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...
Keith Nelson runs a mixed farm in Rosslea, County Fermanagh alongside his family, where they milk 120 pedigree Fleckvieh and Holstein cows in a robotic system, run a small suckler beef herd and a bed and breakfast pig system. For Keith, focusing on genetics is crucial...
We’re loving this week’s Simmental Virtual Show Class and with it having been the turn of the ‘big boys’ in Class Five – Senior bull born on or before 31/12/2023.
Twenty seven modern senior bulls displaying all the qualities of top Simmental sires in herds around the United Kingdom. Great to see, and thank you to everyone who supported the class.
And so to this week’s winner who is the 2022 born Vale Royal North Star from the Mixbury Hall herd of Mr VC Bailey, Mixbury Hall Farm, Brackley, Northants. Take a bow, and well done Vernon and Jon! Bred by James Arnold, Vale Royal North Star is an Auchorachan Hercules 16 (ET) EX 92 son out of Vale Royal Annie who herself was the Overall Supreme In the 2023 Virtual Show!
Another week, and it’s another fantastic judge’s video! See here Neil McGowan’s class comments as he stands amongst some terrifically quiet young Simmental bulls from within his Incheoch herd at Alyth, Blairgowrie. Thank you for judging Neil. The Class Five Results are as follows:
1st VALE ROYAL NORTH STAR 22
2nd COOSE NEGOTIATOR (PP)
3rd RATHNASHAN MAGNUM
4th HEATHBROW NAPOLEON 22
5th CORSKIE JACKPOT 18
6th HEATHBROW KALSSIK 19 (P)
7th WOLFSTAR JUMANJI 18
8th HEMINGFORD NELSON
Well done to the winners, and well done to all of the exhibitors for putting on a cracking class of ‘big boy’ Simmental bulls.
