NENAGH HEREFORD SHOW & SALE 15th MAY 2025

NENAGH HEREFORD SHOW & SALE 15^th MAY 2025

The annual Hereford Show & Sale was held in Central Auctions Nenagh on Thursday 15^th May. Following a great series of spring bull sales for the Irish Hereford Breed Society and good trade at home, there was only 21 bulls present on the day. The average price of the sale was €3,935 (up from the 2024 average of €3,000) and there was a clearance of 95%, with 20 out of 21 bulls finding new homes. There was a strong trade with 10 bulls making €4,000 or more, 4 of which sold for €5,000 and above.

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The show started the day off with Mr. Cathal Flynn judging, ably assisted by Next Gen member John O’Dwyer who will be representing Team Ireland at the World Hereford Conference in Kansas City this October. Cathal runs the Rossmore & Priestfield Hereford herds in Co. Monaghan. Cathal’s choice of Champion was Ballinalick Mojo PP from the local, Co. Tipperary herd of William Duff. Mojo went on to sell for the top price of the sale at €6,100 to a farmer in Co. Tipperary. Mojo comes with a good set of stars. This homozygous polled bull has five stars for the Replacement Index (€129) and four stars for the Terminal (€68) and Dairy Beef (€104) Indexes as well as the Beef Sub-Index (€92). He is sired by Fisher 1 Profile and out of Panmure 1 Henry daughter, Gouldingpoll 1 Kashmir 825.

Photo 1 – Champion: Ballinalick Mojo PP with breeder William Duff and family, Tennyson Egar (Irish Hereford Prime), Judge Cathal Flynn and John O’Dwyer.

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Flynn’s choice of Reserve Champion came in the form of homozygous horned bull, Springvilla Milo 1186 HH, from the Co. Cork herd of Yvonne and Robert Roycroft. Milo is sired by Corlismore Dynamite 993 and bred from a Knockmountagh Super 2 sired dam, Springvillapoll 1 Rosabel 727. Milo also comes with strong figures including five stars for the DBI (€109) and four stars for the Terminal Index (€73) and Beef Sub-Index of the DBI (€90). He has below average calving difficulty at only 3.2% on dairy cows and 1.2 % on beef cows. Milo went on to sell for €5,000.

Photo 2 - Reserve Champion: Springvilla Milo 1186 HH.

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The second highest price of the sale, €5,400, goes to Rathnollag Dancer 73 HH, of Siobhan Conry’s Co. Roscommon herd. Dancer again has great figures, with five stars for both the Replacement (€119) and Dairy Beef (€117) Indexes and four stars for the Terminal Index and Beef Sub-Index. Dancer an easy calving bull (2.8% for dairy cows and 1.9% for beef cows) that is sired by Pulham Powerhouse and out of Kye Katecand, a Free Town Hotspur daughter.

Photo 3 - Rathnollag Dancer 73 HH with breeder Siobhan Conry

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One more bull crossed the €5,000 mark, with Pat Lynch of Co. Clare selling Rossdelia poll 1 Bundee PH for €5,100. Again, this bull had plenty of figures behind him, with five stars for each of the Replacement (€122) and Terminal (€95) Indexes as well as the Beef Sub-index (€106) of the DBI and for Docility and Carcass Weight (+10.8kg). Bundee is sired by Solpoll 1 Lawman and is out of a Kilsunny Goliath daughter, Coisceim Imogen.

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Tony Hartnett from Co. Cork sold his bull, Riverrock Wild Fire HH for €4,800. Wild Fire has four stars for both the Replacement (€109) and Terminal (€74) Indexes as well as five stars for the Beef Sub-Index of the DBI (€92) and for Docility. He is sired by Grianan Wildfire and out of Riverrock Naughty Bea 044 ET, a Haven Kingpin daughter.

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A further 5 bulls sold for €4,000 during the sale including:

Lot 2, Appel 1 Max from John Appelbe’s Co. Cork herd. Max is sired by Panmure 1 Nugget and out of Appel 1 Molly 11.

Lot 4, Shiloh-Farm Jagger PH from Sarah & Hugh Murray’s Co. Westmeath herd. Jagger is sired by Intelagri 1 Gold Rush ET and out of Shiloh-Farm Gucci. Jagger was the 1^st prize winner in Class 1.

Photo 4 - Shiloh-Farm Jagger PH with breeder Sarah Murray, Judge Cathal Flynn, Tennyson Egar (Irish Hereford Prime) and John O’Dwyer.

Lot 23, Trillick Sailer HH from JJ Farrell’s Co. Longford herd. Sailer is sired by Balleen Sterling and is out of Trillick Lass 3.

Lot 24, Gallaway Lang HH from Michael Kiernan’s Co. Leitrim herd. Lang is sired by Conmelvin Ollie and out of Gallawaypoll 1 Michelle.

Lot 32 Tullaha Iron Man HH from Maura Neenan’s Co. Limerick Herd. Iron Man is sired by Haven Kingpin and out of Tullaha Lily 380. He was the 1^st Prize winner in Class 4

Photo 5 - Tullaha Iron Man HH.

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Many thanks are extended to the pre-sale inspector Tommy Fitzgerald, the show judge, Cathal Flynn and Next Gen judge John O’Dwyer, Sale auctioneer, Eamonn Gaffney, Central Auctions Nenagh and Irish Hereford Prime for their continued sponsorship.

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