-round ability to British Simmental with extensive experience in managing herd books, membership services, and also in communications and event organisation.
BSCS General Manager Iain Kerr said: “With experience, energy and personality, Sue will be a great fit with her Herd Book colleagues Nicky Moreton and Rachel Foley, and we warmly welcome her to British Simmental. From here members of the Simmental staff team will be out and about this autumn meeting members at forward Society sales and industry events, and promoting British Simmental.”
Sue replaces Kate Stephens who left the Society’s employment in April and the Society would like to thank Kate for her work and to extend very best wishes for her new challenges ahead.
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