Ranfurly Lady Diana 41st won the Overall Supreme at the 2026 NI Simmental National Show. This classy rising five-year-old cow, Ranfurly Lady Diana 41st M14 VG from David &..., was crowned the winner. Ballinalare Farm Ritz placed Reserve Overall Female, Hiltonstown Serenity won Junior Championship, and Corrick Spartan was crowned Male Champion. (Reported by Nicky Moreton on Jul 31, 2026)
Popes Princess Lumi won the Simmental Overall Supreme at the 2026 Royal Welsh Show. Ranfurly Weikel 55th took Overall Reserve, Denizes Nugget won Male Championship, and Moelfrynmawr Sam Tan 25 (P) was Junior Male Champion. Simmentals also took Reserve in the Interbreed Team of Five. (Reported by Iain on Jul 30, 2026)
Cade Kathleen’s Rockstar won the Overall Simmental Supreme at the 2026 Great Yorkshire Show. The individual interbreed Simmental also won the Interbreed Team of Four for the second year running. Popes Princess Lumi and Denizes Nugget win Interbreed Pairs, while Newbiemains won Reserve Overall, Male Champion, and Junior Champion. (Reported by Nicky Moreton on Jul 22, 2026)
The British Simmental Cattle Society's Stirling May Sale, reported on May 7, 2012, demonstrated strong demand for Simmental Bulls, achieving a 92% clearance rate. The sale averaged £4433, an increase of £1135 from the previous year. A new record for the May sale was set when Innerwick Butcher, from Mr & Mrs L Moffat, topped the trade at 8800gns, selling to Macfarlane Farms.
The increasing demand for Simmental Bulls was further emphasised again at the Stirling May sale where the breed achieved a 92% clearance to an average of £4433 an increase of £1135 on last year.
Judge for the day was Mr Stuart Grant, Druid Temple Farm, Inverness.
Topping the trade at 8800gns a new record for the breed at the May sale was Innerwick Butcher, a September 2010 son of Castlegate Titan, from Mr & Mrs L Moffat, Innerwick Farm, Innerwick, Dunbar, selling to Macfarlane Farms, Duns, Berwickshire.
Next top at 8500gns was the Overall Champion Islavale Boris from W S Stronach, Berryleys, Grange Keith, this Woodhall Walker son sold to J & E Dyet, East Merkland, Sandford, Strathhaven.
The Stronach’s also had the next 3 top prices, first Islavale Buzz, an October 2010 son of Glenturk Premier realised 7500gns selling to W Walton and Sons, Duns Houses,Otterburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, then Islavale Bismark, an October 2010 son of Kilbride farm Newry sold for 7000gns to Messrs Oag, Brims Mains, Forss, Thurso, Caithness and the Reserve Overall Champion Islavale Bruce another Woodhall Walker son also realised 7000gns selling to N & M McLelllan, Kilchiaran Farm, Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay, Argyll.
Islavale sold 6 to average £7221.50
Female 2 @ £1890.
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This page primarily features an old news entry about a Stirling May Sale from 2012 and recent show results. For information on current or future sales, you might refer to the "Sale Dates" and "Sales Catalogues Online Sales Catalogue" links mentioned in the navigation.
The page indicates several resources for sale participants. These include a "Society Sales Checklist," "Herd Health Declaration," and "Sales Prechecks" to guide sellers and buyers. An "NBA Warranty" is also mentioned, suggesting buyer protection.
The navigation on this page includes a link to "Sale Reports." This section likely provides information and outcomes from past Simmental cattle sales and events.
