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...
THERE’S MORE TO SIMMENTAL: TOPPING COMMERCIAL SALES AT 34 MARKETS AROUND THE UK IN JANUARY 2025 ABERDEEN; BALLYMENA; THAME; ST BOSWELLS; DARLINGTON; HUNTLY; THIRSK; GISBURN; STIRLING; THIRSK; TRURO; AYR; HEXHAM; SALISBURY; MALTON; BROCKHOLES; CARLISLE; BAKEWELL;...
We are moving through the classes of this year’s competition and again with a high standard forward from around the country. Thank you to everyone who has had a go and continues to promote the Simmental breed so well.
This week’s winner of Class Five, Senior Bull Born on or Before 31st December 2019 is Grangewood Kingpin 19 from the Mixbury Hall herd of Mr V C Bailey, Brackley, Northamptonshire. Purchased for 8,000gns at Stirling in February 2021, Kingpin was bred by Mr & Mrs AS & YA Leedham, Pickering, North Yorkshire, and has gone on to breed 14 progeny into his new herd so far. Sired by the 19,000gns Stirling Reserve Senior Champion Grangewood Baron 10, this October-2019 born bull was bred out of Grangewood Sahara’s Gold.
The top five places for this class have been awarded by the Judge, Gavin Brown of Springfield Simmentals, Penicuik, Midlothian, as follows:
1st – Grangewood Kingpin 19
2nd – Kilbride Farm Jetstream 18 (P)
3rd – Coose Gambler
4th – Lintmill Jedi 18
5th – Skerrington Iceman 17
