The Irish Charolais Cattle Scoiety held its first sale of the year last Saturday 11 February in GVM Mart, Tullamore.
Clearance rate was 69%, with bulls selling to an average of €3,659, up from €3,100 in the corresponding sale last year. Breed secretary Nevan McKiernan said: “Commercial buyers were looking for bulls with good terminal indexes and also seemed to be paying attention to ease of calving when making their purchases.”
Top price of the day went to new breeders John and Brenda Murphy for their CF52 son Garryphelim Lar out of Texan Gie cow. He had a high terminal index of €164 and was knocked down to Edmund Burns, Hillview, Latton, Co Tipperary.
The Murphys sold their second bull for €5,500. Garyphelim Leader, another CF52 son, had an index of €151 and was purchased by Michael O’Sullivan, Filemore, Cahirciveen, Co Kerry.
Supreme champion
Judge Paddy Farrelly from the Dromiskin herd in Co Louth tapped out Alan Wood’s Crossmolina Marcus as overall champion. He came all the way from Crossmolina, Co Mayo. Marcus is a son of the UK sire Alwent Goldbar ET and out of Crosssmolina Grainne, a daughter of the renowned french sire, Major.
Just 13 months old, he sold with a five-star terminal index of €137 and a five-star replacement index of €74. He was knocked down at €4,800 to Mayo man Martin Gilroy from Ballina.
Paul Fahey, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, showing the Supreme Champion at the Charolais bull show and sale in Tullamore for Alan Wood, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo.
Picking up the reserve championship was Co Leitrim breeder Michael Kiernan with his Cloverfield Excellent son Gallaway Lanzac. Born in October 2015, Lanzac carried a five-star terminal index of €130 and dropped to James Nagle from Ennistymon, Co Clare.
Michael also sold Gallaway Lake Side ET for €4,000 to Pat Lawlor, Naas, Co Kildare. Lake Side displayed a perfect set of indices on paper, with a pedigree to match, which included Major and Meillard.
Next best at €5,100 was the Liscally Eti son Bostonia Littlejon ET, exhibited by the Feeney brothers from Enniscrone, Co Sligo. This September 2015-born son of the UK-bred cow Maerdy Vena stood top of the line in his class in the pre-sale show.
High index
One of the highest-index bulls in the sale, Littlejon, sold with a five-star terminal index of €137, a five-star replacement index of €73 and a calving figure of 7.4%.
He was snapped up by Peter Fahy, Tuam, Co Galway. Also hitting the €5,000 mark was Sliabhbloom Lucky Lad, exhibited by Daniel Weston from Portlaoise, Co Laois. Lucky Lad came first in his class in the pre-sale show. Sired by the noted Pirate, he carried a five-star terminal index of €153, a five-star replacement index of €69 and a calving figure of 7.6%.
Other top prices included:
€5,000 for Roughan Lenard by Roughan Dix de Coe from Pat McClean, Donegal.€4,800 for Roughan Leno by Roughan Enzo from Pat McClean, Donegal.€4,700 for Tullaghan Lawrence by Excellent from Michael Daniel Daly, Leitrim.€4,600 for Tullyvillage Luke by Malicieux from Willie Flynn, Galway. Read more
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The Irish Charolais Cattle Scoiety held its first sale of the year last Saturday 11 February in GVM Mart, Tullamore.
Clearance rate was 69%, with bulls selling to an average of €3,659, up from €3,100 in the corresponding sale last year. Breed secretary Nevan McKiernan said: “Commercial buyers were looking for bulls with good terminal indexes and also seemed to be paying attention to ease of calving when making their purchases.”
Top price of the day went to new breeders John and Brenda Murphy for their CF52 son Garryphelim Lar out of Texan Gie cow. He had a high terminal index of €164 and was knocked down to Edmund Burns, Hillview, Latton, Co Tipperary.
The Murphys sold their second bull for €5,500. Garyphelim Leader, another CF52 son, had an index of €151 and was purchased by Michael O’Sullivan, Filemore, Cahirciveen, Co Kerry.
Supreme champion
Judge Paddy Farrelly from the Dromiskin herd in Co Louth tapped out Alan Wood’s Crossmolina Marcus as overall champion. He came all the way from Crossmolina, Co Mayo. Marcus is a son of the UK sire Alwent Goldbar ET and out of Crosssmolina Grainne, a daughter of the renowned french sire, Major.
Just 13 months old, he sold with a five-star terminal index of €137 and a five-star replacement index of €74. He was knocked down at €4,800 to Mayo man Martin Gilroy from Ballina.
Paul Fahey, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, showing the Supreme Champion at the Charolais bull show and sale in Tullamore for Alan Wood, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo.
Picking up the reserve championship was Co Leitrim breeder Michael Kiernan with his Cloverfield Excellent son Gallaway Lanzac. Born in October 2015, Lanzac carried a five-star terminal index of €130 and dropped to James Nagle from Ennistymon, Co Clare.
Michael also sold Gallaway Lake Side ET for €4,000 to Pat Lawlor, Naas, Co Kildare. Lake Side displayed a perfect set of indices on paper, with a pedigree to match, which included Major and Meillard.
Next best at €5,100 was the Liscally Eti son Bostonia Littlejon ET, exhibited by the Feeney brothers from Enniscrone, Co Sligo. This September 2015-born son of the UK-bred cow Maerdy Vena stood top of the line in his class in the pre-sale show.
High index
One of the highest-index bulls in the sale, Littlejon, sold with a five-star terminal index of €137, a five-star replacement index of €73 and a calving figure of 7.4%.
He was snapped up by Peter Fahy, Tuam, Co Galway. Also hitting the €5,000 mark was Sliabhbloom Lucky Lad, exhibited by Daniel Weston from Portlaoise, Co Laois. Lucky Lad came first in his class in the pre-sale show. Sired by the noted Pirate, he carried a five-star terminal index of €153, a five-star replacement index of €69 and a calving figure of 7.6%.
Other top prices included:
€5,000 for Roughan Lenard by Roughan Dix de Coe from Pat McClean, Donegal.€4,800 for Roughan Leno by Roughan Enzo from Pat McClean, Donegal.€4,700 for Tullaghan Lawrence by Excellent from Michael Daniel Daly, Leitrim.€4,600 for Tullyvillage Luke by Malicieux from Willie Flynn, Galway. Read more
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Dungannon Limousin sale achieves full clearance
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