A final bid of €8,600 from a young livestock breeder at the ringside secured the much-admired price topping bull at the Irish Angus Cattle Society Elite Sale at the Showgrounds, Carrick-on-Shannon on Saturday.
Fifteen-month-old Ernehill Samson, bred by Francis and Noel Fitzpatrick, Milltown, Belturbet, Co. Cavan received a flurry of bids from both the restricted ringside attendance and online breeders before auctioneer Francis McGowan knocked him down to his new home in the mid-west.
The bull was bred by the sire Ballymagrine Wonder, a son of Bohey Jasper, and out of the home bred dam Ernehill Niamh and carries five stars all the way for docility, carcase weight and conformation.
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Lot 43, Ernehill Samson, from Frances and Noel Fitzpatrick, sold for the top price of the sale at €8,600.
The Irish Angus Cattle Society held its annual elite sale in Carrick on Shannon yesterday.
Autumn pedigree sales have seen really solid trade for top-quality animals and Saturday’s sale was no exception.
The sale attracted a large entry of 63 bulls and 33 heifers, with all animals weighed on entry. With no pre-show sale, the Irish Angus Cattle society streamed the pre-sale parade online on the morning of the sale for prospective purchasers.
The sale was run under strict COVID-19 guidelines, with a limited number of people allowed ringside and the rest online bidding.