Hereford bulls hit €5,000 three times on Thursday 14 May at the Irish Hereford Breed Society's final spring sale of 2026 in Central Auctions, Nenagh. The overall demand will leave Hereford breeders optimistic for the year ahead, as the average sale price rose slightly from last years exceptional sale to €3,988 for the 17 bulls sold, resulting in a 78% clearance.
It proved a worthwhile journey south for Cavan breeder Philip Lynch who clinched the overall championship and joint highest price of €5,000 for his August 2024-born bull, Carrick Sam 2 HH. Remarkably, this lovely marked horned bull ranks in the bottom 20% of the breed for terminal, replacement and dairy-beef, leaving him ineligible for any schemes. A son of Dovea's Corlismore Cormac 076 and a homebred dam by Corlismore Trumpeter, he was purchased by Clohanan Farms.
Polled bull
Shortly before Sam hit the high note, another Cavan man, William Spotten, realised €5,000 for his June 2024-born bull Evelagh Mufasa PP. Unlike the champion, he had stars to burn, sitting in the top 20% of the breed for replacement, terminal and dairy-beef. A son of Ballymartle 1 Big Joe out of a Solpoll 1 Lawman bred cow, this full polled bull was acquired by local dairy farmer, Dan Ryan.
Evelagh Mufasa PP shown by William Spotten sold for €5,000.
Also trading at €5,000 was Rathnollag Dazler HH, a full horned bull bred by Mary and Sinead Conry in Co Roscommon. Homebred on both sides of his pedigree, this Rathnollag Spotlight son has five-star terminal and dairy-beef indexes as well as below breed average calving figures. He sold to Kathleen Nelligan in Co Kerry.
Up next at €4,600 was another Roscommon-bred bull, this time from Elphin breeder, Padraig McGrath. Doing the business for Padraig was his 15-month-old bull, Kye Buddy 081 HH, a son of the herds senior stock bull, Balleen Flyer. Offering a five-star DBI of €105 and below breed average calving figures, he was knocked down to Starview Dairy Farm in Co Limerick.
Hereford bulls hit €5,000 three times on Thursday 14 May at the Irish Hereford Breed Society's final spring sale of 2026 in Central Auctions, Nenagh. The overall demand will leave Hereford breeders optimistic for the year ahead, as the average sale price rose slightly from last years exceptional sale to €3,988 for the 17 bulls sold, resulting in a 78% clearance.
It proved a worthwhile journey south for Cavan breeder Philip Lynch who clinched the overall championship and joint highest price of €5,000 for his August 2024-born bull, Carrick Sam 2 HH. Remarkably, this lovely marked horned bull ranks in the bottom 20% of the breed for terminal, replacement and dairy-beef, leaving him ineligible for any schemes. A son of Dovea's Corlismore Cormac 076 and a homebred dam by Corlismore Trumpeter, he was purchased by Clohanan Farms.
Polled bull
Shortly before Sam hit the high note, another Cavan man, William Spotten, realised €5,000 for his June 2024-born bull Evelagh Mufasa PP. Unlike the champion, he had stars to burn, sitting in the top 20% of the breed for replacement, terminal and dairy-beef. A son of Ballymartle 1 Big Joe out of a Solpoll 1 Lawman bred cow, this full polled bull was acquired by local dairy farmer, Dan Ryan.
Evelagh Mufasa PP shown by William Spotten sold for €5,000.
Also trading at €5,000 was Rathnollag Dazler HH, a full horned bull bred by Mary and Sinead Conry in Co Roscommon. Homebred on both sides of his pedigree, this Rathnollag Spotlight son has five-star terminal and dairy-beef indexes as well as below breed average calving figures. He sold to Kathleen Nelligan in Co Kerry.
Up next at €4,600 was another Roscommon-bred bull, this time from Elphin breeder, Padraig McGrath. Doing the business for Padraig was his 15-month-old bull, Kye Buddy 081 HH, a son of the herds senior stock bull, Balleen Flyer. Offering a five-star DBI of €105 and below breed average calving figures, he was knocked down to Starview Dairy Farm in Co Limerick.
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