Nine of the 13 head male entry were sold. A feature of the trade was the demand from Northern Ireland, which took 20% of the cattle.

The top-priced bull was a Sprys Patents son, Caramba Hush, bred by Tom Staunton, Kinvara, Co Galway. Hush was purchased by James Porter, Co Antrim, owner of the Uppermill Beef Shorthorn herd, for €1,900.

James also purchased a January 2014-born Paintearth Rama daughter, Caramba Sweety Helena, for €1,650. She is the first female purchased by the Porter family since they acquired the Uppermill Beef Shorthorn herd in 2006.

Females averaged €1,600 and males averaged €1,400. The top-priced female was Dromalty Niamh, bred by Aidan O’Donovan, Co Limerick, and exhibited by Alan Gibbons, Strokestown, Co Roscommon. She sold to NI for €2,700.

Female champion Cookstown Elizabeth was bred by Eddie Dowling, Co Wicklow, and exhibited by the Kelly family from Co Carlow. Elizabeth, an Alta Cedar Samurai daughter, sold to a Clare breeder for €2,400.

Reserve champion female Rockville Dainty 305 was bred by Anthony Dockery, Elphin, Co Roscommon. Dainty, a daughter of a homebred stock bull, Rockville Rowanberry, was unsold. Male champion Ricketstown Hercules, a Chapelton Wildfire son bred by the Kelly family, also remained unsold and the reserve champion male was by a recently imported Canadian bull, Kenlene Winston.

Lavally Ronan was the first Winston son to be offered for sale in Ireland. He was bred by John Mullooly, Strokestown, Co Roscommon, and was sold for €1,700 to a Clare breeder.