Tuesday 5th May ..Lot 184-188 red Angus heifers just one year old. Make good grass stock.

Lots 306 to 310 ..Tuesday 28th. Lovely quite heifers that would suit any man for grass or breeding. Ready for grass.

14 super U grade bullocks for Tues 28th …all in spec , under 30mts , c 750kg to 850kg…suitable for export via Ballina Mart export centre.

Two Limousin springers for ballina Tuesday, 24th 3 year old heifer and a 4 year old second calver in calf to PBR LM

Our Annual Pedigree Sale was on Tuesday the 14th April. There was an entry of 88 Males (56 AA/22 CH/10 LM) with an overall clearance of 82% of the males shown on the day. In the Angus Bulls the top price of €5000 went to Joe Finnerty from Moygownagh for Garranard Best Boy. He is a five-star bull by Rawburn Jagger Eric and Garranard Lendy. This bull was purchased by a farmer from Dungannon, Co Tyrone for export via Ballina Export Centre. Second in the Angus was Michael Horan with Coolcran Apollo, a bull sired by Laheens Tasty with Coolcran Ulrika as his dam. This bull was bought by a local suckler farmer from Crossmolina for €4650.00. Third was George Brett from Achonry with a five-star Willowbrook Andy bull at €4500.00 purchased by a local dairy farmer from Killala. The average price of the angus bulls was €3250.00 on the day. In the Charolais bulls joint top price on the day was €5500 for a 5-star Nobel Prince bull breed by Fergus Moran from Ballisodare. This bull was purchased by a suckler farmer from Enniscrone. Joint top in this section was breeder Lorcan Leonard from Castlehill with a four-star Ocean bull that was purchased by a suckler farmer from Moygownagh for €5500.00. Third was again Lorcan Leonard with Kileenview Adam, a five-star Reglisse bull that sold for €5000.00 to a Belmullet farmer. The Charolais bulls had an average price of €4370 on the day. The Limousin Bulls had an average price of €4200 on the day. The top price was €5000 for Sean Vaheys for Carrowclogher Vinnie purchased by a local suckler farmer from Crossmolina. Both Thomas Moore from Claremorris (Ampertaine Majestic bull) and Seamus Prendergast (Ardlea Rolex bull) from Aghamore sold their bulls for €4600.00 respectively, both 5 stars bulls to suckler farmers from Templeboy & Crossmolina. Once again, we would like to thank the societies for their continued support in running this sale. The next Pedigree sale is on 12th May, now taking bookings on a first come basis. To book contact the office 09622555.

Lots 76-79 for Tues Pedigree Sale

A special one for tomorrow’s sale. Suitable for breeding and export via Ballina Mart export centre.