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.
@farmersjournal @FJ_Pedigree are in Tuam today for the @irishcharolais spring sale??Sale is off to a flying start with 2nd prize winner and first bull into the ring Tullyvillage Shamrock selling for €4,300??Sired by Cavelands Levi out of a Nippur dam for William Flynn?? pic.twitter.com/3bg7z1ApMU
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) May 6, 2023
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.
A short clip to finish off here in Tuam at the @irishcharolais spring sale and what a bull he is ?? Caltun Ten Ten Twenty from the herd of Maria Calvey sold for €5,400????Sired by Alwent Goldbar out of a Pirate dam??Report on @farmersjournal later this evening???? @FJ_Pedigree pic.twitter.com/dw3WoM9Try
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) May 6, 2023
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.
The trade is holding strong here in Tuam at the @irishcharolais spring sale?? 3rd prize winner Tonroe Therealdeal ET from the herd of Vincent O’Callaghan sold for €5,100 ??Sired by Pirate out of a CF52 dam ?? @FJ_Pedigree @farmersjournal pic.twitter.com/Fa6o5hRYaS
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) May 6, 2023
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%.
Another cracker into the ring here in Tuam at the @irishcharolais sale??Vlonmahon Seanie sired by Artois from the herd of Eddie Day sold for €5,000 ?? Pedigree included Goldstar Echo, Jumper, Jacquart, Texan Gie and CF52?? @FJ_Pedigree @farmersjournal pic.twitter.com/pqmTiDex3G
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) May 6, 2023
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 champion is in the ring?? @FJ_Pedigree are in #Tuam for the @irishcharolais spring sale where Cloughbrack Stan from the herd of Mattie Kelly sold for €5,000?? The October 2021 born bull was a Chic son and was bred from a Cavelands Fenian dam?? pic.twitter.com/4gUj13apH5
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) May 6, 2023
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.
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