National Charolais Show at the Great Yorkshire Show 2018
Judge: Andrew Hornall Female born on or between 01/05/17 – 31/7/17 1 – Ellerton Nettle – Mr A Brown 2 – Sportsmans Nicole – Boden & Davies Ltd 3 – Sportsmans Nakeeta – Boden & Davies Ltd...
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Heifer, born on or between 01/04/17 – 31/07/17 1 – Teme Nude – Mrs SM Corbett 2 – Caerddaniel Nice – Mr RO Williams & Son 3 – Llwyngwathen Nina – Mr S James & Miss G Davies Heifer, born on or...
View ArticleClogher Show Bank of Ireland NI National Charolais Championship
Charolais Reign Supreme at The 100th Clogher Valley Show Charolais Breeders pulled out all of the stops for the inaugural Bank of Ireland – NI National Charolais Championship at the 100th Clogher...
View ArticleCharolais Youth Year
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...
View ArticleNational Young Stars Northern Boys
This year’s Charolais team, The Northern Boys – Micheal Dumbreck, Tom Brown and Harry Stobart, who were kindly jointly sponsored by Blyth’s Butchers, arrived at Malvern Three Counties Showground...
View ArticleFarm Visit 15 September
The British Charolais & Salers cattle societies are holding a farm visit on Saturday 15 September, kindly hosted by Alun and Anita at Thomas at Tyn hendre, Talybont, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 3YP The...
View ArticleMyostatin Information
Why Myostatin? Knowing the myostatin status of your animals, will help you to select bulls with the most appropriate myostatin traits for your breeding program. This will lead to better calving ease...
View ArticleCharolais lead the Autumn trade at Stirling
Judge: Will Short Charolais took the top price, made the highest average and sold the most bulls at the Autumn round of Stirling bull sales this week. 80 bull sold to average £6,785.63 – £706 up on the...
View ArticleCharolais Females in Demand at Dungannon
A ready demand for Charolais at Dungannon on Friday 2 November saw bull prices top at 5,800gns with an of average of £3,335 for the 34 sold – eight more than last year’s corresponding sale. Two herd...
View ArticleNorseman rides off with the top price
There was a strong commercial interest in Charolais bulls at Welshpool on Thursday 8 November at the breed’s official autumn sale. Bidding peaked at 7,000gns and 27 bulls sold to an average of £3,771,...
View ArticleCharolais Chairman Cleans up at Carlisle
Burradon Nicodemus – 5,400gns Surpeme Champion & Top Priced Society Chairman Chris Curry had a great day at Carlisle on Friday 23 November when his bull not only secured the championship at the pre...
View ArticleNew Carcase Traits from AHDB
New Breeding tools could help beef farmers boost profits Five new Estimated Breeding Values (EBV’s) for traits that farmers are directly paid for, have been developed to help farmers improve profits by...
View ArticleLATEST TECHNOLOGY FOR EFFICIENT BEEF PRODUCTION TO BE FEATURED AT SCOTLAND’S...
Scotland’s Beef Event 2019 hosts, Robbie and Barbara Milne and son James, with SBA vice-chairman and event chairman David Barron (left) and SBA chairman Neil McCorkindale (right) Arrangements are...
View ArticleCharolais lead the Spring trade
Charolais sold the most bulls, had the highest average and best clearance rate of the spring round of the Stirling bull sales. There were 121 bulls sold representing an 83.5% clearance, with bull sales...
View ArticleIncreased demand for Charolais at Aberdeen
Strong commercial interest saw an increased demand for Charolais bulls at the Royal Northern Agricultural Society Spring Show on Wednesday 27 February. Bidding peaked at 9,500gns which was the highest...
View ArticleNico joins Coolnaslee herd for £14,000
The May, 2017-born Charolais bull, Carwood Nico, bred by the Wight family at Carwood, Biggar, has been sold in a private deal to Jonathan Crawford of the Coolnaslee herd, in Northern Ireland, for...
View ArticleNapoleon takes charge at the Dungannon Charolais sale
There was a good trade for the Charolais at Dungannon on Friday 15 March at the Northern Ireland club official spring sale sponsored by Danske Bank. Bidding peaked at 8,000gns and 33 lots sold to an...
View ArticleCharolais is the Number One Choice
Many factors have to be thought about when choosing a new stock bull. It is essential to consider the farming system, breeding females in the herd and the end product for the market place. The...
View ArticleExeter Charolais top at 3,600gns
A small but high-quality offering of Charolais bulls saw a high of 3,600gns at the South West Charolais Association’s annual sale at Exeter on Friday 12th April, where the five bulls sold averaged...
View ArticleTrefaldwyn Ore tops the Welshpool Charolais sale at 7,000gns
There was a strong commercial and pedigree demand for Charolais bulls at Welshpool on Saturday 27 April at the breed’s official spring sale. Bidding peaked at 7,000gns, 14 lots traded at 5,000gns and...
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