Simmentals Win Interbreed team of Four Denizes Trixi Belle Wins Interbreed Cow & Calf Taking the ‘big win’ at the 2025 Simmental English National, held within the Royal Lancashire Show on 19th July, was Richard and Louise Storer Smith, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire,...
James Hodge’s Denizes Melody 62nd takes Reserve Overall Supreme and Junior Champion Grangewood Robert The Bruce Wins Overall male Championship She’s only gone and done it again! The amazing Annick Ginger’s Lucia, from Reece & Andrew Simmers, Backmuir Farm, Keith,...
Ballinalare Farm Nikita wins Individual Interbreed Overall Reserve Ranfurly Weikel 56th R5 takes Overall Reserve, and Junior Champion The all-conquering first calved heifer Ballinalare Farm Nikita from Joe & Alan Wilson, Newry, with her twin calves at foot, swept...
Judge for the day was Mr A Ryder,Black Hamilton Farm, Blackford, Carlisle, CA6 4EJ
Top price was Caistor Domitius, home bred on both sides from Mr Brian Lundy,Caistor Moor Farm, Caistor, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN7 6SD, selling for 4900gns to WW Dunlop & Son, Commonside, Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Next at 4200gns was Gerrard Drummer from Robert and Andrew Carter,Gerrard House, Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 8NR, a Kilbride Farm Newry son out of a Gerrard Horace daughter, purchased by J A Ord and sons, Field House, Lesbury, Alnwick, Northumberland.
From the same stable Gerrard Dougie,another Newry son out of a Salisbury Challenger daughter made 4000gns to ASM Farming, Easter Fodderlie, Hawick, Roxburghshire.
15 bulls @ £3220
From the collective show of heifers the Reserve Overall Champion on the day Midhope Diamond from WL Hollingsworth,Midhope Hall Farm, Midhopestones, Sheffield, S36 4GW, this daughter of Corskie Wealth, out of a Dirnanean Snowie daughter sold for 3700gns to Mr P. Jolliffe, Star Green Farm, Cotton, Oakmore, Staffordshire.
then at 2700gns from the same Midhope stable and off to the same home of Mr Jolliffe was Midhope Dolly, again by Wealth and out of a Snowie daughter, both heifers were in calf to the 10,000gn Delfur Chas.
Served heifers3@ £2677.50
Maiden Heifers 11 @£1370.25
Cows and heifers served/suckling 3@ £2555.00
Newbiemains anniversary sale 7@ £2880.00
Top price from Newbiemains was Newbiemains Centre Fold, a Blackford Albatross daughter out of a Kilbride Farm Rainman daughter, selling to the Merkland herd of Mr J Dyet, East Merkland Farm, Sandford, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, ML10 6PR
Courance Farms dispersal
8@ £1236.38
