Report from Cara Moore, NI Simmental Cattle Breeders Club Simmental breeders from around Northern Ireland and Scotland flocked to Ballymena Livestock Market on Saturday 22nd November for the Annual Four Breed Calf Show with fellow Saler, British Blonde and British...
Delfur Supernova, Overall Champion Delfur Shakira Overall Reserve Champion Delfur Farms, Rothes, Aberlour, lit up a small but quality section of Simmentals to win both the Overall and Overall Reserve Championship at the 2025 Livescot event held on Friday 21st November...
8200gns a record for a Simmental bull sold at auction in Wales Top price Cow & Calf as a unit 7300gns 104 lots grosses £336,163 29 Cows & Calves as units average £6,161 12 Cows & calves as units make 6000gns or more 85 lots sold into Wales Two stock bulls...
The British Simmental Cattle Society held their annual sale of Bulls and Females at Ludlow Auction Mart on Friday 10th April 2009.
Top price of the day was Shebdon Viscount from Terry Ford, Stores House, Walk Mill, Eccleshall, Stafford when he sold to David Parry, Stud Farm (Powys) Ltd, Bleddfa, Knighton. He stood Reserve Champion in the pre sale show, judged by Roger Birch, Pasturefields Herd, Stafford.
The pre sale Champion, Chesterman Vinnie from Messrs N. & N. Gwynne, Rhos-Ddu, Crymych, Pembrookeshire took the second top price of 3,300gns when he sold top Mr. S. Vaughan, Moss Hill Farm, Monkland, Leominster.
9 of the 10 bulls forward sold to an average of £2643.50; 2 In Calf Heifers averaged £1759; 1 Maiden Heifer £1838
| NAME | PRICE | BUYER | |||
| MALES | |||||
| Shebdon Viscount | 4000 | Stud Farm (Powys), Bleddfa, Knighton | |||
| Abbotsbrook Voodoo | 1550 | MJM Farms, Lockley Villa Farm, Wistanwick, Market Drayton | |||
| Crackley Victorious | 2100 | J.B. Crow, Day House Farm, Shray Hill, Wellington, Shrops | |||
| Crackley Virgil | 3200 | A.F. Beavean & Co, The Graig Farm, Llanfair Waterdine, Knighton | |||
| Crackley Vigorous | 2300 | C.M. Mercer, Bowley Court Farms, Hope-under-Dinmore, Leominster | |||
| Chestermann Vinnie | 3300 | S. Vaughan, Moss Hill Farm, Monkland, Leominster | |||
| Wroxall Visionary | 1500 | MJM Farms, Lockley Villa Farm, Wistanwick, Market Drayton | |||
| Wroxall Vat-Mam | 2300 | E Mayglothling, Tack Barn Farm, Knighton | |||
| Cliftonswood Vimto | 2400 | D. Owen & Son, Llwydiarth, Pontfadog, Llangollen, Wrexham | |||
| FEMALES | |||||
| Glewstone Topaz | 1750 | J.S. Owen, Home Farm, Cruckton, Shrewsbury | |||
| Glewstone Tamber | 1600 | J.S. Owen, Home Farm, Cruckton, Shrewsbury | |||
| Fortress Cadette 1V | 1750 | J.S. Owen, Home Farm, Cruckton, Shrewsbury | |||
