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...
Simmentals tick all the boxes at Brodieshill
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...
Maximising Profits from the Dairy Herd with Simmental Genetics
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...
YOUNG SIMMENTAL BULLS TOPPING CARLISLE COMMERCIAL TRADE
Great to see young Simmental bulls from JT Skelton, Waterloo Farm, Cockermouth, leading the trade at Harrison & Hetherington’s sale of young bulls and weaned cattle at Borderway Mart, Carlisle yesterday, 15th June. A day’s top price of £1280 was achieved and with Simmentals leading the averages for bulls at £1206.67. The top averages reflect a solid and growing demand for young Simmental bulls at Carlisle.
This sale follows the recent beef breeding sale at Carlisle that saw Messrs Barclay, South Road lead the cow and calf trade with a Simmental cross cow and calf making £4000.