IHFA Pre­mier Bull Sale

Wednes­day 30th March 2011 in Nenagh Live­stock Mart

Auc­tion­eer: Denis Barrett



REPORT: IHFA Pre­mier Bull Sale ’11 – Big Demand for Qual­ity Hol­stein Friesian Breed­ing Bulls.
The 36th IHFA Annual Bull show and sale was held at Nenagh Live­stock Mart on Wednes­day 30th March 2011.
Forty seven bulls of excep­tional qual­ity were cat­a­logued as ensured by the Association’s pre sale inspec­tion. The bulls offered for sale were of supe­rior health sta­tus, tested BVD virus free, whose parent­age was ver­i­fied by DNA. Min­i­mum con­for­ma­tion stan­dards for both the Dam & G.Dam clas­si­fied GP or bet­ter with the Dam to have recorded a min­i­mum of 600kgs com­bined Fat & Pro­tein per lac­ta­tion.
Indeed the dams of the bulls on offer had yields to 15,234 Kgs Milk,Protein % to 4.07%,classification to EX 93 6E with EBI of the bulls to 188.
The qual­ity on offer was reflected with a near com­plete clear­ance at an aver­age price of €3208 for 37bulls sold from 43 for­ward for sale.
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David Boyd from the “Glaslough” herd per­formed Judg­ing duties on the day and awarded Cham­pion to Lau­relelm Jog­ger – owned byJohn & Ricky Bar­rett ‚Cork, sold for €2,900 and Reserve Cham­pion to Cross­na­cole Gold­man – owned by Vic­tor Jack­son, Wick­low, sold for €5,000.
Top Price of €6,400 was achieved by Lis­duff Ran­som ET owned by John O’Sullivan, Lis­duff, Whitechurch, Co. Cork . This was an all round bull of excel­lent con­for­ma­tion, a Ramos son from an Oman ( OJI) dam from the Leslie fam­ily with 6 gen­er­a­tions of VG or EX ‚dams,protein% to 3.53% and EBI 180. The Lis­duff herd have to be com­pli­mented for the stan­dard of bulls for­ward from their herd. Qual­ity bulls demand qual­ity prices and indeed this was reflected in the prices . Six bulls aver­aged €5,116.

BULL SALE 2011 – RESULTS
Class 1:
1. Crossnacole Gold­man ET – Vic­tor Jack­son
2. Lisduff Lenin 2 ET – John O’Sullivan
3. Lisduff Man­dolin ET – John O’Sullivan
High­est EBI: Lis­duff Man­dolin ET – John O’Sullivan
Class 2:
1. Monamore Eye­ball – Tom Kelly
2. Mountcarmel Larry ET – Kevin Dil­lon
3. Laurelelm Lamb – John & Ricky Bar­rett
High­est EBI: Bal­ly­lon­gane Claires Oman ET – Mau­rice Harty
Class 3:
1. Laurelelm Jog­ger – John & Ricky Bar­rett
2. Clonpaddin Mf Sanchez – Garry Hur­ley
3. Mountfarna Spring­steen – John O’Callaghan
High­est EBI: Lis­duff Ran­dom – John O’Sullivan
Class 4:
1. Clonpaddin Mr Sand­man – Garry Hur­ley
2. Laurelelm Vita – John & Ricky Bar­rett
3. Lisnalty Watha 12 – Paul Han­nan
High­est EBI: Mon­amore Extra­man – Thomas Kelly

Champion: Laurelelm Jog­ger – John & Ricky Bar­rett
Reserve: Crossnacole Gold­man – Vic­tor Jack­son
Hon Mention: Clonpaddin Mf Sand­man – Garry Hurley

High­est Price: Lisduff Ran­som ET – John O’Sullivan €6,400
Champion: Laurelelm Jog­ger – John & Ricky Bar­rett €2,900
Reserve: Crossnacole Gold­man – Vic­tor Jack­son €5,000
Aver­age Price €3208

47 bulls entered, 43 turned up on the day, 37 sold.