Arthur and Alise Callaghan with their Champion Junior beef heifer which made the top price on the night of £19,000. \ RUAS
The 2025 Supreme Champion of the Royal Ulster Premier Beef & Lamb Championships. Awarded to the McKenna Family Clogher, Co. Tyrone for their Charolais heifer SADIE and later selling for £17,500. Pictured L-R: Declan McKenna, Fearghal McKenna, Judge Stewart Dunlop and Iris Beattie from Bank of Ireland. \ RUAS Beef & Lamb
The Royal Ulster Premier Beef & Lamb Championships at the Eikon Exhibition Centre, Lisburn on Tuesday saw the junior female Limousin calf champion realise the highest price of £19,000 at the sale.
Exhibited by Arthur and Alise Callaghan from Kilkeel, the heifer is sired by Ballinaloan Jaegarbomb and out of a pedigree Belgian Blue dam.
The Supreme Championship and Allam’s Cup was claimed by a Charolais heifer, ‘Sadie,’ exhibited by the McKenna family from Clogher.
ADVERTISEMENT
The December 2024-born home-bred heifer, which weighed 590kg, later sold for £17,500.
Lambs
The sheep section saw huge numbers of entries across 17 classes.
The best butcher pair was awarded to Christopher McCrea from Strabane for his commercial lambs, which later went on to sell for £800 per head.
Register for free to read this story and our free stories.
This content is available to digital subscribers and loyalty code users only. Sign in to your account, use the code or subscribe to get unlimited access.
The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week.
CODE ACCEPTED
You have full access to the site until next Wednesday at 9pm.
CODE NOT VALID
Please try again or contact support.
The Royal Ulster Premier Beef & Lamb Championships at the Eikon Exhibition Centre, Lisburn on Tuesday saw the junior female Limousin calf champion realise the highest price of £19,000 at the sale.
Exhibited by Arthur and Alise Callaghan from Kilkeel, the heifer is sired by Ballinaloan Jaegarbomb and out of a pedigree Belgian Blue dam.
The Supreme Championship and Allam’s Cup was claimed by a Charolais heifer, ‘Sadie,’ exhibited by the McKenna family from Clogher.
The December 2024-born home-bred heifer, which weighed 590kg, later sold for £17,500.
Lambs
The sheep section saw huge numbers of entries across 17 classes.
The best butcher pair was awarded to Christopher McCrea from Strabane for his commercial lambs, which later went on to sell for £800 per head.
If you would like to speak to a member of our team, please call us on 01-4199525.
Link sent to your email address
We have sent an email to your address. Please click on the link in this email to reset your password. If you can't find it in your inbox, please check your spam folder. If you can't find the email, please call us on 01-4199525.
ENTER YOUR LOYALTY CODE:
The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when you enter it until the following Wednesday at 9pm. Find your unique code on the back page of Irish Country Living every week.
SHARING OPTIONS