With pens full of Friesians and traditional beef breed crosses, the Henry Ford adage “you can have any colour you like as long as it’s black” almost applied to this week’s bullock sale in Bandon. Around 260 bullocks were put through the ring, with numbers still remaining ahead of what was available at the same time last year. Friesians made up almost half of what was available in the bullock sale and the majority of these were spring 2016-born animals.