Kilmallock Show And Sale 25th of April

The annual Hereford show & Sale was held in GVM Kilmallock on Friday 25 th April.

The morning started off very wet, but luckily the sun came out for long enough to get through the

showing before the rain came again. The sale will go down as another success with 90% clearance of

the 19 bulls shown, sold to an average price of €4,182. In total, four bulls sold for €5,000 or more,

with the top priced bull making €6,100.

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The show classes were judged by Mr. Michael Bird of the Dunlever Herd in Co. Meath. Michael chose

Padraig McGrath’s (Co. Roscommon) bull Kye Commander 032 HH as the sale Champion. This July

2023 bull was sired by Corlismore Commander 080 and bred from Kye Rosie 830, a Glaslough

Rooney sired dam. Commander boasted five stars for the Terminal (€88) and Dairy Beef Indexes

(€111) as well as for the Beef Sub-Index (€104). Commander was the 1 st prize winner in class 2 before

being tapped out as sale Champion. He went on to sell for €5,000.

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Photo 1: Sale Champion Kye Commander 032 HH with breeder Padraig McGrath and judge Michael

Bird. Sold €5,000.

Reserve Champion was awarded to Ardmulchan Ulrich HH from Philip & Catherine Smyth’s Co.

Meath herd. This June 2022 born bull was sired by Ballinveney Tiger and is bred from Ardmulchan

Clover 776 (a Church Preen Galileo daughter). Ulrich has five stars for Age at Finish (-19.31 days) and

was sold for €4,500.

Photo 2: Sale Reserve Champion Ardmulchan Ulrich HH with breeder Catherine Smyth and judge

Michael Bird. Sold €4,500.

The top priced bull on the day (€6,100) came from Michael Molloy’s Co. Offaly herd – Moyclare

Winner HH. Winner, born in July 2023, ranked highly across the board sporting four stars for the

Replacement (€111) and Terminal (€76) Indexes as well as for the Beef Sub-Index of the DBI (€90).

He had five stars for the Dairy Beef Index (€112) and dairy cow calving figure of below breed average

(3.5%).

Photo 3: Moyclare Winner HH. Top price, sold €6,100.

The second-best price on the day, €5,600, was given for two bulls. The first of these was for Co. Clare

breeder Gerard Donnelly’s bull, Clondrina 1420TH HH. He had five stars on the Replacement Index

(€133) and four stars for the DBI. He was sired by Cill Cormaic Perseus and out of a Fabb 1 Northern

Star daughter, Clondrinapoll 1 1328TH.

Photo 4: Clondrina 1420TH HH. Sold €5,600.

The second bull to make €5,600 was the first prize winner in Class 4, Padraig McGrath’s Kye Paul

047. This January 2024 born bull has five stars on both the Replacement (€149) and the Dairy Beef

(€118) Indexes. He was sired by Fabb 1 Northern Star and is bred from Firbosa 1 Rosa 321 (a

Moorside 1 Magic ET daughter).

Photo 5: Kye Paul 047. Sold €5,600.

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A further 5 bulls in the sale went on to sell for €4,000 or more, 2 of which also came from Padraig

McGrath’s Co. Roscommon based Kye Herefords. Kye Ranger 034 HH placed 1 st in Class 3 and sold for

€4,600. He was sired by Pulham Ranger and bred from Kye Katie 927 ET (a Pulham Powerhouse

daughter) and has five stars for both the Terminal Index (€84) and the Beef Sub-Index of the DBI

(€114). He also boasts five stars for Docility, Age at Finish (-22.48 days), Carcass weight (+13.9kg) and

Carcass conformation. Kye Fleecer 043 HH sold for €4,400. He was sired by Balleen Flyer and is bred

from Kye Rosie 951 (a Free Town Nevada daughter). Fleecer also has four stars for the DBI.

Photo 6: Kye Ranger 034 HH. Sold €4,600.

Nigel Heatrick of Glaslough Herefords, Co. Monaghan had success with his two bulls. Glaslough

Barrister HH placed 3 rd in Class 4 and sold for €4,200. Barrister is sired by Cill Cormaic Quinlan and

out of Glaslough Winona (A Glaslough Ultimate daughter). Glaslough Achiever placed 2 nd in Class 1

and sold for €4,000. He is sired by Balleen Hitman and out of a Glaslough Ruler-sired cow, Glaslough

Twiggy.

Adrian Curtin from Co. Cork sold his bull, Awebegpoll 1 Monty 281 for €4,000. He is sired by

Panmure 1 Nugget and is out of a Kye Harry 686 daughter, Awebegpoll 1 Bella. Monty has five stars

for the Beef-Sub Index of the DBI (€99) as well as four stars for the Terminal (€72) and Dairy Beef

(€106) Indexes.

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Many thanks are extended to the pre-sale inspector Tommy Fitzgerald, the show judge, Michael

Bird, Sale auctioneer, Eamonn Gaffney, all of the GVM Kilmallock staff, all stewards on the day and

Irish Hereford Prime for their continued sponsorship.

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