The Irish Hereford Breed Society is set to host its Premier Spring Show and Sale at GVM Tullamore Mart, Co. Offaly, on Saturday, March 23.
According to the society’s website, there are 33 bulls and 1 heifer catalogued for the event. The show will kick off at 10:00a.m and auctioneer Eamonn Gaffney will get the sale underway at 1:00p.m.
The judge in the pre-sale show is Seamus Nagle from Bullbank.
According to the society, all bulls in the sale are sire verified, semen checked, tested hypotrichosis free (HYF) and are export tested.
The show and sale in Tullamore this Saturday is one of a series of Hereford show and sales taking place over the coming weeks.
The upcoming Hereford show and sale dates and locations are as follows:
- Nenagh, Co. Tipperary: Thursday, April 4;
- Bandon, Co. Cork: Wednesday, April 17;
- Kilmallock, Co. Limerick: Friday, April 19;
- Nenagh, Co. Tipperary: Thursday, May 16.
Bidding is available both ringside and online through LSL Auctions and buyers must register with GVM Tullamore in advance of the sale.
Irish Hereford Prime will sponsor a payment of €300 towards any bull sold for €3,500 or above.
Hereford all star award
In other Irish Hereford Breed Society news, last month the Irish Pedigree Cattle All Star Award for 2024 for the Hereford breed was awarded to pedigree registered Hereford bull Country Crest Rob.
Rob, was crowned supreme national Hereford champion 2023 after impressing judge Ms. Carolyn Fletcher from Barwise Herefords UK, and earning the top spot on the day among some of the finest and top-quality Herefords bred in the Republic of Ireland.
Out of nearly 100 Herefords exhibited during the National Show and all of the highest quality, there was no other worthy winner for Ms. Fletcher than Country Crest Rob.
Rob has five stars for both the terminal index and Dairy Beef Index (DBI) along with being superior in looks and power.
He has since been sold to a pedigree Hereford breeder and the society has said it “looks forward to seeing his progeny on the ground later this year and in showrings nationwide into the future”.