- Location
- Black Isle
Anyone going? Picking bulls is not going to be easy with no show 
Stirling Bull sales
- Thread starter Andrew1983
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Thought all the professionals went on EBvs now ?
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Can’t you pick your own ?Anyone going? Picking bulls is not going to be easy with no show
- Location
- Black Isle
Need to see them to pick them. Can’t see them walking in their pens. At least in the show you can see the bull you like against his peers and see if he is big enough for his age. You can see how he behaves to give an indication of temperament.
I watch the show and pick a list of bulls that I’d be happy to take home, then spend the sale trying to buy at my budget.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I used to go through that now I buy privately off farm .
top char
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Aye the picking is easy compared to the buying sometimes! If you want videos of any of mine walking let me know, i know myself photos can be dis even!
- Location
- Black Isle
Aye that wouldn’t do any harm if you have them, cheers
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
I’ve just been watching the parade of limmy bulls at Carlisle. Streamed live on Facebook. It gave a reasonable view of the bulls
Greythundercloudys
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The aa didn't seem dear to me are they going out of fashion again or just middling bulls.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I stopped buying Aa bulls their years ago poor show of bull s has been for a long time .
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
Maybe everyone has spent too much money on sheep in the last few weeks!
Greythundercloudys
Member
Keeping there money for lanark bf tup sales and the big Dalmally sale at Stirling next Saturday.
exmoorromney
Member
They still averaged over £5000. Not a catastrophe.
It was a very disappointing sale - at least for those selling.
There were some very good bulls to be had for under £4000, many with Ampertaine sires. I suppose not a lot of folk will be looking for bulls just now, so maybe the time to buy a bull is 8 months before you need him.
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
I only saw about the last half hour of the sale, but I agree, didn’t have much go about it. My picks, lot 6, which would of been within budget made 7500gns and my day dream lotto win bull made 24000gns
Greythundercloudys
Member
There and at Stirling today looked hard going, the bf tups will wipe the floor with them for prices this week.
puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
Nobody would know how old they are tho, that is one of the problems.
puntabrava
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- Location
- Wiltshire
A proportion of those pedigree bull breeders are more bent than the Naples mafia.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Correct ! And they ruin bull sales because the ordinary commercial man just says stiff it and goes n buys his bull privately .