October 28, 2013 Welshpool Charolais peak at 9,800gns
Welshpool Charolais peak at 9,800gns New centre record ave £4,080 for 77 bulls sold; £0.54m grossed British Charolais bulls met a flying trade from a packed ringside in Welshpool on…
October 23, 2013 Stirling Bull Sales 22/23 October
Stirling Charolais peak at 22,000gns; 92 bulls average £6,578 Charolais lead multi-breed week: highest number of bulls sold + highest average price British Charolais met a strong commercial demand from…
October 15, 2013 Aberdeen & Northern Marts, The Spectacular, Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, 4th September 2013
Supreme champion and British Charolais Cattle Society winner was a six-month-old 304kg Charolais cross steer sired by Craigland Danial and out of a British Blue cross Limousin dam from Andrew…
October 2, 2013 Supreme Charolais on show at the NI National Show in Fintona
Large crowds gathered around the ring for one of the most successful National Charolais shows in years; the charolais club worked hard to bring together the 15th annual show in…
September 16, 2013 Undisputed weight for age – Charolais cross cattle leave £132 a head benefit over all other crosses: McIntosh Donald
The Milne family, Robbie, Barbara and their son, James are among the hundreds of suppliers to one of Scotland’s major processors who are reaping the benefits of finishing Charolais cross…
September 16, 2013 Saxon Charolais peak at 5,000gns
Charolais sold to a top of 5,000gns in Sedgemoor on Thursday 12 September when the Conley family, Martin, Susan and Christopher dispersed their pedigree Saxon herd. Sale leader at 5,000gns…
September 10, 2013 Trefonnen Charolais Dispersal Sale 7th November 2013
Dispersal Sale at Welshpool 7th November 2013 Whole herd including: Trefonnen Veronica Dam of Trefonnen Crouch Sold to Brampton Herd where he bred Fugitive who was Intermediate Champion at Stirling…
September 4, 2013 Searching for a sustainable suckler strategy?
Charolais + Beef Shorthorn cross to maximise output What does it take for a sustainable future for a suckler cow enterprise? According to SAC beef specialist Ian Pritchard, the answer…
August 7, 2013 Ralph Needham elected Charolais president
One of the early founding breed society member Ralph Needham has been elected president of the British Charolais Cattle Society. A former British Charolais Cattle society chairman and one of the…
July 29, 2013 2014 Annual Subscription Increase
2014 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION At the recent BCCS AGM held on Wednesday 3 July 2013 at the NEC, the following proposal was agreed unanimously: “Ordinary Resolution proposed by the Council of…
July 23, 2013 Charolais delivers performance related premiums while continuing to step up genetic progress
Re-elected breed society chairman, Alasdair Houston Charolais breeders are providing sires leaving premiums for commercial producers worth over £130 a head over other breeds. Momentum is gathering, as modern British…
July 23, 2013 Royal Welsh 2013
Charolais dominates Royal Welsh beef awards Charolais triumphed at the Royal Welsh 2013 by taking the top two interbreed beef awards. Three year old Barnsford Ferny kicked off the…
July 19, 2013 Vaccine For Schmallenberg Now Available
A vaccine to control the impact of the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in cattle and sheep is now available. The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has granted MSD Animal Health a provisional…
July 15, 2013 Great Yorkshire Show 2013
July 11, 2013 Bull calf finishing results by individual sire from the 2011 calf crop at Hopping Farm
Simon Marsh, Senior Lecturer – Beef Cattle Specialist, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB Farmers Weekly/Harper Adams Beef Focus farmer Simon Frost at Hopping Farm in the Derbyshire dales…
July 5, 2013 Young Charolais Breeders Out In Force At Stock Judging Final
Fifty two finalists from nine UK regions battled it out at the British Charolais Young Breeders’ Stock Judging Competition sponsored by Weatherbys, hosted as part of the inaugural National Charolais…
July 5, 2013 The National Charolais Youth Stockjudging Final 2013
The National Charolais Youth Stockjudging Final, sponsored by Weatherbys and held at the Livestock Event today was a great success. Fifty competitors turned out to compete from all over the…
July 1, 2013 National Charolais Show 2013
Inaugural National Charolais Show a great success The first National Charolais Show attracted an attendance of 63 head of cattle at the Livestock Event at the NEC, Birmingham, with…
June 24, 2013 Charolais reign supreme at Royal Highland Show
Royal Highland Show Website Interbreed team and individual in the main ring Charolais judging in the main ring Charolais breeders enjoyed one of their most successful Royal Highland Shows ever;…
June 20, 2013 Blelack Charolais cow and twin calf outfit peaks at £18,795
Charolais females met a strong demand from buyers from throughout the UK and Ireland, selling to a top of 17,900gns for a cow and her twin heifers when Neil and…