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Simmentals Top UK Commercial Cattle Sales: Market Briefs Round-Up

by | Dec 20, 2022

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Simmental cattle consistently top commercial sales across the UK in breeding, store, prime, and calf sections due to their exceptional versatility, efficiency, and quality. British Simmental females are highly valued as benchmark suckler cows, recognized for their strong maternal traits including milk production, fertility, and the ability to wean calves at 50% of their bodyweight at 200 days. Furthermore, Simmental-sired progeny exhibit fast growth rates, excellent weight for age, and produce high-quality carcasses with a superior retail beef yield. The British Simmental Cattle Society has documented this strong market performance from approximately thirty livestock markets throughout the United Kingdom.

Simmental cattle continue to top commercial sales across the UK in breeding, store, prime, and calf sections, demonstrating their versatility and value. This period has seen strong performance in markets including Lancaster, Carlisle, Truro, Frome, Thirsk, Exeter, Aberdeen, Skipton, Stirling, Dumfries, Preston, Dingwall, Lanark, Dalmally, and Oswestry. Simmental females are highly valued as benchmark suckler cows due to their efficiency, milk production, fertility, and easy calving, often weaning calves at 50% of their bodyweight at 200 days. Simmental-sired progeny are known for fast growth, excellent weight for age, and high-quality carcases with strong retail beef yields, making them a compelling choice for commercial producers. Recent market highlights include a Simmental leading OTM heifers at Lancaster (231.50ppkg), Simmental calves topping Carlisle at £445, and Simmental x steers reaching £1275 at Truro. Prime Simmentals from Norridge Farms topped Frome sales at 242.50p/kg or £1545. Breeding Simmental in-calf heifers from Amblers Lodge sold for up to £2525 at Thirsk. Strong Simmental steers fetched £1500 at Exeter. Young bulls sold for £1,951.08 at Aberdeen, and cast Simmental cows reached £2000 at Lanark. These results underscore the breed's consistent market leadership and economic benefits for UK farmers.