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The Midland and Western livestock improvement society hosted its March sale on Saturday in Carrick-on-Shannon, with the Charolais breed leading the way.
The sale was well back on numbers compared to previous years, with only 20 of the 33 bulls catalogued offered for sale.
The Charolais breed made up seven of these 20, with five selling to average an impressive €3,140.
Leading the way was Doonsheheen Phelim at €3,900. Bred and exhibited by Gerard Keville from Boyle, Co Roscommon, this son of the famous Doonally New is out of a Roughan Callum-bred dam. Phelim carries five stars on the terminal index and has a calving figure of 7.1%.
Taking the second top price of €3,500 was Castlewood Prince ET from David Kenny, Ballinadine, Co Mayo. This March 2019-born bull is a son of Paris champion Hatenon and out of an Anside Foreman-bred dam. Extremely heavily muscled, the four-star terminal bull heads north of the border.
First of the Charolais bulls here in Carrick for the March sale Castlewood Prince ET sells for €3,500 . Sired by Hatenon @irishcharolais pic.twitter.com/l8OUA7w34m
— FJ Pedigree (@FJ_Pedigree) March 6, 2021
Lydon McHugh’s bull Oakhill Paulo sold for €3,000. This October 2019-born Charolais bull was sired by Whitecliffe James, with Doonally New also in the back breeding.
The Angus breed accounted for half of the of the bulls forward, with eight of the 10 on offer selling. Quality was mixed and prices suffered, so the sale price dropped below the €2,000 mark.
Full report in this week’s paper.
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