Which beef bulls made the top 50 list for 2020?
We are now six months into 2021, with a total of 553,539 registered beef births so far this year. Now seems like a good time to look back at the top 50 beef AI (artificial insemination) bulls from 2020. From the data recently released by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), the top three bulls on the list  Fiston (FSZ), Castleview Gazelle (ZAG) and Moondharrig Knell (LM4217)  account for 39,048 recorded serves. The top 50 bulls on the list account for a total of 104,204 serves in 2020. The top 50 bull list is made up of nine different breeds, with Limousin (14) and Charolais (11) making up 25 of the bulls on the list. The remaining 25 places are made up of seven Angus; six Belgian Blue; four Simmental; three Hereford; two Salers; two Shorthorn; and one Aubrac bull. Image source: ICBF  Top of the list  Fiston (FSZ), a Charolais bull, had the highest number of recorded serves in 2020 with a total of 13,959. Fiston is a National Cattle Breeding Centre (NCBC) bull. Advertisement  Fiston (FSZ)  Image source: Progressive Genetics  Second on the list is Castleview Gazelle (ZAG), a Limousin bull, with 12,940 total serves for 2020; he is also a NCBC bull. Castleview Gazelle (ZAG)  Image source: Progressive Genetics  Top 50  Seventh altogether and the highest Angus bull on the list is Intelagri Matteo E.T., he is also a NCBC bull and had 3,829 record serves in 2020. Intelagri Matteo E.T. Image source: Progressive Genetics  Tenth is Curaheen Earp, the first of the four Simmental sires on the list, with 2,449 serves recorded. Sixteenth is Knottown Roy and the first of two Salers bull, the second being Highfield Odran. Knottown Roy had 1,666 recorded serves last year. Knottown Roy  Image source: Progressive Genetics  Twenty-fifth on the list is the first of the Hereford sires, Fabb 1 Northern Star, with 1,145 recorded serves. In twenty-ninth place we find the first shorthorn bull, Buncraggy Fire Fox (RO)(P), closely followed in thirtieth place by the one and only Aubrac bull on the list Turloughmore Magnificent  with 809 and 798 recorded serves respectively. Turloughmore Magnificent  Image source: Progressive Genetics  Full top 50 list  Image source: ICBF  Related Stories: Top 50 AI bulls from 2020 breeding season