Official Simmental Society Sales in the Year Gross £2,167,231, up by £75,825 Pedigree Registrations up for the Third Consecutive Year Record pedigree sale averages, a strong performance in UK wide commercial sales, and for the third year in a row increases in both...
7 Simmental bulls make £7000 and over 14 Simmental bulls average £6586 The Working Genes production sale from the McGowan family at Incheoch, Perthshire met a keen trade for an entire clearance, and with a strong demand and average for the Simmental bulls offered....
Five animals make 5000gns and over Ranfurly maiden heifers average £4646 Joint sale grosses £128, 416 There was a strong demand for Simmental females with prices reaching a top of 8,000gns at the fourth joint production sale from the noted Ballinalare Farm herd of Joe...
The increase in demand for Simmental Bulls continued this week at the Perth Multibreed Sale on 1st May 2006, when 19 of the 21 bulls forward found new homes selling to a top of 3000gns twice.
Firstly, Henry & Susan Widdicombes’ long journey from Ashprington Court, Totnes, Devon was justified when Starline Revelation, a son of Blackford Hawk, sold to G. Christie, Midtown of Glass, Huntly, then Lindsay and Dorothy Moffat,Innerwick, Dunbar, then matched this when Innerwick Ross, a son of Gortin Larry, sold to W L S Muir, Midhouse, Corrigall Harray, Orkney.
The Society President, John Dykes, Mendick Lea, West Linton, sold a Hockenhull Matthew son, Mendick Ringmaster, for 2800gns to join Gerald & Morag Smith’s Drumsleed Herd at Fourdoun, Laurencekirk.
Judge Willie Brown, Laigh Drumdow’s Sale Champion, Tillylair RAF was exhibited by I.A.Hunter, Tillylair Farms, Lumphanan, Banchory and sold to W.I.Moncrief, Berryhill, Easter Fowlis, Dundee for 2600gns. He was matched by another bid of 2600gns by A. Malcolm & Son, Wester Coilechat, Callander, when he purchased Glenturk Romeo by Whitemire King Kong, from Brian Allan’s, Glenturk herd at Newtown Stewart. R & P McAllister, Langalbunioch, Argyll, sold two sons of Woodhall Klinsman for 2500gns. Firstly Bruchag Randy Boy sold to A. Currie, Birchburn, Skiskine, Arran, followed by Bruchag Robbie, who sold to W. Wybar, 4 Ballyfunning Cres., Balfron Station, Glasgow. The Widdicomes’ also realised a bid of 2500gns for another Hawk son when they sold Starline Renown to Bolfracks Farms, Aberfeldy.
Fiona Sloan, the Breed Development & Promotions Manager for the Society said, “All of the recent sales have seen a huge increase in demand for Simmental Bulls. The change to the Single Farm Payment means that farmers need easy to manage cattle which mature quickly and many see the Simmental as the way forward”
AVERAGES
19 BULLS £ 2327.50
10 FEMALES £807.80
| Judge: Mr W Brown (Jnr) | |||||
| 19 Bulls sold to a sales average of £2310.00 | |||||
| Prize | Lot No | Name | Vendor | Purchaser | Price Gns |
| Male Champion | 40 | Tillylair Raf | Mr I A Hunter | Mr W I Moncrieff – Dundee | 2600.00 |
| Reserve Male Champion | 37 | Ulceby Romeo | Mr J Wilkins | P W Moir & Partners – Aberdeenshire | 1300.00 |
| Top Price Bulls | 41 | Starline Revelation | Mr R H Widdicombe | Mr G Christie – Aberdeenshire | 3000.00 |
| 50 | Innerwick Ross | Mr & Mrs L Moffat | Mr W S L Muir – Orkney | 3000.00 | |
| 44 | Mendick Ringmaster | Mr J Dykes | Mr G W Smith – Drumsleed Herd | 2800.00 | |
| 40 | Tillylair Raf | Mr I A Hunter | Mr W I Moncrieff – Dundee | 2600.00 | |
| 46 | Glenturk Romeo | B G & L Allan | M/S A Malcolm & Son – Perthshire | 2600.00 | |
| 10 Females sold to a sales average of £807.45 | |||||
| Top Price Females | 58 | Tillylair Peggy | Mr I A Hunter | M/S G & M Porter – Isle of Islay | 1350.00 |
| 64 | Balmacneil Lotti | Mr & Mrs W M Boyne | M/S G L & D Reid – Perthshire | 920.00 | |
| 65 | Starline Kristle 9th | Mr R H Widdicombe | M/S G L & D Reid – Perthshire | 900.00 | |
| 66 | Starline Brigitt 16th | Mr R H Widdicombe | M/S J & I Wilson – Edenvalley Herd | 820.00 | |
| 63 | Balmacneil Josephine | Mr & Mrs W M Boyne | Mr J McIrvine – Belnies Herd | 750.00 | |
Auctioneers: United Auctions
