The April 2024 heifer Denizes Melody 62nd from the Goldstar herd of Ayrshire’s James Hodge, Dundonald, lifted the Overall Supreme, and Senior Champion titles at the Simmental Youngstock Show held within the Borderway Agri Expo yesterday, Friday 31st October at...
61 Bulls average £11,070, up by £3636 on the year Simmental leads all-breed averages and the solo five figure average Average is a new all-centre Simmental breed record 28 bulls (46%) make 10,000gns or more 86% clearance of bulls Ten bulls sell to the Scottish islands...
For Robert Manson, the Simmental breed offers everything a commercial producer could ask for—maternal strength, good temperament, efficient growth, and the kind of adaptability required on the farm’s varied land. Brodieshill Farm is located near Forres, one of the...
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
