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Charolais sell to 5,800gns at Welshpool
A small but high-quality offering of Charolais bulls saw a top bid of 5,800gns in Welshpool on Thursday 8 February, at the breed’s official spring sale, where 16 bulls sold to an average of £3622.50...
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Challenges ahead; time to think about your forward Beef strategy.
By David Mackenzie, Harbro The press is full of debate about the challenges facing not only the UK as a whole post-Brexit, but specifically the challenges which may arise for UK agriculture once...
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Maerdy Morwr finds a new home in Aberdeenshire
Flintshire Vet and renowned Charolais breeder Esmor Evans is delighted to announce that he has recently sold the 18-month-old, Charolais bull Maerdy Morwr from the farm gate for the impressive sum of...
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Charolais lead the Spring trade
Charolais took the top price, made the highest average and sold the most bulls of all the breeds at this year’s spring sales, when commercial buyers drove the flying trade at Stirling on Tuesday 20...
View Article£2,000 increase on Charolais average at Aberdeen
A combination of pedigree and commercial interest saw a solid trade of Charolais bulls at the Royal Northern Agricultural Society Spring Show on Wednesday 28 February. Bidding peaked at 8,200gns and 11...
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Improvement in herds genetics across the UK are recognised by the Harman awards
The Harman awards were Presented by Society Vice-chairman and award founder Ben Harman at the Stirling sale on Tuesday 20th February, who commented “The Self Replacing Index (SRI) is one of the key...
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Modern Charolais meets market demands
Neil with his sister Alison Mayes With hard work, and a commitment to producing quality home grown meat, the Blyth family from Hartlepool has seen demand for their beef and lamb though their butcher’s...
View ArticleCharolais continue the upward trend at Dungannon
There was great trade for Charolais at the Northern Ireland Charolais Club sale at Dungannon on Friday 16 March. The sale which had been postponed due to the bad weather at the beginning of the month,...
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2018 Charolais Youth
South East, Anglia & South West Regional Qualifier There was an early start to the qualifiers this year, as the weekend after Easter saw the first of the regional qualifiers take place for the...
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Mclaren races to 6,500gns at Welshpool
Charolais bulls met a solid commercial trade at Welshpool on Saturday 28 April where 32 bulls sold to average £3,986.72, with a clearance rate of 70%. The top priced bull at 6,500gns was an...
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Charolais AHDB Live to Dead demonstration
On the 7th March we held our first L2D demonstration courtesy of AHDB and Dunbia Sawley, it was a practical and educational event which allowed members to handle live animals and make assessment of fat...
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Dungannon Charolais sell to 4,500gns
13 Bulls sold to a top price of 4,500gns and an average of £2,835 at the Northern Ireland Charolais club spring sale at Dungannon on Monday 7 May. Topping the lots at 4,500gns was a 16-month-old entry...
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Goldies Moonlight tops the Stirling Charolais sale at 9,200gns
Trade held up well at the Charolais Society sale where buyers came out in force to ensure a steady demand which resulted in the averages improving by £815 from last year, at Stirling on Monday 7 May....
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Neptune amongst the stars at Carlisle
There was a good trade for Charolais at Carlisle on Saturday 12 May where bidding peaked at 13,000gns, five lots traded at five figure sums and 60 bulls sold to an average of £5,384 – £226 up on the...
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Balmoral Show 2018
Interbreed Classes Coolnaslee Nolan Class 664 – Beef Recorded Bull, continental breed, born on or after 01/01/2017 2nd – Jonathan Crawford – Coolnaslee Nolan ET – s. Balthayock Justice Class 666 – Beef...
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Magnum hits top price at Swatragh
The ring was packed to the rafters at Swatragh Mart, for the inaugural Northern Ireland Charolais club sale evening on Friday 1 June, where 11 bulls sold to an average of £2,711 and a clearance of 79%....
View ArticleCarlisle Charolais Summer Sale
The Charolais Cattle Summer Sale on Friday 15 June at Carlisle saw a small show of only 3 bulls forward but did achieve a 100% clearance rate with top price of 3,600gns and an average of £2733....
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Mornity Nero heads over to Ireland for semen collection
Robert Young of the Mornity herd was delighted to inform us that he has sold the 15-month-old Mornity Nero, in a private deal to Elite Pedigree Genetics of Northern Ireland for an undisclosed five...
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FEMALE born on or between 1st April and 31st July 2017 1 – Bassett Nadia – Brailes Livestock 2 – Ballindalloch Nadine – Mr John Irvine & Son 3 – Balthayock Nessie – Major DFWH & NR Walter...
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Urgent need for beef farmers to safeguard their business from uncertainty
Despite huge uncertainty in the agricultural sector, beef farmers must start to make decisions now in order to protect their business in what is likely to be a more volatile future marketplace. This...
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