With society sales beginning to wrap up, the Irish Charolais Cattle Society held the second-last sale of the season in Tuam Mart on Saturday.

There were 38 bulls entered for sale and, after a strong spring of on-farm sales, 22 were presented.

Topping the trade was Maria Calvey’s Caltun Ten Ten Twenty. The February 2022-born bull from the Westport, Co Mayo, herd was sired by Alwent Goldbar out of a Pirate dam and sold with his second prize rosette for €5,400.

The stylish bull boasts Blelack Digger, Balthayock Adonis, Meillard RJ and Doonally New in his pedigree.

The high prices continued when Tonroe The Real Deal ET from the herd of Vincent O’Callaghan, Swinford, Co Mayo, sold for €5,100.

The January 2022-born bull was sired by Pirate out of a CF52 dam and has Meillard RJ, CF52, Invincible, Hermes and Jupiter in his much sought-after pedigree. The three-star, five-star bull was a third prize winner in the pre-sale show.

Three bulls hit €5,000, with two of these lots coming one after the next.

Clonmahon Seanie from the herd of Eddie Daly from Summerhill, Co Meath, was the first of this trio to hit €5,000 as the second bull into the sales ring.

The October 2021-born bull was sired by Artois out of a Goldstar Echo dam going back to Jumper, Jacquard, Texan Gie and CF52, and was very easy-calving at just 3.2%.

The second bull to hit this figure was the champion from the pre-sale show, Cloughbrack Stan, from the herd of Mattie Kelly, Ballinasloe, Co Galway.

The October 2021-born bull was sired by Chic out of a Cavelands Fenian dam and boasts a replacement index of €123 and a terminal index of €129.

The final bull to hit this figure was Richard Hackett’s Limkiln Tom from Clonlara, Co Clare.

The March 2022-born bull was sired by Fiston and bred from a Goldstar Echo dam, boasts a double five-star replacement and terminal index and is a myostatin non-carrier.

The sale was met with a 73% clearance rate and an average price of €3,962.