BCCS September Newsletter 2022

Clogher March
Charolais
Spring
Spectacular
tops at
9,200gns
Friday 4 March 2022 marked the return
of Charolais animals to the Clogher
Valley Livestock Mart, courtesy of the
Northern Ireland Charolais Club. The
day saw a return of the pre-sale show,
with many high-quality animals shown
and sold. Bulls averaged to £4501 and
2 heifers also found new homes to an
average price of £3202.50.
Taking the day’s highest price of
9,200gns was Reserve Intermediate
Champion KILLADEAS RAYMOND
from the well-established herd of S
& D Bothwell of Ballinamallard, Co.
Fermanagh. Raymond’s sire is the
11,000gns Battleford Laser, former
Intermediate Champion at Stirling
in 2017. His dam is Killadeas Lisa,
a daughter of Gwenog Braveheart.
Winning the bid for this 17-month-old
was N McElwaine, who will be taking
him home to Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
The next highest price, 7,000gns, was
attained by 12-month-old SLIEVEMORE
SECRETARIAT, who is from S P
Bradley’s herd in Omagh, Co. Tyrone.
This strapping young lad was sired
by the 25,000gns Inverlochy Ferdie,
who also secured the title of Reserve
Supreme Champion at Stirling in 2012.
Secretariat’s dam is Roughan Natasha
2, an Irish-born daughter of Roughan
Justin. Taking Secretariat back to their
herd is winning bidder J O’Kane of
Ballymena, Co. Antrim.
Coming in at the third highest price
of 6,300gns was BROGHER RADAR,
a 16-month-old bred by T Phair of
Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. Radar was
born to Brogher Emmy, a daughter of
the popular French AI bull Sang-D’or.
He was sired by Maerdy Ignition, who
previously sold for the top price of
22,000gns at Stirling in 2014. Radar
caught the eye of winning bidders A &
Killadeas Raymond reserve Intermediate champion and top price at 9,200gns
G Shaw, who will be taking him back to
their holding in Carryduff, Co. Down.
Close behind Radar at 6,200gns was
DRUMACRITTEN RAMBO, the day’s
Intermediate and Reserve Overall
Champion. Rambo is from the herd of
G Nelson in Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh
and was sired by the popular easycalver
Whitecliffe James. His dam
is Drumacritten Orla, a daughter
of former Balmoral Reserve Male
Champion Thrunton Flyingscotsman.
Rambo will be heading back to Co.
Fermanagh, this time to Enniskillen,
under the care of winning bidder N
Johnston.
17-month-old ROSTREVOR ROCKY
from Rostrevor Charolais in Rostrevor,
Co. Down secured the next highest
price of 4,100gns. Rocky was born
to Goldies Lucy, a daughter of the
14,000gns Goldies Banker. Meanwhile
his sire is the ever-popular French AI
bull Diplo Gir. Rocky will be making the
trip over to Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, to the
herd of winning bidders N & E Daly.
The hammer came down twice at the
next highest price of 4,000gns, firstly
for PALACE ROMEO, a local bull from
the herd of M Connolly of Clogher, Co.
Tyrone. Romeo was sired by the easy
calving Mornity Nero, and his dam
is Palace Jiffy, a daughter of former
Dungannon Supreme Champion
Fymore Glory. Winning the bid and
taking Romeo home was P Gilleece of
Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh.
Also selling for 4,000gns was the day’s
Female Champion BIRCHES POPPY
from N Natchett of Portadown, Co.
Armagh. At the time of the sale, Poppy
had been scanned in-calf to the easycalving
Mornity Nero. Poppy was sired
by the Irish-born Laheens Master, and
her dam is Doon June, a daughter of
the 16,00gns Anside Foreman. This
beautiful heifer caught the attention
of C Kelly, who won the bid and will
be introducing Poppy to their herd in
Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.
Show Results:
Class 1 – BULL, born on or between 9
May & 5 July 2020
1 – A Dunne – Crummer Rambo – s.
Goldies Icon
2 – W Short – Woodpark Remus – s.
Deeside Gulliver
Slievemore Secretariat at 7,000gns
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- No bull works harder for the farmer, the plate and the planet -
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