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THE LAND | Thursday, October 28, 2010
This year’s Beef Bonanza has
received record entries.
The entries consist of 186 prime led
exhibits, 41 prime unled exhibits, 11
pens-of-three groups, 25 registered
heifers, and more than 300 junior
judges and paraders.
By CARLA
WIESE-SMITH
OLID bidding pushed the average
to $1106 at the inaugural soft
rolling skin (SRS) Merino multivendor ram sale at “Severn Park”,
Cooma, on Wednesday last week.
Eight studs offered 67 rams, of which
54 sold to a top of $2200.
It wasn’t until the last draft of six
Glenwood rams that the top price was
achieved, with Jock Allen, “Kiah Lake”,
Berridale, snapping up the sire.
Mr Allen said he hadn’t planned on
buying any rams, but couldn’t go past
the beautiful long staple, bright wool
and poll factor of his purchase.
“He’s quite hard to fault,” he said.
The ram had a 17.9-micron fibre
diameter (FD), with a 2.8-micron
standard deviation (SD), 15.7 per cent
coefficient of variation (CV) and
99.9pc comfort factor (CF).
It also had Australian Sheep Breeding
Values (ASBVs) of 2.7 for yearling
weight, 0.2 for yearling fat and 0.5 for
yearling eye muscle depth.
Glenwood principals, Norm and Pip
Smith, Wellington, sold all six of their
rams for a $1367 average.
Scott and Anna Brien, Bella Lana,
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Booming beef bonanza: The
2010 Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza is
being held in Scone from October 29
to 31.
The Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza
consists of an enthusiastic committee
committed to providing the youth of
the Hunter Valley and beyond with
experience and education in the
Australian beef industry.
The event is designed to fulfil this
objective.
LEFT: Buyer
of the toppriced ram,
Jock Allen,
“Kiah
Lake”,
Berridale,
and vendor,
Norm
Smith,
Glenwood
Merinos,
Wellington,
at the SRS
Merino ram
sale held at
“Severn
Park”,
Cooma.
SRS to $2200
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Wellington, sold the second top price
ram from their draft of four, which all
cleared for the highest average of
$1375.
G.R. Penfold and Sons, “Sandridge”,
Quandialla, secured the second top
ram for $2100.
It had an 18.5-micron FD, 3.3-micron
SD, 17.8pc CV and
100pc CF, and had
ASBVs of 0.4 for yearling weight, 0.4 for
yearling fat and 0.1 for
yearling eye muscle
depth.
They took a further
two rams, averaging
$1567 for the draft.
T.C. Bruce, “Kookong”,
Delegate, paid $2000
for the third top ram,
which was offered by
the Taylor family’s Mumblebone stud,
Wellington.
The ram had a 20.2-micron FD, 3.1micron SD, 15.1pc CV and 99.9pc CF.
The Mumblebone stud, Wellington,
sold its full offering of six rams, averaging $1300.
Volume buyer was Roger Haylock,
“Old Springfield”, Cooma, who took 11
rams to a top of $1800, averaging
$1064.
E.H. and A.M. Kater, “Redcliff ”,
Bombala, paid to $1200 and averaged
$929 for seven rams, while J.W. and
J.M. Hedger, Numbla, via Dalgety, paid
an average of $640 for five sires.
SRS Merino breeding consultant, Dr
Jim Watts, Bowral, said the sale had
been a credit to all the growers, and it
would become an annual event.
The sale was conducted by Elders,
with Paul Dooley taking the bids.
AWASSI FAT-TAIL SHEEP DISPERSAL SALE
A Rare Opportunity
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Sale 11am, Inspection 9.30am
Approximately 200 sheep including:
• 26 Purebred Awassi Rams
• 23 Awassi Infused Rams
• 27 Purebred Awassi Ewes
• Approx 120 Awassi Infused Ewes
Sheep to be sold by Helmsman System on property at Cowra and interfaced with AuctionsPlus
The Awassi is:
A desert animal, able to thrive in arid
environments, but easily adapt to
most climates
Able to walk long distances and
browse as well as graze
The preferred breed for the Middle
Eastern livesheep and carcase
export market
A long lactation, high milk yield
sheep, ideal for dairies or better lamb
growth rates
A low maintenance breed with trouble
free lambing and very easy on fences
5 to 6 month old Awassi ewe lambs
Purebred Awassi ewes and ram
Location: 1078 Grenfell Road, Cowra NSW (10km West of Cowra)
Prospective purchasers need to register with the agent prior to the sale if attending the on-site auction at Cowra. Bidders using the AuctionsPlus system
need to have registered with AuctionsPlus at least 48 hours prior to the sale. Contact the agent as soon as possible for further details.
Agent: Schute Bell Livestock
Contact: Brett Douglas
(02) 6364 2008
0448 296 392
[email protected]
Owners: Karen & Philip Grant
(02) 6342 9292
0428 921 297
[email protected]
More information available on website: www.awassisheepsale.com
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