High seller Ballinalick Murty sold for €3,400 and is pictured with breeder William Duff.
On-farm sales for traditional bull breeds have been on fire in counties with high numbers of dairy stock.
This demand is resulting in many society and club sales seeing half the number of bulls actually presented for sale compared to what’s catalogued.
This was evident at the first of the Irish Hereford Breed Society’s Nenagh sales on Saturday. A total of 19 bulls were offered for sale from the initial 32 catalogued.
While generally a lower number would result in a higher clearance rate, this wasn’t case here, as along with bulls being scarce, so too were buyers. This resulted in only seven bulls finding new homes on the day. The average price was €2,871.