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Agriland
29-05-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Table: Top 10 AI sires for autumn 2024 suckler births
Almost a quarter of the suckler-bred calves born in the second half of 2024 were sired by artificial insemination (AI) bulls. The second half of 2024 saw 151,748 suckler-bred calves born on Irish farms, of which 34,382 (23%) were registered to an AI sire, according to Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) data. Of these, 44% have already been genotyped and 10 sires account for 32% of all the AI suckler progeny born in the first half of 2024. The table below details the top 10 AI sires with the most suckler-bred progeny recorded to them between July 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024: Rank AI code Name Number of progeny Repl. Index Term Index GI sire 1 CH4321 Lapon 2,184 €71 €155 Yes 2 LM2014 Ewdenvale Ivor 2,066 €152 €143 Yes 3 LM4217 Moondharrig Knell 1,036 €160 €97 Yes 4 LM7416 Powerful Proper 942 €142 €123 Yes 5 LM4184 Loyal 913 €145 €122 No 6 CH4159 Knockmoyle LokiET 902 €120 €156 No 7 CH6490 Orbi 759 €104 €126 Yes 8 AA4089 lntelagri Matteo ET 667 €223 €114 Yes 9 CH7503 Cloonradoon Ricky 620 €34 €131 Yes 10 BB4438 An de Beauffaux 576 €71 €91 No Source: ICBF As can be seen above, the top 10 list is dominated by well-proven Charolais and Limousin sires along with one Angus and one Belgian Blue. The 10 sires listed above have an average replacement Index of €122 with relatively high reliability across all the sires and very high in some cases. Seven of the top 10 sires, and all of the top four sires have graduated from Gene Ireland over the years, which, according to the ICBF, 'highlights the value of the programme for consistently progeny testing young high impact sires'. Other top AI sires by breed for suckler-bred calves born in this time: Aubrac : Turloughmore Magnificent (AU4683) with 185 progeny registrations; : Turloughmore Magnificent (AU4683) with 185 progeny registrations; Belgian Blue: Negrita Du Lac (BB8019) with 322 progeny registrations Negrita Du Lac (BB8019) with 322 progeny registrations Belgian Blue: New Red (BB7638) with 306 progeny registrations; New Red (BB7638) with 306 progeny registrations; Salers : Knottown Roy (SA4604) with 410 progeny registrations; : Knottown Roy (SA4604) with 410 progeny registrations; Simmental : Curaheen Earp (SI2152) with 258 progeny registrations; : Curaheen Earp (SI2152) with 258 progeny registrations; Simmental : Curaheen Gunshot (SI4147) with 182 progeny registrations; : Curaheen Gunshot (SI4147) with 182 progeny registrations; Simmental Leeherd Lynx (SI7491) with 177 progeny registrations. The high number of sires coming from Gene Ireland 'helps to drive the rate of genetic gain by building high-reliability indexes at a young age on the back of robust data recording', the ICBF said. 'Every spring and autumn, a new panel of young, high genetic merit AI sires are made available to suckler farmers for just €8/straw.' lntelagri Matteo ET was the most popular Angus sire on suckler cows, with 667 calves registered in that time. HW Lord Horatio (AA6682) was the second-most popular Angus AI sire on suckler cows with 344 calves registered to him, followed by Tubridmore Twomey (AA8472) with 294 calves registered in this time.
Agriland
07-05-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Aubrac bulls reach €5,000 at society sale in Tullamore
The Aubrac Irish Cattle Breed Society hosted its annual spring sale on Saturday, May 3, at GVM Tullamore Mart, Co. Offaly with a total of 44 animals offered for sale. The sale kicked off with the bulls entering the ring first, and the society reported a great demand for Aubrac genetics with a 100% clearance of the bulls and an average price of €3,655. Taking the top price of the sale was Turloughmore T Bone selling for €5,000. Bred by Kevin O'Brien from Co. Galway, the bull is a full-brother to the well-known artificial Insemination (AI) bull Turloughmore Magnificent. O'Brien also secured the joint second-highest price of the sale for Lot 8, Turloughmore Teddy Bear ET. Rated 5-stars in the replacement, terminal and dairy beef index, this bull was sired by Madison and sold for €4,300. The second bull to enter the ring also sold for €4,300 for Co. Galway-based breeder James Donnellan. Sired by Bison, Cloonmore Theo also had plenty of stars and took the joint second-highest bull price of the sale. Selling at €4,000 was Ballyconneely Utah, also coming from Co. Galway but this time from the herd of John Terence Sweeney. With a full sheet of stars, this bull was sired by Whitestown Leyland Et. In the In-calf section, the jewel of the crown was Ashbrook Tessa, bred by Michael Hanlon from Co. Longford. With a replacement value of €230 and dairy-beef at €172, this classy heifer sold for €3,850. Hanlon also had Ashbrook Tori sired by AI bull Dauphin in the sale, and this heifer sold for €3,550. The average sale price for the in-calf females was €2,560. In the maiden heifer section, the demand was described as 'excellent', with some super-quality maiden heifers on offer in the sale, according to the society. The joint top sale price of €2,550 in this section went firstly to Aubrac breeders Francis and James Butler from Co. Westmeath for De Buitlier Teagan, sired by the French bull Feilix and with a replacement value of €205. Brian and Rachel Donagher from Co. Laois also secured €2,550 for Donabrach Teddy – sired by Westfield Pluto. The average price for the maiden heifers in the sale settled at €2,175. A statement from the cattle breed society said: 'Overall, it was a great sale with top-quality stock on offer.' The overall clearance rate was 82%. The society thanked all those who supported and helped the event and wished the buyers the best of luck with their purchases. Glenford Aubrac Herd dispersal sale Also taking place on the day was the dispersal of the Glenford Aubrac Herd owned by Kelly Stephenson and PJ Mc Grath. The herd was being dispersed as the farm is changing enterprise to dairy farming. The dispersal included 20 lots and the top price of the dispersal went to Glenford Prima Donna selling for €4,700. The 2020-born cow was sired by Eros and her dam was the Reserve Champion at Tullamore Show in 2016. She sold scanned in calf to Harmonieux (S2205 carrying a heifer calf) . Glenford Uriel, an eight-month-old heifer, sold for €4,550. Glenford Uriel sold for €4,550 Sired by Otto657efb, this heifer's dam, Glenford Snowball, also sold in the dispersal for €3,200. Both Uriel and Prima Donna were purchased by Westmeath-based Aubrac breeder Robert Burns.
