Stirling Bull Sales: Simmentals smash European breed record

The Simmental trade made history and achieved a new European breed record with a bid of 56,000gns, smashing the previous record of 46,000gns

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Sale leader, the overall and intermediate Simmental champion, Hemingford Prince Charming, from James Griffin, Huntingdon.
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Sale leader, the overall and intermediate Simmental champion, Hemingford Prince Charming, from James Griffin, Huntingdon.

The 94 bulls sold at a record average of £9,832, up £2,334 on the year with a clearance rate of 81%. British Simmental Cattle Society general manager Iain Kerr said momentum in the breed had been building...

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