Bulls average £5477.50, a new breed record, and up by £1,897 on the year Three bulls make 6000gns and over 75% clearance rate It was a record-breaking day for Cecil and Scott McIlwaine, Corrick, Newtonstewart, Co Tyrone who sold Corrick Presley for 7200gns at the...
Judge Mrs J Borlase Best Group of Maiden heifers Bowley – Mr C M Mercer Best Crop of In-calf heifers Chapman - David Bush Best Stock Bull Bowley Jackson – Mr C Mercer Best Cow family Auroch Emma – Mrs J M Cockerill Best Calf Born 2024 Chapman Knapweed’s Rowan - David...
Best Cow & Calf 1st Callum Croft 2nd Anthony Davies 3rd Aled Evans Best Stock Bull 1st Dafydd Jones 2nd Meurig Williams 3rd Anthony Davies Best Pedigree Calf 1st Wyn Jenkins 2nd Debbie Cumming 3rd Chris Waters Best Cross Bred Calf 1st Dafydd Jones 2nd Andrew &...
The final class of this year’s Simmental ‘Virtual’ Show has now been judged and with a fantastic 51 entries into Class Six, Cow any age, In milk. A sincere thank you is extended to everyone who has entered and supported this year’s competition, it is greatly appreciated. It has been great to see entries from all around the UK and the huge interest that this show has again generated.
This week’s winner Gerrard Belinda 60th is an entry from Kenneth Pilkington, Danby Wiske, North Yorkshire, and who was bred by Mr RH Carter & Son, Wigton, Cumbria. Gerrard Belinda 60th, is a July 2017-born daughter of the 20,000gns Stirling Male & Intermediate Champion Kilbride Farm Comber and bred out of Gerrard Belinda 40th who goes back to popular AI bull Blackford Harvester.
The top five places for this class have been awarded by the Judge, Rob Fitton of Simply Simmentals, Lostock, Lancashire, as follows:
1st – Gerrard Belinda 60th
2nd – Kilbride Farm Eunice 223H
3rd – Mixbury-Hall Galaxy
4th – Newbiemains Ice Queen
5th – Eaton Kenita
Thanks are extended to Rob for a job well done and please keep an eye on Facebook for a follow-up video post with a few comments on what has been a terrific class.
Thank you once again to everyone who has supported the 2022 Simmental ‘Virtual’ Show and promoted the Simmental breed so well.
