Top price for locally bred Hereford bull

The Premier Hereford Spring Show and Sale was held on Saturday, March 25 in GVM Tullamore.

The sale was a smasher with one polled Hereford bull in hot demand. Drumgoonpoll 1 Sydney, bred by Aidan McCabe, Cootehill, was the show stopper of the day when two breeders fought it out to purchase this November 2021 born bull.

As with every sale though there can only be one buyer and Wade McCrabbe of Ardstewart Herefords stuck in until the end and purchased the Fabb 1 Northern Star son. There was amazement around the ring as the auctioneer, Eamonn Gaffney, dropped the hammer at €11,600.

Sydney is bred from Corlismorepoll 1 Sydney 981, a Dendor 1 Kohinoor pp dam. Sydney has five stars for the replacement index, terminal index and conformation along with €106 for the DBI.

The sale was reportedly a great success with the average price resting at over €4,000 and 70% clearance rate.