Val Ledwith with “Rathregan Boyo” born July 2015 and weighed 625kg at 12 months. He was one of the many great sons produced by the herd s stock bull “Corlismore Lad”.
He has been a strong advocate of finishing beef animals for Hereford Prime at 20-22 months. A supporter of the bonus scheme since it was launched, he points to the breed bonus and quality assurance bonus adding at least 40 c/kg to the factory returns as evidence of the scheme’s value.
He described his champion bull Bonanza as “well shaped from behind, with a very nice looking head, a good top line, well sprung in the rib and not too wide on the shoulders”, and attributes his qualities to the dams in the