January The year began with the sad loss of one of our founder members Roger Pascoe. A great friend and enthusiast for our breed, Roger introduced many breeders to the art of show craft and encouraged everyone to enter shows and keep the cattle sections going....
SIMMENTAL BULLS AVERAGE £7770, UP £1938 ON THE YEAR, AND A NEW CENTRE RECORD AVERAGE Islavale Pizza sells at 9000gns Backmuir bulls at 8000gns, and 7000gns x2 Tillyeve, and Drumsleed bulls at 7500gns The ongoing demand for Simmental bulls was again evident with...
94 SIMMENTAL BULLS SMASH THE BREED RECORD AVERAGE TO SET NEW MARK OF £9,832, UP £2,334 ON THE YEAR • 56,000gns a new UK, & European record for a Simmental bull • Commercial producers buying bulls up to £20k • Four bulls sell at 20,000gns and over • 26 bulls in all...
Once again strong demand for the breed was shown at the Perth Multibreed Sale held in Stirling on 2nd May 2011.
32 Bulls sold giving a 82% Clearance, they were sold at a sales average of £3340.31
Topping the sale at 5500gns was Islavale Ajay, a Chestermann Varney son and was bred by Mr W S Stronach.
2nd Top price bull sold for 5000gns, Westridge Arthur by Corskie Tyson, he was bred by Mr & Mrs M Ward & Sons
3rd Top price realised was 4800gns, Falondene Bonanza 10, a Ravensworth Hermon son bred by Messrs J A & K J Dwyer.
Broombrae (Mr G L Clark) draft sale 3 sold to a sales average of £1470
Fishwick (Mr P W Close) draft sale 3 sold to a sales average of £1505
Auctioneers: www.uagroup.co.uk
