In pictures: Charolais-cross calves make €450 in Bandon

There was a slight rise in the number of calves on offer in Bandon Mart this week, with 300 going through the sale ring.

Tommy Moyles

22 January 2018

In pictures: Charolais-cross calves make €450 in Bandon

These two Charolais-cross bulls made on average €450/each.

This 2011-born cow, weighing 765kg, sold for €1,080.

This 2009-born cow, weighing 555kg sold for €570 (€1.03/kg).

These bullocks born in February 2016 and weighing 520kg, sold for €1,030 (€1.98/kg).

These bullocks, born in February 2016 and weighing 550kg, sold for €970 (€1.76/kg).

These bullocks born in January 2017 and weighing 342kg, sold for €790 (€2.31/kg).

These bullocks born in January 2016 and weighing 478kg, sold for €1,030, (€2.17/kg).

Outside of Friesian calves, Herefords dominated the numbers at Bandon Mart on Monday, with a few more on offer than Angus-crosses. Traditional beef-bred-cross bull calves sold for between €210 and €430, with heifers of these breeds selling for between €200 and €380.