The Irish Charolais Cattle Society hosted its final spring bull sale of the year on Saturday, May 23, at GVM Tullamore Mart, Co. Offaly.

A sale report from the society described the trade on the day as "exceptional for the top-end bulls".

A total of 13 bulls sold for over €5,000, while and the average sale price on the day settled at just under €6,000.

The judge in the pre-sale show was Sean McGovern, who tapped forward Kilduff All Star as his choice of Champion.

Bred by the Dunne family from Co. Cavan, this bull carried one copy of both the Q204X and F94L genes.

He was sired by the Dunnes’ stock bull and out of a Tombapik dam.

All Star was purchased by a farm in Co. Westmeath for the top price on the day of €11,600.

The Reserve Champion on the day was Clonaderg Andreas, owned by Thomas Claffey.

Andreas was sired by society bull Reglisse. He attracted strong interest from both pedigree and commercial breeders before selling to a Co. Galway suckler farmer for €9,200.

The next highest price went to Jim Geoghegan’s first prize-winning bull Lisnagre Adam ET.

Sired by Dromiskin Viceroy and out of a Horace JD dam, (Lisnagre Show Girl), he carried one copy of the 'Q' gene and later sold to Northern Ireland for €9,000.

Niall McNally from Co. Monaghan achieved the next highest price of the day with his first prize-winning bull Derryolam Acorn.

This stylish Plexus son, out of a CF52 dam, carried one copy of the Q204X gene and later sold for €8,400 to a suckler herd in Co. Clare.

Co. Offaly breeder Louise Quinn’s first entry of the day BallyM Armani also secured an impressive €7,800.

Described as a "super-muscled bull", he carried two copies of the F94L gene and sold to a Co. Monaghan suckler farmer.

He was sired by Knockmoyle10 Loki and out of a BallyM Mylove dam.

Other notable prices in the sale included:

€6,600 for Scardaune Ace, sired by Roughan Special 2 and sold by Oliver and Daniel Conway from Co. Mayo;
€6,200 for Cattanview Valtra, sired by Fiston and sold by Tim Higgins from Co. Leitrim;
€6,000 for Dereskit Ambassador 1244, sired by society bull Reglisse and sold by Basil Bothwell from Co. Cavan.

The society expressed its thanks to all who helped throughout the spring sales and events.

The table below shows the Irish Charolais Cattle Society spring bull sale average price differences from 2025 to 2026:

Commenting on the average sale prices achieved at the spring sales this year, Shane Maguire from the Irish Charolais Cattle Society said: "The demand for Charolais bulls this spring has been exceptional.

"The rise in average sale prices demonstrates this, and is a testament to the breeders for producing such quality bulls."