WHICH CHAROLAIS SIRES PERFORMED BEST AT THIS YEARS SPRING BULL SALES

Kilduff Rockstar, highest selling Charolais bull at a Society Sale this Spring, sired by Doonally New

This week we took a look back at this year’s Spring bull sales and analysed what sires produced the most high selling young bulls. The Society hosted four Spring bull sales in total. The results show that there were two front runners, in Doonally New and Fiston. Both bulls proved extremely popular, but CF 52 edged the contest, selling the most sons of any bull, as well as producing the highest selling Charolais bull this Spring at €11,200. The bull achieving the highest average was Roughan Justbeau at €6,400, followed closely by Domino at €6,100. Below is a table with a breakdown of the results, ranked by the number of sons sold, along with their average sale price.

Sire Number of sons sold Average price €
Doonally New 20 €4,465
Fiston 14 €4,514
Cavelands Fenian 9 €3,816
Goldstar Echo 7 €4,514
Bivouac 5 €2,760
Roughan Gibraltar 4 €5,925
Pirate 4 €4,425
Clenagh Lyle 4 €3,412
Knockmoyle Loki 4 €3,037
Domino 3 €6,100
Newhouse Bigal 3 €4,633
Pottlereagh Mark 3 €4,200
Scardaune Mark 3 €4,100
Lapon 3 €3,500
Blelack Digger 3 €3,266
Tombapik 3 €3,233
Roughan Justbeau 2 €6,400
Goldstar Ludwig 2 €5,000
Bunratty Mike Tyson 2 €4,550
Lisnagre Hansome 2 €3,550