Over 100 Charolais cattle are set to come under the hammer at Raphoe Mart on Saturday, September 27 when Ian Maxwell’s noted “Deeleview” herd is dispersed.
This is one of the largest sales of its kind for some time, and is sure to create interest among new and established breeders.
Charolais cattle were first introduced at Carrickbrack in the late 1960’s when Ian’s father Joe purchased some grade register cattle.
The natural progression was to obtain some pure females, and this was done in the 1970’s when a trip to France resulted in the purchase of three maiden heifers. Included in this importation was the Lustucru daughter “Nougatine” who had a tremendous impact within the Carrickbrack herd with 24 progeny recorded.
Ian and his brother Noel decided to separate their cattle in 1996, and it was at this time that Ian formed the Deeleview prefix. The Deeleview herd is run on a commercial basis, with each cow rearing its own calf naturally. The in calf stock within this catalogue have not been meal feed prior to the sale, and cows are recently weaned.
The sale is scheduled to commence at 12.30pm with viewing from 10am on sale morning.
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