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British Simmental cattle, whose origins go back several hundred years to the Simmen valley in Switzerland, were first introduced into the UK in 1970. Since then the breed has grown to be the 4th largest beef breed in the UK and leads the way on the promotion of health in beef breeding cattle. Simmental cattle are probably the most genuine “dual” purpose breed that can be crossed successfully with

any other breed and produce cows which are extremely milky, fertile, docile and with great natural mothering instincts. The breed also possesses tremendous terminal genetics, with excellent growth rates and daily live weight gains of in excess of 2kg/day achievable in an intensive beef finishing system (varied results between heifers, steers and bulls). With farmers seeking to run lower input systems and find ways of reducing costs, Simmental cattle are further increasing in popularity due to their ability to rear a calf on milk and not on concentrates. Coupled with high growth rates and carbon efficiencies, the breed offers a competitive edge and increased profitability in the present climate.

10/06/2026

NEW ARRIVALS: SEMEN FROM CORSKIE HIGHLANDER, AND ROCKYTOP LUCA, NOW AVAILABLE ON SIMMENTAL SIRES WEBSITE!

www.simmsires.co.uk Both bulls, £25 per straw, with no semen royalties.

Today we have two exciting new arrivals on the Simmental Sires semen website to tell you about, and make available. The vendor of both bulls is Mr WS Stronach of the noted Islavale herd at Berryleys Farm, Keith, Banffshire.

First up is Corskie Highlander 16 EX 93. This bull is a son of Dirnanean Bradley 10 EX 93, and out of Corskie Winola, a Popes Laird daughter.

The vendor says: “Corskie Highlander 16 EX 93 has been breeding top quality females with loads of milk. He has a +16 for milk, putting him in the breed’s top 1%. Plenty of growth as well, Corskie Highlander is in the breed’s top 10% for 200, 400, and 600 day weight. Highlander sons have so far sold up to 18,000gns.”

To take you to Corskie Highlander’s page on Simmental Sires where you can view the bull’s details and then purchase semen, please click on the link: https://simmsires.co.uk/products/blackford-ringleader-copy-1

Semen can also be purchased from Rockytop Luca 20. This 2020 born bull is by Rockytop I’m Yer Man, and is out of Rockytop Champagne’s Irma, a Tilbrook Champagne daughter.

The vendor says: “Rockytop Luca 20 has had progeny sell up to 26,000gns in the shape of Islavale Ruben at Stirling in October 2025. Very easily fleshed cattle with large weight gain. Rockytop Luca 20 is in the breed’s top 1% for 400 day weight, and top 5% for 200, and 400 day weight.”

Again, to take you to Rockytop Luca’s page on Simmental Sires, where you can view the bull’s details and then purchase semen, please click on the link:
https://simmsires.co.uk/products/corskie-highlander-16-ex-93-copy

Another top two, proven, high performing Simmental bulls available on the Simmental semen website www.simmsires.co.uk

The Simmental Sires semen website, growing the reach of Simmental genetics!

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10/06/2026

👉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿FINAL REMINDER: ENTRIES TO THE 2026 SIMMENTAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL SHOW, BEING HELD WITHIN THE BLACK ISLE SHOW, CLOSE ON 15TH JUNE!👈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🏆One of the blue riband events of the Simmental show season, this year’s Scottish National Show is being held within the Black Isle Show, Mannsfeild Showground, Muir of Ord, IV6 7RS on Thursday 6th August.

‼️PLEASE NOTE: Entries close in five days time on Monday 15th June.‼️

🙂👍Judging the Simmental classes and championships will be Tom Henderson of the noted Dargill herd.

👇To see the full Simmental schedule and entry form please click on the Black Isla Show links below:

https://blackisleshow.com/.../05/Cattle-Entry-Form-2026.pdf

https://blackisleshow.com/.../2026/05/Cattle-2026-.pdf

🏵️2026 is already seeing the Simmental breed shine brightly at the shows to date with a number of high profile Interbreed wins at local, county, and major shows. We’re hoping for more of the same at the Black Isle Show with strong breed classes once again ensuring a tremendous profile for the Simmental breed!

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09/06/2026

🔴🌞WACTON SIMMENTALS🔴🌞

👌We’re keeping the herd profiles going and tonight we’re featuring the Wacton Simmental herd of R E & S H W Steggles, Honingham Norfolk.

👫Very much a family affair, the Wacton advert places an emphasis on the ‘next generation’ of breeders and highlights the many junior handling achievements of Sam Steggles children, William and Polly.

✅Also featured in the advert is the herd’s junior stock sire Simply Peter Pan who was the Male Champion at the 2024 Simmental English National Show, and voted Reserve Overall Simmental of Europe in the same year.

🎯Turning to females in the herd, Scotland Hill Ivy Molly, with her calves Wacton Shotgun & Wacton Schoffel, the Suffolk Show Interbreed Supreme winner amongst a range of wins at national and county shows.

🏵️With visitors welcome and stock and semen available to purchase, contact Sam Steggles on 0777 567 8782, and email: [email protected]

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08/06/2026

🔴✨'BARGAIN' BLACKFORD GALAXY SEMEN AT £5 PER STRAW ON SIMMENTAL SIRES!✨🔴

👌Here's an opportunity for you, with semen from the noted Blackford Galaxy available for £5 per straw on Simmental Sires www.simmsires.co.uk
🐂You can buy as many straws as you want and the typical delivery price, over and above purchase price, will be £55 to Scotland, England, and Wales. Delivery is ten to fourteen days.

🏆Blackford Galaxy was Overall Supreme Champion at the Royal Highland in 2018 (for the Denizes herd), and following on from the 2017 Highland, where he stood Overall Reserve, and Male Champion. His dam Blackford Aero is classified EX92.

✅At the record breaking February 2026 Simmental Sale at United Auctions, Stirling, Blackford Rafiki, a full brother to Blackford Galaxy, made 18,000gns when selling to Orkney.

🟠At this same sale, Denizes Rocketman from MA Barlow & Sons, Nr Leyland, Lancashire made 16,000gns. This bull is out of the Blackford Galaxy daughter Denizes Melody.

🎯In October 2025 at Stirling, the Intermediate Champion Blackford Rob Roy also made 18,000gns. This bull is out of Blackford Jazzy 2, a Blackford Galaxy daughter. Anne MacPherson, Blackford Farm, Croy, Inverness describes Galaxy as a ‘proven cow breeder’.

🏵️In 2023 at the Next Gen III Simmental Female Sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, the January 2022 born, Denizes Melody 48, a Blackford Galaxy daughter, made 10,000gns when selling to the pedigree Habton herd.

‼️Alongside proven breeding and performance, Blackford Galaxy is in the breed’s top 5% for 400, and 600 day weight with 86 & 84% accuracy, and in the top 10% for 200 day weight with 87% accuracy.

👇To purchase semen, and to see full details of this bull, then please go to his page:
https://simmsires.co.uk/products/blackford-galaxy

🙂The Simmental Sires semen website www.simmsires.co.uk is the British Simmental Cattle Society’s professional, e-commerce website where you can buy, sell and promote Simmental semen easily, efficiently, and cost-effectively.🙂

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07/06/2026

🤞💥🏆LUCKY SEVEN! 2026 BRITISH SIMMENTAL ‘VIRTUAL’ SHOW GETS UNDERWAY ON 26TH JUNE!🤞💥🏆

🔸2026 Competition to be held from 26th June – 14th August
🔹The UK’s largest online pedigree show

👊Heads up that the seventh staging of the British Simmental ‘Virtual’ Show will take place over a seven-week period through late June to mid-August.

✅This much anticipated picture-based competition just continues to grow in popularity with breeders across the UK having a go, and with annual entries seeing some remarkable numbers. Last year some 425 Simmentals were entered across the six classes.

🌍Social media and website coverage has seen the event establish a major audience, both here in the UK and across the globe, and given a platform to British Simmental herds of all sizes and in all geographies.

😁Keeping with its original principles, the Virtual Show is a fun competition and an opportunity for Simmental herds, large and small, to participate and compete. It provides a very visible window to promote British Simmental genetics to fellow breeders, potential buyers, commercial producers, the UK industry in all its parts, and to a global online audience interested in good cattle.

🎯Looking at a roll call of previous class entrants and winners, the Simmental Virtual Shows have been a first sighting of many animals that have subsequently featured at Simmental sales.

👀Please see here this year’s schedule and which again comprises of six classes and Overall Championships.

❤️We know you love this competition so if you’re thinking of competing for the first time or are a regular exhibitor, give those lenses a dust down and get snapping. Our only simple rule is that it’s a fun competition for amateur snappers, and with no professional photographs!

🇬🇧2026 BRITISH SIMMENTAL ‘VIRTUAL’ SHOW 🇬🇧

Class 1: Bull Calf born on or after 1st August 2025. Calf name and date of birth to be stated.
Entries Open: 26th June Entries Close: 2nd July

Class 2: Heifer Calf born on or after 1st August 2025. Calf name and date of birth to be stated.
Entries Open: 3rd July Entries Close: 9th July

Class 3: Bull born between 1st January 2024 to 31st July 2025. Bull name and date of birth to be stated.
Entries Open: 10th July Entries Close: 16th July

Class 4: Heifer born between 1st January 2024 to 31st July 2025. Calf name and date of birth to be stated.
Entries Open: 17th July Entries Close: 23rd July

Class 5: Bull born before 1st January 2024. Bull name and date of birth to be stated.
Entries Open: 24th July Entries Close: 30th July

Class 6: Cow any age, In milk. Udder must be seen in picture, no calf to be seen in picture. Cow name and date of birth to be stated.
Entries Open: 31st July Entries Close: 6th August

Special 1: Male Champion Announced w/c 10th August

Special 2: Female Champion Announced w/c 10th August

Special 3: Overall Champion Announced w/c 10th August

💪The Simmental ‘Virtual’ Show is a great opportunity to promote the quality and strength in depth within the pedigree Simmental herdbook.

😁📸Join in the fun and have a go in what is the UK’s largest online livestock show! As Team Simmental let’s ‘put on another show’ and highlight the best of British Simmental genetics across the UK and to all parts of the world!

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06/06/2026

🔥🏆SIMMENTAL HEIFER ‘ROXY’ WINS OVERALL INDIVIDUAL INTERBEED BEEF SUPREME AT 2026 ROYAL CORNWALL! 🔥🏆

🔸Wroxall Starlink (PP) wins Interbreed Junior Bull
🔹Kurlycoat Moneypenney wins Interbreed Exhibitor Bred

👊👏The Simmental breed was on fire at the 2026 Royal Cornwall Show with a hat-trick of Interbreed Championship wins at what was a weather foreshortened event held over June 4th & 5th at Wadebridge.

💥🏆Tearing it up again was the in-calf heifer Cade Kathleen’s Rockstar, aka ‘Roxy’, from the Rougemont pedigree herd of Mary Cormack, Leominster, Hereford, who lifted the Simmental Overall Supreme Championship before going on to lift the show’s blue riband award of Overall Individual Interbreed Beef Supreme Champion!

👌It’s been an amazing start to this heifer’s 2026 show year with this latest win following hot on the heels of her lifting the Simmental Overall Supreme, and Reserve Interbreed Continental Championships at the Devon County in May.

🙂Judging the Simmental Championships was David Sapsed of the noted Heathbrow herd at High Heath Farm, Hertfordshire, whilst judging the Interbreeds was Tom Bradley Farmer, Parkgate, Dumfries.

🏵️Cade Kathleen’s Rockstar was of course purchased by Mary Cormack for 15,000gns at the Next Generation V Sale at Carlisle in December last year, and from breeders Paul & Sharrie Cade, Buckden, Peterborough. January 2024 born, Roxy is by Sacombe Jameson 18, and is out of Brandane Kathleen.

💥🥇From what was a strong breed line up of Simmental entries, the March 2025 born Wroxall Starlink (PP) from Rob & Josh Evans, CH Evans & Son, Kington Grange Farm, Warwickshire, made it a second Simmental Interbreed win when lifting the Interbreed Junior Bull award. The homozygous polled Wroxall Starlink (PP) is by Rendham Noble 22 (P), and is out of Wroxall Joanna Superior (P), a Coose Gambler (P) daughter.

💥🏅Tapping in for the Simmental Interbreed hat-trick was the well-known January 2021 born Kurlycoat Moneypenney from Jake Gregory, Kerling Farm, Truro, and who lifted the Interbreed Championship for Exhibitor Bred. Sired by Kurlycoat Kingman 19, and out of Brandane Jessie-J, Moneypenney was shown with her heifer calf at foot, Kurlycoat Truly Scrumptious, an Auchorachan Hercules 16 (ET EX 92 daughter.

👉Back in 2023 Kurlycoat Moneypenney won the Simmental Supreme at the Royal Cornwall, whilst this year her son Kurlcoat Rocco made 10,000gns when selling at Stirling in February.

👀👏👏Look out for more Royal Cornwall posts and pictures but in the meantime it’s a massive well done to all of the Simmental exhibitors!👏👏

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05/06/2026

🔥⭐️BOSAHAN SIMMENTAL FEMALES SELL TO 7300GNS, AND 7000GNS AT EXETER!⭐️🔥

👏Playing a little catch up but it’s a huge well done to John, Bridget, & Daniel Olds who saw in-calf heifers sell to 7300gns, and 7000gns to lead their 20th Bosahan Herd Anniversary Sale at Exeter Livestock centre on Friday 29th May.👏

💥Topping the trade at 7300gns was the Vale Royal Hamish sired Bosahan Radiant Miss Natalie out of the show heifer Minnie Miss Natalie, and who was bought by Russell and Jessica Steer for their Rushlade herd in Devon.

✅At 7000gns was Bosahan Rosella Ingrid Venus a Kinclaven Infusion (P) daughter out of the golden cow Ingrid Venus EX93. Rosella was purchased by the Roberts’ family Darceys herd in Shropshire.

👌Steve White purchased Bosahan Rhiannon Libra Star at 5200gns for his Tirley herd in Cheshire. This February 2024 born heifer is by Knockreagh Immanuel 17 VG 88, and is out of the Infusion daughter, Bosahan Libra Jess Gal Star VG 88.

🌼The heterozygous polled Bosahan Rhapsody Clover (P) topped the maiden heifers at 4500gns. A daughter of Dirnanean Apostle (PP), Rhapsody (P) also joined the Darceys herd.

🐂Two of the three bulls sold. Bosahan Raleigh by Skerrington Armada and Bosahan Spitfire (P) the first son of Ranfurly Phoenix were away to commercial herds for 4500gns.

👀See the pictures of the top prices with this post.

👇AVERAGES:

5 in-calf heifers averaged £5775
10 maiden heifers averaged £3580
2 bulls averaged £4750

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04/06/2026

🔥⚡️GRANGEWOOD SIMMENTAL BULLS MAKE 7500GNS, AND 6200GNS AT AYR!⚡️🔥

⭐️Simmentals also top bullock and heifer sections in sale of 268 store cattle.

💥It’s a massive well done to the noted Grangewood herd of Andrew, Yvonne, and Callum Leedham, Boghead Farm, Tarbolton, who made 7500gns, and 6200gns when selling two Simmental bulls at a breeding sale this week at their local market, Craig Wilson Ltd, Ayr.

👊Leading the way at 7500gns was the January 2025 born Grangewood Scotty. Sired by the herd’s 16,000gns Overhill House Neil, Scotty is out of Grangewood Polly’s Kit Kat VG 87 and is the twin of Grangewood Sylvester 25 who was sold for 12,000gns earlier this month at the Society’s Carlisle Sale. Grangewood Scotty was sold to a commercial buyer.

👏Both Grangewood Scotty and Grangewood Sylvester were reared on their ‘super Simmental’ mother until they were ten months of age!

✅For the Leedhams, the first six sons at sale sired by Overhill House Neil 22 EX 92, averaged a terrific 16,000gns, and are now joined by this further bull at 7500gns.

👌The other Grangewood bull at 14 months of age and sold at 6200gns, was a son of the herd’s also noted Ranfurly Impeccable. This bull also went to a commercial buyer.

👇Please see here the pics and videos of these two Grangewood bulls.

‼️🎯Simmentals were again doing the business today June 4th at Ayr, and a sale of 268 store cattle, when they topped the prices per kilo in both the Bullock, and Heifer sections.

🎯Top Price of the day in the bullocks was 536.3p for a pen of Simmentals off Middleton. The same seller also topped the heifers with Simmentals at 508 p and 504p.

💥There’s more to Simmental!

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03/06/2026

⭐DENIZES SIMMENTAL HERD⭐️
🔴👉Continuing our series of Simmental profiles is the Denizes Herd of MA Barlow Son, Four Oaks, Ulnes, Nr Leyland, Lancashire.

🎯The herd advert features a welter of Denizes bred animals that have both won at Simmental shows, and sold for leading prices at Society Sales, through a twelve month period.

💥Featuring is the 15,000gns Denizes Eunice 5th, sold at the NXT GEN 2025 Simmental Sale.

✅The advert also features Denizes Trixiebelle 15 with her triplets winning Overall Interbreed Champion at The Great Yorkshire show 2025

☎️With stock and semen for sale, and visitors always welcome, please contact: Michael 07921 674041 or John 07850 602 679.

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02/06/2026

🏆Brandane Savannah steals the show at Suffolk Show 🏆

🚩Continuing a tremendous start to the show season, May 2025 born Brandane Savannah took the supreme interbreed title, following in the footsteps of her sisters Kirsty (supreme in 2024) and Millie (reserve supreme in 2022).

💥Judging the breed classes on the day was Finlay Soutter commenting on his Breed Champion he said “She is a well grown, flashy heifer that oozes breed character. A female with a very promising future ahead.”

💠This heifer is heading to NXTGEN sale this December, one for the calendar.

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