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Shows & Sales » April 28th, 2011

Tully Angus offering tops at €5100

Top in the Aberdeen-Angus offering at the Elite Tully Bull sale on Monday was a €5100 bid for a bull by Rawburn Rommel from Fintan Keown, Belleek, Co Fermanagh

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Stock Sales » April 25th, 2011

High health, high performance cattle for sale from Belhaven herd

The Behaven herd have a selection of females of all ages for sale. The offering includes in-calf cows, cows with calves at foot, 2 year old heifers and yearling heifers. They have excellent performance figures with the very best pedigrees from both the UK and North America.
An excellent opportunity to start a herd with the [...]

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Youth Development » April 22nd, 2011

Fantastic turnout at South East YDP workshop

With just two workshops under our belt and nearly 40 participants through the door, 2011 is shaping up to be a good year, particularly as 25 eager youngsters turned up for the south east workshop in Surrey. Gayle Bersey reports

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Shows & Sales » April 22nd, 2011

Roscrea champion tops sale at €2920

William Jones, Keenagh, Co. Longford scooped the top price of €2920 at the recent Irish Aberdeen Angus Association show and sale in Roscrea, Co Tipperary

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Shows & Sales » April 22nd, 2011

Buoyant trade lifts mood at Carrick-On- Shannon

Described as one of the best Aberdeen-Angus sales to be staged at Carrick-On-Shannon in recent years, the trade at last Saturday’s Midland and Western Livestock Improvement Society sale in Carrick-On-Shannon certainly jumped a few gears with the average up more than €1000 when compared to the same sale last year

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Stock Sales » April 21st, 2011

Leading NZ Angus bloodlines

Small herd of pedigree Angus for sale 2 x heifers with calves at foot, 2 x in-calf heifers due soon and 4yr old stock bull. Based on leading NZ genetics featuring bloodlines from Atahua, Ranui and Hingaia

Shows & Sales » April 20th, 2011

Dungannon tops at 4200gns

Aberdeen-Angus bulls led the way at this week’s native breeds show and sale, hosted by Dungannon Farmers’ Mart. Prices soared to a top of 4200gns and 11 bulls changed hands to average £2415 – an increase of £339 on the same period last year.

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Shows & Sales » April 19th, 2011

All set for Rosemead 75th anniversary sale

With less than a month to go plans are well in hand for the largest sale of Aberdeen-Angus females from one herd in recent memory, the Rosemead 75th anniversary sale.

Shows & Sales » April 19th, 2011

Bristol sale hits 4650gns top price

Bulls sold to a peak of 4650gns at yesterday’s Southern Spring Show and sale at Bristol, with the sale gaining an international flavour after one bull sold to Canada.
Topping the trade was the reserve male champion from the pre-sale show Dark Lane Ramsey J362 from Messrs Pittams. This March 2009-born Rawburn Duke Windsor son is [...]

Stock Sales » April 15th, 2011

Irish cows and calves for sale

Irish breeder Sean Morris has a number of quality purebred young cows with calves at foot for sale, along with maiden Heifers and several young bulls.