Carnew mart in Co Wicklow is gearing up for a busy sales day on Wednesday with a clearance sale of Colin Tyner’s top-quality 100-cow suckler herd taking place at 2pm and followed at 4pm by the marts weekly weanling sale.
The clearance sale includes 90 mainly Limousin and Parthenaise-cross cows and 10 Aberdeen Angus cross in-calf heifers.
The herd was established over 30 years ago and comprises a high percentage of four- and five-star cows on the replacement index.
Limousin
The foundation of the herd is Limousin-cross cows sourced from the same dairy herd with Angus cross heifers sourced in recent years.
The Parthenaise-cross cows in the herd have been bred from the Limousin-cross cows while there are also a small number of Hereford-cross cows.
The age profile ranges from in-calf heifers to proven performers aged up to 10 years of age. The herd has a calving interval of 362 days and Colin explains that he has always maintained a ruthless culling policy with any cow not going in-calf or presenting problems culled.
The Limousin cross cow on the left has a high replacement index value of €192. She was born in 2011 and has delivered six calves, many of which have grossed over €1,800. She is due to calve again 17 February. The black Parthenaise cross cow on right has a replacement index of €73 and is due to calve on 10 February 2019.
The Limousin-cross cow on the left was born in 2011, has delivered six calves and is due to calve again on 26 March 2019. She has a replacement index of €164. The cow on right is described in a better picture.
Stock bull
The majority of cows are calving in February and March to a top-quality Belgian Blue stock bull while heifers are calving to a Hereford stock bull.
The Belgian Blue stock bull has super terminal figures. He has a terminal index €uro-Star value of €229. This is driven by a massive carcase weight figure of 62kg and a conformation score of 3.45.
This Parthenaise-cross second-calver with a replacement index of €88 is due to calve on 17 February 2019.
This Hereford-cross cow born March 2015 has reared two calves, has a replacement index of €82 and is due to calve again on 11 March 2019.
Calving difficulty score
For these figures the bull is relatively good on his calving difficulty score with a predicted calving difficulty of 9.3%.
The bull is throwing good-quality blacker-type calves as reflected in the photos. The herd has practiced a suckler-to-beef system with bulls finished mainly in an under-16 month finishing system while heifers are finished at 20 to 22 months of age.
Colin says the cows have consistently produced E and U grade with Herdplus data shows bulls consistently achieving carcase weights of 400kg upwards.
Scroll through the carousel to see a selection of cows on offer while further information can be found about the sale on Carnew Mart’s Martbids adverts page.
MartbidsMartbids is a new App brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal and livestock marts and can be downloaded for free on Google Play and the App store.
It allows users to access a range of details on animals including breed, age, movement, QA and ICBF status etc before they enter the sales ring and also allows monitoring of prices while present in the mart.
This Parthenaise-cross second-calver has a replacement index of €93 and is due to calve on 11 March 2019.
This Hereford cross cow born in 2013 has a replacement index of €54, reared three calves and is due to calve again on 24 February 2019.
This Parthenaise-cross fifth calver born in 2012 has a replacement index of €75 and is due to calve again on 26 March.
This fifth-calf Parthenaise-cross cow has a replacement index of €84 and is due to calve again on 18 March.
The black Parthenaise-cross sixth-calf cow on left has a replacement index of €114 and is due to calve on 24 February 2019.
This Limousin-cross cow with a replacement index of €183 has reared four calves and is due to calve on 24 February 2019.
This homebred Parthenaise-cross cow was born in 2009, has had eight calves and is due to calve again on 10 February 2019. She is a proven performer and has a replacement index of €69 or three star.
An example of some of this year's bull calves.
The Belgian Blue stock bull which will also be offered for sale was born in 2012 and has a terminal index of €229. This is driven by a carcase weight evaluation of 62kg, a carcass conformation score of 3.45 and a calving difficulty figure of 9.3% with 75% reliability.
This Aberdeen Angus-cross first-calver with a replacement index of €157 was born in 2016 and is due to calve again on 24 February 2019.
Carnew mart in Co Wicklow is gearing up for a busy sales day on Wednesday with a clearance sale of Colin Tyner’s top-quality 100-cow suckler herd taking place at 2pm and followed at 4pm by the marts weekly weanling sale.
The clearance sale includes 90 mainly Limousin and Parthenaise-cross cows and 10 Aberdeen Angus cross in-calf heifers.
The herd was established over 30 years ago and comprises a high percentage of four- and five-star cows on the replacement index.
Limousin
The foundation of the herd is Limousin-cross cows sourced from the same dairy herd with Angus cross heifers sourced in recent years.
The Parthenaise-cross cows in the herd have been bred from the Limousin-cross cows while there are also a small number of Hereford-cross cows.
The age profile ranges from in-calf heifers to proven performers aged up to 10 years of age. The herd has a calving interval of 362 days and Colin explains that he has always maintained a ruthless culling policy with any cow not going in-calf or presenting problems culled.
The Limousin cross cow on the left has a high replacement index value of €192. She was born in 2011 and has delivered six calves, many of which have grossed over €1,800. She is due to calve again 17 February. The black Parthenaise cross cow on right has a replacement index of €73 and is due to calve on 10 February 2019.
The Limousin-cross cow on the left was born in 2011, has delivered six calves and is due to calve again on 26 March 2019. She has a replacement index of €164. The cow on right is described in a better picture.
Stock bull
The majority of cows are calving in February and March to a top-quality Belgian Blue stock bull while heifers are calving to a Hereford stock bull.
The Belgian Blue stock bull has super terminal figures. He has a terminal index €uro-Star value of €229. This is driven by a massive carcase weight figure of 62kg and a conformation score of 3.45.
This Parthenaise-cross second-calver with a replacement index of €88 is due to calve on 17 February 2019.
This Hereford-cross cow born March 2015 has reared two calves, has a replacement index of €82 and is due to calve again on 11 March 2019.
Calving difficulty score
For these figures the bull is relatively good on his calving difficulty score with a predicted calving difficulty of 9.3%.
The bull is throwing good-quality blacker-type calves as reflected in the photos. The herd has practiced a suckler-to-beef system with bulls finished mainly in an under-16 month finishing system while heifers are finished at 20 to 22 months of age.
Colin says the cows have consistently produced E and U grade with Herdplus data shows bulls consistently achieving carcase weights of 400kg upwards.
Scroll through the carousel to see a selection of cows on offer while further information can be found about the sale on Carnew Mart’s Martbids adverts page.
MartbidsMartbids is a new App brought to you by the Irish Farmers Journal and livestock marts and can be downloaded for free on Google Play and the App store.
It allows users to access a range of details on animals including breed, age, movement, QA and ICBF status etc before they enter the sales ring and also allows monitoring of prices while present in the mart.
This Parthenaise-cross second-calver has a replacement index of €93 and is due to calve on 11 March 2019.
This Hereford cross cow born in 2013 has a replacement index of €54, reared three calves and is due to calve again on 24 February 2019.
This Parthenaise-cross fifth calver born in 2012 has a replacement index of €75 and is due to calve again on 26 March.
This fifth-calf Parthenaise-cross cow has a replacement index of €84 and is due to calve again on 18 March.
The black Parthenaise-cross sixth-calf cow on left has a replacement index of €114 and is due to calve on 24 February 2019.
This Limousin-cross cow with a replacement index of €183 has reared four calves and is due to calve on 24 February 2019.
This homebred Parthenaise-cross cow was born in 2009, has had eight calves and is due to calve again on 10 February 2019. She is a proven performer and has a replacement index of €69 or three star.
An example of some of this year's bull calves.
The Belgian Blue stock bull which will also be offered for sale was born in 2012 and has a terminal index of €229. This is driven by a carcase weight evaluation of 62kg, a carcass conformation score of 3.45 and a calving difficulty figure of 9.3% with 75% reliability.
This Aberdeen Angus-cross first-calver with a replacement index of €157 was born in 2016 and is due to calve again on 24 February 2019.
This is a subscriber-only article
SHARING OPTIONS: