Charolais bulls sold to £5,355 at the annual sale of commercial bulls from Victor and David Chestnutt.
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Pedigree Charolais bulls sold to £5,355 (€6,375), with Angus bulls peaking at £4,095 (€4,875) at the commercial working bull sale from Co Antrim breeders Victor and David Chestnutt.
The sixth annual sale, held at Ballymena Mart, saw 15 bulls sold, with 10 Charolais animals averaging £3,628 (€4,319) and five Angus bulls averaging £3,780 (€4,500).
Repeat customers
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The majority of bulls sold to repeat customers, with animals moving to sire dairy and suckler herds, as well as pedigree cattle herds. All bulls sold were commercially reared and born during spring 2018.
Charolais bulls, sold under the Bushmills prefix, were sired by the herd’s easy-calving stock bull Ellerton Independent. Angus bulls sold under the Clougher prefix were sired by Liss Dano.
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Pedigree Charolais bulls sold to £5,355 (€6,375), with Angus bulls peaking at £4,095 (€4,875) at the commercial working bull sale from Co Antrim breeders Victor and David Chestnutt.
The sixth annual sale, held at Ballymena Mart, saw 15 bulls sold, with 10 Charolais animals averaging £3,628 (€4,319) and five Angus bulls averaging £3,780 (€4,500).
Repeat customers
The majority of bulls sold to repeat customers, with animals moving to sire dairy and suckler herds, as well as pedigree cattle herds. All bulls sold were commercially reared and born during spring 2018.
Charolais bulls, sold under the Bushmills prefix, were sired by the herd’s easy-calving stock bull Ellerton Independent. Angus bulls sold under the Clougher prefix were sired by Liss Dano.
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