Monamore Sale
Cow families backed by generations of top performance and quality yields The 57th Monamore annual sale, for Tom, Rhona and James Kelly, took place on Saturday October 30th last. With an average price of 2,327 guineas achieved on the day, the sale must rank among the best ever sales for the Monamore herd.
Top price 2,750gns. •
Monamore Casp Raven (Lot 23) topped the sale selling for 4,100gns. A fresh calved heifer, calved six weeks she is a potential eighth generation VG/EX. Bred from the Raven family, she is backed by three generations of dams, having 3.50% protein and higher.
The very brisk trade throughout the day was a very positive endorsement for the strength of cow families backed by generations of top performance for production, conformation and quality overall. The catalogue offering was a choice selection of over 110 high calibre lots. The sale was conducted by Taaffe Auctions and the venue was Carnaross Mart, Co. Meath. Established Monamore families were once again to the fore including Torch, Darlene, Vera, Ellymae, and Raven to mention a few. Choice cow families acquired over the years to embellish the mix of high genetic lines such as Lila Z, Redrose, Papoose, Fame, Roxy, Butterfly and Ada were also on offer, adding to the depth of appeal. The high consistency of quality cow family breeding helped to achieve a milestone for Monamore earlier this year when the herd achieved a total of 104 Excellent (EX) classified cows on IHFA conformation within the herd. The brisk trade right throughout the sale reflected the quality stock offered for auction. Four fresh heifers achieved prices over 4,000gns Six fresh heifers achieved prices over 3,500gns •
Fresh calved heifers and cows averaged 2,870 gns. Top price 4,100gns.
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Autumn/winter calving heifers averaged 2,460 gns. Top price 2,750gns.
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Spring calving heifers averaged 2,164 gns.
Baby heifer calves averaged 1,160 gns. Top price 2,050gns.
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Her dam, Monamore HY Raven VG86, produced 10,446kgs milk, 744kgs milk solids in her 2nd lactation (305 d). Her grand dam, Monamore Goldie Raven EX90 4E, is an IHFA Diamond Award recipient and she is one of four maternal sisters all classified Excellent (EX) on conformation. Currently milking 36 litres per day, Monamore Casp Raven is one of the top yielding fresh heifers in the herd. She is sired by Claynook Casper (FR4416). Her heifer calf sired by Westcoast Yamaska VG86 (FR4368) was the top priced heifer calf selling for 2,050gns. Combined, mother and daughter realised a total auction price of 6,150gns. Monamore Yama Evon (Lot 4) achieved the next highest price selling for 4,050gns. A fresh calved heifer, calved six weeks she is currently milking 35 litres/day. She is backed by eight generations of 3.50% protein dams including dam, Monamore Evon 54 EX - 3rd lactation yield 10,804kgs milk, 832kgs milk solids, 4.07% fat, 3.63% protein (305 d) - and grand dam, Monamore RMan Exon EX91 - 3rd lactation yield 10,239kgs milk, 788kgs milk solids, 3.89% fat, 3.80% protein (331 d). Sired by Westcoast Yamaska VG86, she was the highest EBI fresh calved heifer in the sale. Her heifer calf sired
