Beef Bull Central Performance Test at Tully

Four BB bulls were entered in Tully for the March 04 sale.
Ross Valiant owned by Jarlath Duggan and bred by Richard Duff
Ballymacsimon Victor owned by PJ Hegarty and bred by Anthony O Connor
Beechview Weston owned and bred by Tommy Rooney, Athlone
Skellig Ventry owned and bred by James Lennon, Athlone.
The table below shows how they performed:

Bull name	Sire	Sire Dam	Ht cm	Feed Conv	Eye M Area	Fat Area	Growth Rate	Feed Eff	Carcase Merit	Overall Index
Ross Valiant D.O.B. 14/11/03	Gypse De Haute Somme	Greystone Jackpot	138	5,77	127	1,2	113	113	101	111
Ballymacsimon Victor D.O.B. 02/12/03	Notez du Pont de	Brutal de St Fontaine	125	5,84	137	0,4	97	112	120	107
Skellig Ventry D.O.B. 21/12/03	Rival du Molinia	Vigoreux de St Fontaine	127	6,3	134	1,6	101	103	110	103
Beechview Weston D.O.B. 01/01/04	Virtuose de Granges	Agitateur de Somme	126	6.15	129	0/8	107	106	105	106

It is obvious from the above table that you need a bull with a very good growth rate to perform well at Tully.All the bulls had excellent feed conversion figures.J Duggan's bull won third prize of 1000 euro and sold for 3750 euro thus netting Jarlath 4750 euro. He had a height of 138 and a growth rate of 113. He was big enough to run with cows at 16 months of age. The bulls will be going in at twelve months of age for September '05 intake to Tully. The reason behind this being that the bulls will be more saleable at 18 months of age for March '06 sale.The following points should be taken into consideration when choosing a bull to enter for Tully

 

1. Correct feet and legs 2. Good length, growth and muscling 3. Halter trained nad ringed 4. If an ET calf, recipient dam to be tested for Johnes disease. 5. If natural calf, genetic dam has to be tested for John disease. 6. Calf has to be tested for IBR, BVD, EBL, TB and brucellosis 7. Calf must be waned and eating meal. Jarlath Duggan with his top performing bull Ross Valiant sold for 3750 euro at Tully sale March '05.