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These 144 bulls were made up of six different breeds, catering for both dairy and beef. Topping the sale, with a price tag of €4,300, was Limousin bull Galbally Louis 1135. This January 2016 bull was exhibited by Trevor Masterson from Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. Sired by homebred Galbally Indian and out of a Wilodge Cerberus-bred dam, Louis carried five stars on both the terminal and replacement indexes, along with a calving figure of 4.1%. The successful bidder was Edward Butler.
A price tag of €4,000 was also achieved in the Limousin ring for Ballyquirke Kentucky Et. This embryo-bred son of Sympa, out of a Grahams Samson-bred dam, was exhibited by Kilkenny native Oliver J Byrne.
Championship on the day, under judge Michael Fox, went to Beehmount Kevin from Geraldine Collins.
Sired by Dinmore Goldcrest and out of homebred Beechmount Hedie, the champion sold in the ring for €2,300. The reserve champion Farmleigh Kiana, from Thomas Swaine, realised a price of €3,500. Sired by Newtown Hugo, Kiana carried five stars on both the terminal and replacement indexes, and found a new home with John Phelan.
The Limousin breed saw 27 bulls sold on the day, to average €2,718, with a 96% clearance.
Angus
The Angus breed secured the second top price of the sale, when John McEnroe’s Liss Minter S590 sold for €4,200. Sired by homebred stock bull Liss Marty M417, Minter comes from the noted Miylo family line.
Eamon McKiernan was awarded the reserve Angus championship for Knockmountagh Nelson. This March-2016 animal sees Mogeely Joe and Rawburn Lord Rocket in his back-breeding. Carrying five stars on both the terminal and replacement indexes, he sold for €4,000.
Judge Michael Smith awarded the overall championship to Gerry and Helen Reynolds’ September 2015 Bunlahy Mino. He was sired by stock bull Lisduff Duke, with Mogeely Joe and Netherton Fabulous Cruz also in the lineage. Mino, however, failed to meet his reserve on the day.
Twice as many Angus bulls sold on the day in comparison with any other breed, with 54 of the 56 in the ring finding new homes. They sold to an impressive average of €2,905.
Hereford
Top of the Herefords was the day’s pre-sale champion Listrolin Lord, from Seamus Rohan.
This September 2015-born son of Key Rodge attracted a lot of attention pre-sale, and this was followed by a flurry of bids in the ring to reach a final price of €4,000. Carrying five stars on the terminal index, along with four stars on the replacement, he sold to Peter O’Dwyer.
Taking the reserve championship on the day was Bawngarriff Sonic from Christy Finn, Ballycallan, Co Killkenny. This July 2015-born bull is sired by homebred Bawngarriff Franco, and out of a Cill Cormaic Omorga-bred cow. He found a new home with Vincent Walsh at €3,800.
Hereford bulls witnessed an 82% clearance, to average the highest of all breeds at €3,000.
Friesian
Friesian trade peaked at €3,500 for the day’s overall champion Goldenfield Remedy.
Bred and exhibited by John Murphy and family from Kilmanagh, Co Kilkenny, Remedy was the youngest Friesian forward and held off stiff competition to be awarded the overall championship. Sired by Mr Numero Uno St Louis, he is out of Goldenfield Gold Raven, an EX91 classified cow after three evaluations. Gold Raven also produced just shy of 12,000kg in her third lactation and has previously bred three bulls standing in AI. The successful bidder was John Hanley.
Reserve honours on the day went to John O’Callahan’s Mountfarna Dawn Ryder.
Sired by Relough Dangler Et, Ryder is out of VG87 classified cow Mountfarna Twist Dawn. This is the last of John’s bulls for the year, after enjoying a highly successful season, topping a number of sales throughout the country.
Friesian bulls saw a 70% clearance to average €2,430.
None of the three Charolais bulls put forward on the day sold, while Simmental bulls were also met with though trade – with just four selling to average €2,313.
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