A total of 210 cattle travelled from the four corners of Ireland to take part in the Commercial Cattle Society’s 21st national winter fair at Clare Co-operative Livestock mart last month.
It was the first time the fair was held in Clare Co-operative Livestock Mart, following three successful years in Roscommon. Throughout the day, 34 hotly contested classes took place. From these, a number of breed and overall champions were chosen. They were as follows:
Champion Belgian Blue went to Jim and Betty Stanley, Co Laois, with their heifer sired by JVT.Champion Charolais went to Owen O’Neill, Co Carlow, with a baby beef heifer sired by Lanzac.Limousin champion went to Michael Martin, Co Westmeath, with his senior heifer sired by Foreman.Champion Irish Blonde went to Michael Creed, Co Cork, with his breeding heifer sired by Landais.Champion Simmental went to Andrew and Catherine McCarthy, Co Clare, with their heifer calf sired by Lismoy Echo.Champion Hereford went to Owen O’Neill, Co Carlow, with his young heifer sired by KSG.Champion Angus went to Oliver and Jason Stanley, Co Meath, with their heifer sired by GJB.Champion butchers’ heifer was won by first-time exhibitor Neil Blennerhassat, Co Kerry.Overall champion calf went to Cian McGloin, Co Leitrim, with his heifer calf sired by Empire.The breeding heifer class went to Brian Moroney, Co Clare, with his heifer sired by Swarland Eddie.The pairs class went to Dermot MicGinley, Co Donegal, with his pair of Belgian Blue calves.Following a busy Sunday, the society held a select sale on the Monday which included some of the worthy prize winners. In all, the sale achieved a 65% clearance with an average price of €1,550. This was led by a top call of €3,800 for Shane Giltinane reserve Limousin champion. This calf was sired by Elite Ice Cream was purchased Donegal brother and sister combination Clare McLaughlin & Jack O’ Brien.
Once the sale finished, committee members thanked all the exhibitors and buyers for supporting the event and wished them every success in the future.
Charolais hit £8,000 twice in Dungannon
The Northern Ireland Charolais Club held its annual autumn show and sale of bulls in Dugannon Farmers Mart, Co Tyrone, on Friday 3 November 2017, writes Adam Woods.
Some 46 males and 18 females were forward for sale. While fodder concerns were on the lips of many attending farmers, overall trade was fair, with a clearance rate of 54% and top-quality animals sold very well.
The top-priced bull came from the herd of Caldwell McAskie, Mountjoy, Omagh, Co Tyrone. This May 2016-born Mountjoy Morgan was +12 for calving ease, which put him in the top 5% of the Charolais breed. He is by Montgomery Lanto and out of a Gaer Positive dam. Having been placed first in his class in the pre-sale show, he was eventually knocked down at £8,000.
The supreme, male and senior champion Coolnaslee Martin was next in the trade stakes at 6,000gns. He was exhibited by herd manager Stuart Wilson on behalf of his owner and new custodian of the Coolnaslee herd Jonathan Crawford, Maghera, Co Derry. The 17-month-old Martin was snapped up by Seamus Conroy, Tassagh, Co Armagh, and his breeding includes the 10,000gns Carlisle intermediate champion Ratoary Icebreaker, and dam Coolnaslee Gina.
The champion female came from the herd of Bartley Finnegan, Moy, Dungannon, Co Tyrone. Battleford Lola is by Lochend Apache and out of a Thrunton Socrates cow, Blelack USP. She broke the sale centre female breed record when she was knocked down at £8,000. She was scanned in-calf to Blelack Immaculate and is due to calve on 1 May 2018.
Senior Vendéen ewe reaches €600
The 18th annual Vendéen in-lamb and ewe lamb sale was held in Roscommon Mart late last month. There were 22 in-lamb ewes and 14 ewe lambs on offer.
A top price of €600 was achieved for a senior ewe from Ciaran Coughlan’s Noggus Flock and purchased by Joey Walsh, Yellow Bog, Co Kildare.
Judge Declan Miley tapped out John Lynch’s shearling ewe Ballinascraw Prudence as overall champion, while the reserve went to Gilmores Valley View.
The reserve champion was later purchased by the aforementioned Joey Walsh for €400.
Securing the second-top price of the day was John Lynch for his second-prizewinning senior ewe who sold to Cyril Anderson’s Springfield flock for €570. Top-price ewe lamb went to Ena Nagle for Landmark Rose Ally, who was purchased by Vincent McGrath, Co Mayo, for €360. The society will be hosting its AGM in the Tullamore Bridge House Hotel on Saturday 25 November at 4pm; all welcome.
A total of 210 cattle travelled from the four corners of Ireland to take part in the Commercial Cattle Society’s 21st national winter fair at Clare Co-operative Livestock mart last month.
It was the first time the fair was held in Clare Co-operative Livestock Mart, following three successful years in Roscommon. Throughout the day, 34 hotly contested classes took place. From these, a number of breed and overall champions were chosen. They were as follows:
Champion Belgian Blue went to Jim and Betty Stanley, Co Laois, with their heifer sired by JVT.Champion Charolais went to Owen O’Neill, Co Carlow, with a baby beef heifer sired by Lanzac.Limousin champion went to Michael Martin, Co Westmeath, with his senior heifer sired by Foreman.Champion Irish Blonde went to Michael Creed, Co Cork, with his breeding heifer sired by Landais.Champion Simmental went to Andrew and Catherine McCarthy, Co Clare, with their heifer calf sired by Lismoy Echo.Champion Hereford went to Owen O’Neill, Co Carlow, with his young heifer sired by KSG.Champion Angus went to Oliver and Jason Stanley, Co Meath, with their heifer sired by GJB.Champion butchers’ heifer was won by first-time exhibitor Neil Blennerhassat, Co Kerry.Overall champion calf went to Cian McGloin, Co Leitrim, with his heifer calf sired by Empire.The breeding heifer class went to Brian Moroney, Co Clare, with his heifer sired by Swarland Eddie.The pairs class went to Dermot MicGinley, Co Donegal, with his pair of Belgian Blue calves.Following a busy Sunday, the society held a select sale on the Monday which included some of the worthy prize winners. In all, the sale achieved a 65% clearance with an average price of €1,550. This was led by a top call of €3,800 for Shane Giltinane reserve Limousin champion. This calf was sired by Elite Ice Cream was purchased Donegal brother and sister combination Clare McLaughlin & Jack O’ Brien.
Once the sale finished, committee members thanked all the exhibitors and buyers for supporting the event and wished them every success in the future.
Charolais hit £8,000 twice in Dungannon
The Northern Ireland Charolais Club held its annual autumn show and sale of bulls in Dugannon Farmers Mart, Co Tyrone, on Friday 3 November 2017, writes Adam Woods.
Some 46 males and 18 females were forward for sale. While fodder concerns were on the lips of many attending farmers, overall trade was fair, with a clearance rate of 54% and top-quality animals sold very well.
The top-priced bull came from the herd of Caldwell McAskie, Mountjoy, Omagh, Co Tyrone. This May 2016-born Mountjoy Morgan was +12 for calving ease, which put him in the top 5% of the Charolais breed. He is by Montgomery Lanto and out of a Gaer Positive dam. Having been placed first in his class in the pre-sale show, he was eventually knocked down at £8,000.
The supreme, male and senior champion Coolnaslee Martin was next in the trade stakes at 6,000gns. He was exhibited by herd manager Stuart Wilson on behalf of his owner and new custodian of the Coolnaslee herd Jonathan Crawford, Maghera, Co Derry. The 17-month-old Martin was snapped up by Seamus Conroy, Tassagh, Co Armagh, and his breeding includes the 10,000gns Carlisle intermediate champion Ratoary Icebreaker, and dam Coolnaslee Gina.
The champion female came from the herd of Bartley Finnegan, Moy, Dungannon, Co Tyrone. Battleford Lola is by Lochend Apache and out of a Thrunton Socrates cow, Blelack USP. She broke the sale centre female breed record when she was knocked down at £8,000. She was scanned in-calf to Blelack Immaculate and is due to calve on 1 May 2018.
Senior Vendéen ewe reaches €600
The 18th annual Vendéen in-lamb and ewe lamb sale was held in Roscommon Mart late last month. There were 22 in-lamb ewes and 14 ewe lambs on offer.
A top price of €600 was achieved for a senior ewe from Ciaran Coughlan’s Noggus Flock and purchased by Joey Walsh, Yellow Bog, Co Kildare.
Judge Declan Miley tapped out John Lynch’s shearling ewe Ballinascraw Prudence as overall champion, while the reserve went to Gilmores Valley View.
The reserve champion was later purchased by the aforementioned Joey Walsh for €400.
Securing the second-top price of the day was John Lynch for his second-prizewinning senior ewe who sold to Cyril Anderson’s Springfield flock for €570. Top-price ewe lamb went to Ena Nagle for Landmark Rose Ally, who was purchased by Vincent McGrath, Co Mayo, for €360. The society will be hosting its AGM in the Tullamore Bridge House Hotel on Saturday 25 November at 4pm; all welcome.
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