INNERWICK SIMMENTAL BULLING HEIFERS TO £2350, KIRKTON SIMMENTAL HEIFERS WITH CALVES AT FOOT TO £2600 AT STIRLING’S SCOTTISH SIMMENTAL CLUB SALE

by Nicky Moreton | May 2, 2022 | 2022 Scottish News, 2022 News, 2022, 2022 Other Sales

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.

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.

Carr’s Billington

OVERHILL HOUSE SIMMENTAL HEIFER MAKES £4000 FOR UKRAINE CHARITY

by Nicky Moreton | Apr 23, 2022 | 2022 Scottish News, 2022 News, 2022, 2022 Other Sales

We are delighted to report that the January 2021 born pedigree Simmental heifer, Overhill House Mary, from Richard McCulloch, Overhill House, West Lothian, sold for a cracking £4000 at Caledonian Marts, Stirling, last Saturday, with all proceeds going to two charities helping children and refugees from the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

Heading to Ayrshire, Overhill House Mary, sired by Aultmore Goliath, and out of Islavale Caitlin, was purchased by Messrs Smith, Low Bow Hill Farm, Newmilns.

With some outstanding and varied lots forward from farmers and local businesses, the auction held by Caledonian Marts saw all funds raised going to UNICEF’s campaign to Help Protect Children in Ukraine, and for Central Plains Group, a regenerative farming business with operations in Ukraine who are raising funds to help refugees streaming into Western Ukraine from Kiev and East Ukraine.

Again well done to Richard McCulloch for putting this quality heifer forward for such a worthy auction, and a big thank you is extended to the Smiths for their purchase. We’ll be keeping an eye on Overhill House Mary and trust that she goes on to breed well at her new home.