14,000gns record price for Islavale heifer calf Served Heifers average £7962 Maiden Heifers average £4318 Heifer Calves average £9975 There were a few early Christmas crackers at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on Friday 12th December as two heifers made 15,000gns, and with...
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...
Bulls topped the trade at the Spring sale at Newark on Saturday 28th March, judge for the day was Richard Green from the Greenfields herd, 10 Peel Close, Kibworth, Beauchamp, Leicestershire, LE8 0JL Theberton Electric, home bred on both sides of his pedigree from Mr and Mrs Dowley, Theberton House, Theberton, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4RL selling for 4000gns
Second top was the reserve male champion Storesmith Einstein, by Storesmith Casanova out of Fole Vivian 3rd from Mr & Mrs R&L Smith, Spath Farm House, Ashbourne Road, Uttoxeter , Staffordshire, ST14 5AP selling for 3000 gns to Mr S Eales Peatling Herd, Brookhill Farm, Peatling Magna, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE8 5UQ
6 bulls sold to average £3150
Topping the female trade at 2100gns was Midhope Emma from Mr W J Hollingsworth, Midhope Hall Farm, Midhopestones, Sheffield, S36 4GW a Dirnanean Snowie daughter out of a Pasturehouse Paleface daughter sold in calf to Delfur Chas.
The Female Champion from the same stable sold for 2000gns, Midhope Desire, same way bred as the previous and again sold in calf to Delfur Chas, purchased by Mr C Tucker, Lower Green Farm Dairy, 48 The Green, Great Cheverel, Devizes, Wilkshire, SN10 5UZ
14 females sold to average £1676.00
