Live from 7pm, Clogher Valley Livestock Producers Mart will hold its first ever Christmas fatstock show and sale. With over 100 entries for the show and sale, including 50 haltered animals entered for the pre-sale show, it promises to be a night filled with top quality stock on show.
Live from 7pm, Clogher Valley Livestock Producers Mart will hold its first ever Christmas fatstock show and sale.
With over 100 entries for the show and sale, including 50 haltered animals entered for the pre-sale show, it promises to be a night filled with top quality stock on show.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only exhibitors are going to be able to enter the showing arena, so the Irish Farmers Journal broadcast will allow people to view the show as it happens.
Phenomenal response
Yard manager at Clogher Robert Simpson is the brainchild behind the event. He has a passion for showing cattle and fatstock, so he knows how to run a good show.
Speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal, he said: “We’ve got a phenomenal response from local farmers and fatstock producers. We have also had a lot of enquiries from customers, butchers and processors about the animals coming on the night.
"We have some really top-class cattle entered for the show and sale.”
Classes on the night are as follows:
Best fat cow.Best Charolais heifer under 30 months.Best Charolais bullock under 30 months.Best Limousin heifer under 30 months.Best Limousin bullock under 30 months.Best native breed heifer under 30 months.Best native breed bullock under 30 months.Best any other breed heifer under 30 months.Best any other breed bullock under 30 months.Best housewife's choice animal under 600kg.Potential purchasers must have registered by Monday afternoon with the mart to bid online.
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