All flocks/breeders must have:

Data Quality Index(DQI)

A flock DQI of 85% or higher at the time of catalogue printing. View your DQI score on your online  account at www.sheep.ie, and update it manually by clicking “Recalculate”.

Flock Linkage Status –genetically linked in 2026.

Check your flock linkage status by visiting your €uroStar profile through your online account. Flock linkage will be updated after all the 2026 lambing data has been submitted to the database, generally available in mid-May.

Friday Night Intake for all rams

All rams are required to pass through intake on the Friday evening, with no exceptions. Intake of all rams will be taking place on Friday 21^st August between 5-8pm, to facilitate an early sale start time on the Saturday morning.

Pre-Entries

Once again, there will be a pre-entry system that will be closing on Friday, 26^thJune. Only breeders who enter at this stage will gain access to the final entries in early August. Details of pre-entries will be circulated in early June.

Important: pre-entering for the sale does not guarantee entry to the sale. All criteria highlighted above must be met at final entries.

The deadline for receipt of final entries will be Tuesday, August 4^th.

Number of Rams eligible to be entered

Flock size is determined by the number of pedigree ewes that lambed down to a pedigree ram of the same breed. Flock size will determine the number of rams a breeder can enter for their relevant breed. If a breeder has more than one breed, they are eligible to enter rams from each breed.

The No. of ewes per breed includes recipient ewes who give birth to pedigree lambs as well as pedigree ewes. So for example if a breeder has 10 Pedigree ewes and 10 recipients lambed for a breed, the total no. of ewes would be 20, meaning they could bring 3 rams for that breed.

Important: these numbers may be subject to change depending on the volume of entries.

Non-attendance on the day of the sale and fees

Any breeder that enters rams into the sale and subsequently cannot attend the sale should contact Sheep Ireland before the sub’s deadline of Monday, August 17^th, to allow us to withdraw animals from the official sales catalogue. If rams are catalogued for sale and breeders do not present rams on the day, breeders will be refused entry to the sale in 2027.

No entry fee is required for this sale and sellers will pay a 2.5% commission that will be discounted by the mart.

Genotyping precautions

Due to the possibility of a ram having a sire or dam changed and/or having a change in €uroStar values following genotyping, it is advised to genotype an additional ram(s) as substitutes well in advance of the sale. It could take up to 4 weeks from the ram’s tissue sample arriving in the lab until the ram having a genomic evaluation, so this process cannot be completed at short notice.

It is advised that potential rams for the sale are DNA sampled and returned to the lab no later than June 1^st, this will allow sufficient time for rams to be re-sampled in the event of the sample failing the quality control checks at the lab or to rectify any parentage errors found.

If you have any questions or queries on the sale, please contact us at 023-8820451or e-mail us at [email protected]