Amended on11th September 2014
Holstein Northern Ireland
Show and Sale Schedule (Kilrea/Ballymena)
Sale/Date/Venue/Tel
Ballymena Bull Show and Sale
10th October 2014
Ballymena Livestock Mart
Tel 028 2563 3470
December Bull Show and Sale
2nd December 2014
Kilrea Livestock Mart
Tel. 028 2954 0269
Ballymena Bull Show and Sale
16th January 2015
Ballymena Livestock Mart
Tel 028 2563 3470
March Bull Show and Sale
3rd March 2015
Kilrea Livestock Mart
Tel. 028 2954 0269
May Bull Show and Sale
5th May 2015
Kilrea Livestock Mart
Tel. 028 2954 0269
Closing Date
Prize Money
Judge
Monday, 22nd
September
2014
Champion:
Res Champion:
Hon Mention:
£100
£75
£50
Ben
Mallon
Tuesday, 4th
November
2014
at noon
Champion:
Reserve Champion:
Hon Mention:
£100
£75
£50
John
Berry
Skybrook
£150
£125
£75
Robbie
Smith
Prehen
Vouchers:
Monday,
Champion:
th
29 December Res Champion:
2015
Hon Mention:
Tuesday, 3rd
February
2015
at noon
Champion:
Reserve Champion:
Hon Mention:
£100
£75
£50
William
Kerr
Fordwich
Tuesday, 7th
April 2015
at noon
Champion:
Reserve Champion:
Hon Mention:
£100
£75
£50
Mervyn
Johnston
Notes for October Bull Sale Ballymena
Bulls born from 1st January 2013 to 10th October 2013
Bulls must be bred from first dam classified at least Good Plus
Notes for December Bull Sale Kilrea
Bulls born from 1st March 2013 to 2nd December 2013
Bulls must be bred from first dam classified at least one generation VG
Notes for January Bull Sale Ballymena
Bulls born from 1st April 2013 to 16th January 2014
Bulls must be bred from first dam classified at least Good Plus
Notes for March Bull Sale Kilrea
Bulls born from 1st June 2013 to 3rd March 2014
Bulls must be bred from first dam classified at least one generation VG
BVD – All animals
must have been
tested for BVD with
a negative PI
(Persistent Infection)
result and have been
fully vaccinated for
BVD with evidence
provided together
with permit(s) prior
to the sale.
Notes for May Bull Sale Kilrea
Bulls born between 1st August 2013 and 5th May 2014
Bulls must be bred from first dam classified at least one generation VG
Please read the conditions as laid out by the Show and Sales Committee overleaf.
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Bull Show and Sale Conditions (Kilrea/B’mena)
Exhibitors must be fully paid up members of the club. Non-members can apply for membership by contacting the
secretary on Tel. 07711 0411 28
All animals must be born in Northern Ireland on the Exhibitors farm and registered with the Exhibitors prefix.
All bulls must be full pedigree. Pedigree certificates must be forwarded to the auctioneer with the application form.
All animals must be Double Tagged and this tag must correspond with the Ear Tag on the pedigree certificate.
Any yield not shown on the pedigree certificate must be verified with a lactation certificate. Copies of these will be
sufficient.
If the steward rejects an animal, then it must be removed from the sale yard immediately.
Any animal not sold on first presentation in the ring must wait until the end of the sale before it can be presented again. It
cannot come in at the end of its class.
Semen Storage - Under HUK rules if semen has already been taken from a bull, then it must be declared in the catalogue.
Twice daily milking - Breeders should clearly indicate which animals are ‘milked twice daily’ - as the catalogue must
reflect this with ‘2X’. All other yields in respect of the entry will be assumed as ‘milked 3 times daily’.
All milk yields must relate to 305 days. Extended lactation details are to only be included in the footnotes and not along
side the 305 day yields.
Sales will have a maximum number of 50 bulls. Entries will be restricted to 10 bulls per exhibitor. In the event of the
Show and Sales Committee having to reduce numbers further this reduction will be made on the latest PLI index with the
lowest PLI’s being ruled out.
Showing
Animals will be catalogued according to age and then split into appropriate classes according to numbers.
Kilrea judging commences 10.30 am sharp and the sale after close of weekly dairy sale approx 12 noon.
Ballymena judging commences 10.30 am sharp and the sale approx 12 noon.
Please Note: Trophies, cash prizes and points will be allocated to winners provided the animals are sold on first presentation
in the ring. In the event of winners being unsold, then the reserves will be the recipients of the trophies, cash prizes and
points. The club following the show results being forwarded to the secretary will pay prize money.
Rosettes - will be awarded to the Champion, Reserve Champion and the first 4 places in each class.
Entry fees - Kilrea and Ballymena. Entry fee of £15.
 NOTE: Holstein UK Sale Rules will apply to all Holstein NI Sales