Kanturk Mart in Co Cork was the venue for Saturday's sale of Hereford females from the Gurteragh and Tullaha herds.
Consigned in the sale was cows with calves at foot, maiden heifers and in-calf heifers, many of which descending from some of the most consistent lines in the Hereford breed.
Breeders from all over Ireland acquired breeding females, with eight going for export to Northern Ireland.
Leading proceedings at €6,800 was the in-calf heifer, Gurteragh Daffodil PH, a February 2024-born daughter of the herd's successful stock bull, Mullaghdoopoll 1 Finnian.
Going back to one of the best lines in the herd, which includes Sherlock Violet, this star-studded heifer offered buyers a five-star replacement index of €147.
In-calf to Barwise 1 Ricochet PP, she will now join Gabriel Hoey's pedigree fold in Co Dublin.
Trading at €5,350 was the cow and calf outfit, Gurteragh Edel 961 with her eight-week-old bull calf at foot.
A daughter of Conmelvin Ollie out of a Balleen Bonus bred dam, this five-star replacement heifer goes back to the same line which produced the male champion at the National Calf Show in 2018, Gurteragh Aristocrat. Taking this outfit back to Co Kilkenny was pedigree breeder Tom Ryan.
In-calf heifer
It was back to the in-calf heifers for the next highest price of €4,650, paid for Gurteragh Maeve PP.
Sired by Mullaghdoopoll 1 Finnian, she is out of Dominarigle 1 Grace 945, a Panmure 1 Henry daughter who was reserve senior female champion at the society's National Calf Show in 2021.
Again carrying a five-star replacement index of €134, she also packed a carcase weight figure of +10.9kg and sold in-calf to Appel 1 Runo PP to Gabriel Hoey's Country Crest herd in Co Dublin.
The 2022-born cow Gurteragh Matilda 997 along with her three-week-old bull calf at foot commanded a price of €4,550, selling to a herd in Co Limerick.
Online activity
Sired by Gurteragh Oakley 652, Matilda's dam is a daughter of Gurteragh Justice ET going back to Sherlock Heather. Although sitting in the bottom 20% of the breed on replacement, she attracted significant ringside and online activity.
A total of 33 Gurteragh females found new homes, selling to an average of €3,700, with just three going home unsold.
Tullaha consignment
Six out of the seven breeding females on offer from Maura Cregan's Tullaha herd in Co Limerick traded to an average of €3,390.
Leading the charge here was Tullaha Johanna 498 HH at €4,600, a full-horned heifer sired by Coisceim King out of a Kaludah Jolly L267 bred cow. Born in June 2024, she sold to a herd in Co Kilkenny, due to calve down in July to Tullaha Isaac.
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