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STIRLING BULL SALES: Simmentals top trade at 28,000gns

Buyers and sellers returned to the sale ring for a jam-packed day as all breeds went under the hammer on one day of the October Stirling bull sales event

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
clock • 4 min read
Sale leader Kilbride 51AVÊÓÆµPrince 23, from Norman Robson, Ballyclare.
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Sale leader Kilbride 51AVÊÓÆµPrince 23, from Norman Robson, Ballyclare.

Simmentals led the bidding at the October bull sales event at Stirling, with 49 bulls sold to an average of £7,434, down £160 on the year with a clearance rate of 53%. The newly elected president of...

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