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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Pedigree Beef Day, Borderway Mart, 09/05/2026 The Salers section at Borderway Mart, Carlisle, saw steady trade, with the day’s leading price of 6,500gns paid for the junior and reserve overall champion, Preenbank Vauban, from Bryn and Fred Robinson, Shropshire. Judging was in the hands of Rob Livesey, from the Cleuchhead herd, Melrose, who selected P.M.
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The May fixture of the Galbraith Stirling Bull Sales, conducted by United Auctions, delivered a sale that will be remembered not only for its buoyant trade but for the story behind its leading honours. In a notable outcome, the 16,000gns mark was reached twice, first by the overall champion and then matched by the reserve
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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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Salers prove the ideal suckler cow Salers are proving the ideal easy care suckler cow for Devon-based father and son team Richard and Max Parr. Farming 1200 acres and a total of 1300 head of beef, as well as running an agricultural contracting business, the Parr family need a hassle free suckler herd. Their farm
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The Salers Cattle Society of the UK staged its Autumn Show and Sale at Welshpool Livestock Market on Thursday, 6th November 2025, where a quality entry of cattle was forward for judge Ian Bell of Hallbankgate, North Pennines. Tasked with judging the pre-sale show was Ian Bell, Hallbankgate, who runs an extensive 7,000-acre hill enterprise
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The Salers Cattle Society Premier Show and Sale, Wallets Marts, Castle Douglas, 31 October–1 November 2025 Castle Douglas provided a fitting celebration of the Salers Cattle Society’s 40th anniversary, as breeders and buyers gathered from across the UK for two days of exceptional cattle and electric trade. Wallets Marts offered the perfect backdrop for thirteen
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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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