Bulls

Super demand for Hereford bulls in Nenagh

Seven Hereford bulls sold for €5,000 or more at the Irish Hereford Breed Society's show and sale in Central Auctions, Nenagh, on Thursday, Nevan McKiernan reports.

PEDIGREE 18 April 2026

Super demand for Hereford bulls in Nenagh

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Mixed trade for bulls at Kilkenny April sale

Mixed trade for bulls at Kilkenny April sale

PEDIGREE 17 April 2026

Beef quotes steady as factories canvass for stock

Beef quotes steady as factories canvass for stock

MARKETS 15 April 2026

Gigginstown Angus on the verge of annual sale

Gigginstown Angus on the verge of annual sale

Gigginstown Angus on the verge of annual sale

PEDIGREE 15 April 2026

Leitrim bull crowned champion and takes top price in Gort

Leitrim bull crowned champion and takes top price in Gort

Leitrim bull crowned champion and takes top price in Gort

PEDIGREE 13 April 2026

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Watch: CF52 sons reel back the years in Carrick

Watch: CF52 sons reel back the years in Carrick

A son of the great CF52 swooped all the plaudits at Saturday's show and sale in Carrick-on-Shannon, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 7 April 2026

Records broken in first online Salers sale

Records broken in first online Salers sale

The record price for a Salers bull in Ireland was breached twice at the society's first online timed auction last week, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 7 April 2026

Demand for sexed semen ‘on par with last year’

Demand for sexed semen ‘on par with last year’

“One of the main reasons is the decent price for dairy-beef calves this year and also the drop in milk price,” according to Seamus Hughes from Progressive Genetics.

NEWS 7 April 2026

Watch: beef calves dominate Castlerea weekly calf sale

Watch: beef calves dominate Castlerea weekly calf sale

Numbers of beef calves on offer increased in Caslterea Mart in the last number of weeks. Cathal Gormley reports on this week's sale.

MARKETS 7 April 2026

Zeus powers his way to €6,600 in Kilmallock

Zeus powers his way to €6,600 in Kilmallock

Topping the recent Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) Premier show and sale in Golden Vale Mart, Kilmallock, was Mountfarna Zeus.

PEDIGREE 7 April 2026

Maxwell livestock loads shipment of weanling bulls

Maxwell livestock loads shipment of weanling bulls

A total of 1,665 Irish bulls have landed safely in Algeria from a shipment organised by Roscommon based Maxwell Livestock, reports Cathal Gormley.

MARKETS 7 April 2026

Heifer weanlings sell to top call of €4,220 in Elphin

Heifer weanlings sell to top call of €4,220 in Elphin

Cathal Gormley reports from Elphin Mart, where a special sale of weanlings met strong demand, with heifers selling to €4,220, while bulls topped at €2,950.

MARKETS 7 April 2026

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