The Irish Charolais Cattle Society have selected Eddie Daly as the winner of the Pedigree All-Star Award for 2025 for his bull Clonmahon Vadim. Eddie is from Summerhill in Co. Meath and set up the Clonmahon Pedigree Charolais herd in December 1999. Vadim is an exceptional young bull. Born 2nd September 2024, he is sired […]
Our PREMIER sale is taking place on SATURDAY 21st March in ELPHIN MART Show starts at 10.00am / Sale at 12.30pm 53 bulls & 17 females catalogued Click here to view copy of catalogue – Premier Show & Sale Catalogue Ringside and Online Bidding available through MARTBIDS.IE PREMIUMS – The Society will give €250 […]
Our first sale of the year last Saturday saw a strong trade for Charolais bulls in Tullamore Mart. €10,200 was the top price achieved and an average price of €6,033 which is up €1,332 on the same sale last year and had a clearance rate of just under 80%. Fermoyle Verome was picked by […]
We are delighted to host a Charolais Workshop on the 21st of March at our Premier Sale at Elphin Mart. We are very lucky to welcome Niall and Simone Maguire from the award-winning Rockvalley Herd, who will be leading the workshop and sharing their expert advice on grooming tips and show preparation. This is a […]
Our first Show & Sale of the 2026 season is on NEXT SATURDAY (21st Feb) in TULLAMORE MART Show starts at 10.30am / Sale at 12.30pm 39 bulls catalogued. Click here to view copy of catalogue – Tullamore February Show and Sale 2026 Ringside and Online Bidding available through LSL All bulls are genotyped […]
The closing date for the next Show/Sale in Tullamore Mart on the 21st February is Wednesday 21st JANUARY and the closing date for the Premier Show/Sale in Elphin Mart on the 21st March is Monday 26th January. Entries can be submitted via the online sales entry portal under the SALES section of the website […]
If travelling by car/van/ Jeep without trailers please park at eircode N37 A3W4. Assembly time is 11.00am, please be there around 10.30am If travelling in the convoy, you will be directed by the gardai off the N6 to travel around the town of Athlone. Please support the rally if you can, its very important that […]
As President of our Society, im asking for all pedigree breeders, suckler farmers and beef farmers to attend the rally on 10th January in Athlone against the Mercosur deal. Just remember, No Beef, No Suckler Cows, No need for Pedigree Bulls. The Society is providing buses via your charolais club to bring members to the […]
I have been told by a number of TD’s that the reason the Irish Government was sitting on the fence for so long about supporting the Mercosur deal is because a backhand deal was done with the EU. The understanding was that Ireland could keep the nitrates derogation, as long as we didn’t block Mercosur. […]
As President of our Society i am asking our membership to make contact with their MEP’s and ask them to do the right thing by voting against the Mercosur deal. Irish Suckler Farmers are known to produce some of the best beef in the world under some of the strictest welfare, environmental and traceability standards. […]
Our Charolais News is going online – By doing this we hope to be in a position to update breeders more than twice a year with the latest news from the Society. We will still be emailing the newsletters to all members who have signed up for the correspondence by email option, so if you […]
With a very large crowd in attendance and the festive mood set, this years Christmas Cracker had a top price of €15,500 which was achieved for the Senior Champion of the Show Rosanna Van Gogh. The average price of €7,236 was up €1,147 from the same sale last year; 21 bulls sold for €8,000 or […]
A SALE NOT TO BE MISSED Catalogue available to view/download – https://charolais.ie/…/CHRISTMAS-CRACKER-2025-CATALOGUE… 83 Top Quality bulls are entered – All bulls are Pre-Inspected Export Tested Vet Inspected Fertility Tested Genotyped sire verified and Myostatin tested Show starts at 9.30am / Sale at 12.30pm NORTHERN IRELAND purchasers are offered: – FREE TRANSPORT OR €100 TOWARDS TRANSPORT COSTS […]
Click Below for Show Live Stream A SALE NOT TO BE MISSED This years Christmas Cracker is taking place in ELPHIN MART, Co. Roscommon on Saturday, 6th December 83 Top Quality, Pre-Inspected bulls catalogued Show starts at 9.30am / Sale at 12.30pm NORTHERN IRELAND purchasers are offered: FREE TRANSPORT OR €100 […]
The top price of €10,600 was achieved for Cahirglissane Vinny belonging to Patrick Hehir from Co. Galway. A carrier of both F94l and Q204x gene, he was sired by Clenagh Superior (et) and had Liscally ETI (et), Doonally New, Oldstone Egbert in the back pedigree. He sold to a breeder in Co. Clare. The next […]
Show starts at 10.00am sharp / Sale at 12.30pm 77 bulls catalogued. Click here to view copy of catalogue – Tullamore Show Sale November 2025 Ringside and Online Bidding available through LSL All bulls are genotyped sire verified, myostatin tested and pre-sale inspected. All bulls are fertility tested Please note that Northern Ireland buysers […]
The Society would like to announce that Shane Maguire from Kilbride in Co. Meath has been appointed as the Society’s new Field Officer. Shane will be familiar to alot of members already. He is the owner of the multi-award winning Dundoire Pedigree Charolais herd, which he set up in 2021 and he is also a […]
Tullamore Mart – Saturday 8th November Show starts at 10.00am sharp / Sale at 12.30pm 77 bulls catalogued. Click here to view copy of catalogue – Tullamore Show Sale November 2025 Ringside and Online Bidding available through LSL All bulls are genotyped sire verified, myostatin tested and pre-sale inspected. All bulls are fertility tested […]
Reminder that the closing dates for the Tullamore Show/Sale on the 8th November is closing next Wednesday 1st October and the Christmas Cracker Show/Sale in Elphin on 6th December is closing next Friday 3rd October. You can enter online on our website under the SALES section or you can post your entries to the office. […]
What an event we had at the National Calf Show & Sale and Elite Heifer Show & Sale last Saturday in Carrick-on-Shannon. Huge attendance and RECORD average sale prices received …. The figures say it all. Thank you to everyone who made this event the biggest Charolais event of the year and such a great […]
What an event we had at the National Calf Show & Sale and Elite Heifer Show & Sale last Saturday in Carrick-on-Shannon. Huge attendance and RECORD average prices received. Thank you to all involved in making the day such a success. Thank you to our two judges, David Barker in the male ring and Andrew […]
Our National Calf Show & Sale plus Elite Heifer Show & Sale are on TOMORROW in the Showgrounds in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon. Elite Judging commences at 9.30am / Sale at 1.30pm Calf Judging commences at 10.30am / Sale after Elite Heifer Sale Over 150 entries into the National Calf Show in 21 classes, with 51 […]
