Lamb producers from New South Wales are venturing as far north as St George in search of quality rams to enhance their breeding herds. Chelsee Mason and Angus Seekamp of Masseeh Pastoral Company, based in Broken Hill, NSW, recently made a 12-hour journey to St George, Queensland, to secure 16...
Noted stud and commercial sheep producer Bellevue Grazing Company swept the field at the prime lamb carcase competition at the Royal Queensland Show. David and Robbie Curtis and daughter Sophie Madge of Bellevue, Millmerran, were on the ground on Saturday to receive the overall champion for their pen of three...
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Buyers sought rams with outstanding growth and overall quality at the Cobar Invitational Dorper and White Dorper sale in Cobar on August 6. At auction, nine vendors sold 37 of 50 White Dorper rams to a top price of $6000 to average $1700, while 25 of 29 Dorper rams from...
Dell African Dumisa Dorpers and White Dorpers of Moama, NSW, continued its successful run in the show ring, taking out the supreme White Dorper exhibit at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show at Bendigo. The grand champion ewe went to African 190717. Judge Christo Harmse, Gunnedah, NSW, described the ewe...
WA-based Kaya Dorpers, of Narrogin, sold the top-priced Dorper ram at the Dorper Sheep Society of Australia sale at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show at Bendigo on Sunday. The top-priced ram was the Dorper, Kaya 220709, which had won grand champion ram in the show ring the day prior...
Boondarra White Dorpers claimed top price honours at the annual St George multi-breed ram sale on Sunday. The sale was held at the St George showgrounds and was hosted by Nutrien Ag Solutions. The studs represented at this year’s sale were Boondarra White Dorpers, Grathlyn Australian Whites, Norwood White Dorpers,...
Commercial Dorper ewes sold by Dust’n Rain Dorper and White Dorper, Carstairs Station, Pooncarie, were in hot demand during the online National Sheep sale on Tuesday. A majority of the dispersal ewes will head into the state’s Central West while others will cross the southern border to Beulah, Vic. Dust’n...
There was strong stud interest at the top end of the Burrawang Dorper and White Dorper on-property sale on Monday, with a South Australian operator buying the top two lots. Dorpers sold to good demand throughout the catalogue, but it was a White Dorper that reached the top price of...
