December 4, 2018 New Carcase Traits from AHDB
New Breeding tools could help beef farmers boost profits Five new Estimated Breeding Values (EBV’s) for traits that farmers are directly paid for, have been developed to help farmers improve…
November 29, 2018 Charolais Chairman Cleans up at Carlisle
Society Chairman Chris Curry had a great day at Carlisle on Friday 23 November when his bull not only secured the championship at the pre sale show but went on…
November 9, 2018 Norseman rides off with the top price
There was a strong commercial interest in Charolais bulls at Welshpool on Thursday 8 November at the breed’s official autumn sale. Bidding peaked at 7,000gns and 27 bulls sold to…
November 5, 2018 Charolais Females in Demand at Dungannon
A ready demand for Charolais at Dungannon on Friday 2 November saw bull prices top at 5,800gns with an of average of £3,335 for the 34 sold – eight more…
October 24, 2018 Charolais lead the Autumn trade at Stirling
Judge: Will Short Charolais took the top price, made the highest average and sold the most bulls at the Autumn round of Stirling bull sales this week. 80 bull sold…
October 9, 2018 Myostatin Information
What is Myostatin? Myostatin is a gene that influences the production of proteins which control muscle development. When an animal is identified as having one of the mutations it means…
August 31, 2018 Farm Visit 15 September
The British Charolais & Salers cattle societies are holding a farm visit on Saturday 15 September, kindly hosted by Alun and Anita at Thomas at Tyn hendre, Talybont, Bangor, Gwynedd,…
August 23, 2018 National Young Stars Northern Boys
This year’s Charolais team, The Northern Boys – Micheal Dumbreck, Tom Brown and Harry Stobart, who were kindly jointly sponsored by Blyth’s Butchers, arrived at Malvern Three Counties Showground mid-morning,…
August 23, 2018 Charolais Youth Year
South East, Anglia & South West Regional Qualifier There was an early start to the qualifiers this year, as the weekend after Easter saw the first of the regional qualifiers…
July 30, 2018 Clogher Show Bank of Ireland NI National Charolais Championship
Charolais Reign Supreme at The 100th Clogher Valley Show Charolais Breeders pulled out all of the stops for the inaugural Bank of Ireland – NI National Charolais Championship at the…
July 26, 2018 Royal Welsh Show 2018
Heifer, born on or between 01/04/17 – 31/07/17 1 – Teme Nude – Mrs SM Corbett 2 – Caerddaniel Nice – Mr RO Williams & Son 3 – Llwyngwathen Nina…
July 12, 2018 National Charolais Show at the Great Yorkshire Show 2018
Judge: Andrew Hornall Female born on or between 01/05/17 – 31/7/17 1 – Ellerton Nettle – Mr A Brown 2 – Sportsmans Nicole – Boden & Davies Ltd 3 –…
June 29, 2018 Urgent need for beef farmers to safeguard their business from uncertainty
Despite huge uncertainty in the agricultural sector, beef farmers must start to make decisions now in order to protect their business in what is likely to be a more volatile…
June 25, 2018 Highland Show 2018
FEMALE born on or between 1st April and 31st July 2017 1 – Bassett Nadia – Brailes Livestock 2 – Ballindalloch Nadine – Mr John Irvine & Son 3 –…
June 19, 2018 Mornity Nero heads over to Ireland for semen collection
Robert Young of the Mornity herd was delighted to inform us that he has sold the 15-month-old Mornity Nero, in a private deal to Elite Pedigree Genetics of Northern Ireland…
June 18, 2018 Carlisle Charolais Summer Sale
The Charolais Cattle Summer Sale on Friday 15 June at Carlisle saw a small show of only 3 bulls forward but did achieve a 100% clearance rate with top price…
June 5, 2018 Magnum hits top price at Swatragh
The ring was packed to the rafters at Swatragh Mart, for the inaugural Northern Ireland Charolais club sale evening on Friday 1 June, where 11 bulls sold to an average…
May 21, 2018 Charolais put on 5 Star Performance at Balmoral Show
There was no doubting the quality on show for the Charolais breed this year. They took the most sought-after title of the week in the Beef rings – clinching the…
May 14, 2018 Neptune amongst the stars at Carlisle
There was a good trade for Charolais at Carlisle on Saturday 12 May where bidding peaked at 13,000gns, five lots traded at five figure sums and 60 bulls sold to…
May 8, 2018 Goldies Moonlight tops the Stirling Charolais sale at 9,200gns
Trade held up well at the Charolais Society sale where buyers came out in force to ensure a steady demand which resulted in the averages improving by £815 from last…