The Salers breed enjoyed another successful Royal Highland Show on Thursday 18 June 2026, where a strong turnout from some of the breed’s leading herds competed before judge Colin Wight, Carwood. Colin brought extensive commercial cattle experience to the show ring. Farming alongside his wife Fiona and daughters, the family run a large upland enterprise […]
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Fresh from their Champion of Champions success at the 2025 Balmoral Show, P.J. Maginn & Sons returned to the top of the honours board once again by securing the 2026 overall Salers championship with the imported cow Perle. The January 2019-born French-bred female, sired by Jaguar and out of Jacinthe, continued the Lisnamaul herd’s remarkable
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The Salers section attracted strong entries at United Auctions, Stirling, on Sunday 15 February 2026, with judge Ben Bellew, stock manager at Gentons Pedigree Livestock, Banbury, Oxfordshire, presiding over a competitive line-up ahead of the sale on Monday 16th February 2026. Competition proved particularly fierce in the senior class for bulls born between 4 February
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When you travel to the other side of the world, a visit to a Salers herd is too good an opportunity to miss. That opportunity came through Ian McNaughton, who kindly led me to Karen Woolley. Conveniently based just outside Auckland, and with my route taking me from Gisborne in that direction a few days
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The sale of the commercial herd of Salers from Gill and Malcolm Pye’s Rednock Estate, staged at Stirling Agricultural Centre on Saturday 13 September, saw buyers compete keenly for the run of cows with Charolais-sired calves at foot, underlining the commercial strength of the Rednock cattle and the reputation they have built for quality and
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The dispersal of the Over Bow herd of pedigree Salers, held at United Auctions’ Stirling Agricultural Centre on Saturday 13th September, marked the conclusion of one of Scotland’s respected herds. A busy ringside led to spirited bidding from commercial producers and established pedigree breeders alike, ensuring a total female clearance and a strong trade throughout.
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The rolling showgrounds of Builth Wells once again provided the perfect backdrop for the Royal Welsh Show 2025, a calendar highlight for livestock enthusiasts and rural communities across the UK. For the Salers Cattle Society of the UK, the event marked another proud chapter in the breed’s growing story, as a small but determined group
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It was a momentous week for the Salers breed at Balmoral Show 2025, as Sidney, from P J Maginn & Sons, Co. Down, bred from Galante, sired by Intouchabl, was tapped out by judge Hannah Scott to lift the champion of champions title on Saturday 17 May 2025. A first for the Salers and the
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Average – £10,663 +£3435 on 2024 Salers records were smashed at Stirling Bull Sales this bank holiday weekend as the overall champion Rednock Top Gun from Gill & Malcolm Pye of Rednock Estate, Port of Monteith, set a new UK breed record of 20,000gns on Monday 5th May 2025. Top Gun brought out by stock
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Rum was Andrew Sleigh’s favourite tipple at the May-2023 Stirling Bull Sales in the form of Rednock Rum Poll from Rednock Estate who was awarded the overall championship title. Andrew who farms around 620 acres in Ellon – is a firm supporter of Salers cattle, running around 150 pure Salers and Salers cross Charolais cows
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