The Irish Aubrac Cattle Society held its first sale of the year on Saturday in Tullamore Mart, with 36 cattle in attendance.
The sale saw a selection of bulls, maiden heifers, in-calf heifers and cow and calf pairs all go under the hammer.
The top call went to Turloughmore Supreme, a February 2022-born bull sired by Harmonieux which sold for €4,500. The easy-calving bull was bred from one of the top cows in the Turloughmore herd, having already bred two sons and a grandson in AI for breeder Kevin O’Brien, Athenry, Co Galway.
@FJ_Pedigree @farmersjournal around the ring in Tullamore for the @IrishAubrac first sale of the year ?? Feb 22 born Turloughmore Supreme sired by Harmonieux sold for €4,500 ?? pic.twitter.com/WUDqOx4rKu
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) April 15, 2023
The second-highest price of €3,700 was achieved for a cow and calf pair from the herd of Francis O’Donohoe, Mullingar, Co Westmeath.
The cow was a January 2019-born daughter of Invincible and had her February 2023-born bull calf at foot.
The bull calf was sired by Johnstown T and was the second calf to be registered to this powerful cow.
A lovely pair in the ring here in Tullamore , a second calver Johnstown Octavia sired by Invincible with her February born pedigree bull calf at foot ?? the pair just sold for €3,700 ?? @FJ_Pedigree @IrishAubrac pic.twitter.com/yCHpkU6uwC
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) April 15, 2023
The final lot to secure in excess of €3,000 at Saturday’s sale was a January 2022-born bull, Ballyconneely Setanta.
The Dolby son was exhibited by John Terence Sweeney, Ballyconneely, Co Galway, and boasts a replacement index of €194, a terminal index of €124 and a calving ease figure of just 1.8%. Bred from a Caporal dam, Setanta went on to sell for €3,300.
@FJ_Pedigree @farmersjournal are on the road again and we have landed at GVM Mart Tullamore this afternoon for the @IrishAubrac first sale of the year ?? Ballyconneely Setanta has has just sold for €3,300 ?? The January 22 born bull is sired by Dolby and just 1.8% for calving ?? pic.twitter.com/DvZeV4wD2V
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) April 15, 2023
The sale was met with a 59% clearance rate with the 21 lots sold selling to an average price of €2,148.
@FJ_Pedigree are still around the ring in Tullamore for the @IrishAubrac sale where Ballintra Savanna has just gone through the ring ?? The yearling heifer was sired by Delrieu Miami and sold for €1,500 ?? pic.twitter.com/tFs1HfEulI
— Shanon Kinahan (@_shanonkinahan_) April 15, 2023
For a full sale report, check out next week’s Irish Farmers Journal.
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