Simmentals top at 28,000gns with a record February average

It was a bid of 28,000gns which topped the Simmental trade at the second round of Stirling bull sales, with the 97 bulls sold averaging 7,260, a record breed average for a February sale, up 425 on 2022 with a clearance rate of 88 per cent.

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Simmentals top at 28,000gns with a record February average

It was a bid of 28,000gns which topped the Simmental trade at the second round of Stirling bull sales, with the 97 bulls sold averaging 7,260, a record breed average for a February sale, up 425 on 2022...

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