Stirling bull sales: Simmentals set new male and female record price

It was a jam-packed day at Stirling as all breeds went under the hammer on one day of the October Bull Sales event, with both male and female Simmental breed record prices broken

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Simmental overall and intermediate champion, Overhill House Neo from Richard McCulloch, Armadale which broke the male breed record and sold for 46,000gns to Reece and Andrew Simmers, Keith.
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Simmental overall and intermediate champion, Overhill House Neo from Richard McCulloch, Armadale which broke the male breed record and sold for 46,000gns to Reece and Andrew Simmers, Keith.

Prices soared to 46,000gns for the Simmental bulls, smashing the breed record at the October Stirling event, with 53 bulls sold to an average of £7,594 up £36 on the year, and a clearance rate of 71 per...

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