Any stud principal’s first and foremost goal at a ram or bull sale is to sell all their lots, and that’s exactly what Nick and Mel Pagett of Winrae Dorpers, Warialda, achieved on Friday. Every Dorper or White Dorper ram offered within the sale had a one-way ticket to their...
An older White Dorper ram has continued to impress, picking up the supreme title in the breeding judging at the Royal Canberra Show. The May 2021-drop, 115 kilogram ram from the four-tooth class was shown by Harewood stud, Canowindra. Judge Thomas Youlden, Youlden Valley, Tomingley, said the ram had good...
At the conclusion of the sale, which lasted four hours and 34 minutes, 104 of the 128-head sale team had been sold. Broken down into their respective breeds, all eight of the Dorper rams offered sold to a high of $4000 (seven times), averaging $3775, while 49 of 67 Dorper...
Western NSW and Queensland buyers were the bidders to beat at the 19th annual Annalara White and Ultra White Dorper sale, held on property, near Dubbo, on Wednesday, February 19. Annalara sold 82 of 83 White Dorper rams to a top price of $5000, four times, to average $2695. Of...
A Dorper ram sale at Gravesend has set an early 2025 benchmark for the breed, with a total clearance and buyers from a large area of western NSW and Queensland. Justin and Lorroi Kirkby’s Amarula stud offered 149 rams, with a White Dorper topping at $13,000, a Dorper ram making...
Finding out his sheep were arsonists probably wasn’t on Peter Cheal’s 2024 bingo card, but despite their occasional pyromaniac ways, he is still happy with the symbiosis between solar farms and grazing. Mr Cheal, Nogoa Dorpers, Emerald, runs 600 Dorper ewes across several properties in central Queensland, including on solar...
New gross margin calculations have shown that prime lamb production and replacement purchases emerged as the top-performing sheep enterprises of 2024, demonstrating resilience in a dynamic industry. According to recent analysis from the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW DPIRD), economic returns for 20-micron ewe and 1st...
Prime lamb production topped the charts in 2024 for top performing sheep enterprises in NSW, with better prices at the end of the calendar year contributing to success, reported NSW DPI Regional Development. Sheep gross margin calculations covered three main cost categories: replacements, wool harvesting, and fodder. While lambs from...
WHEN walking the floor of their family’s thriving Hardwicks Meats processing plant in Kyneton, Victoria, brothers James, Luke and Pat Hardwick were struck by the Dorper breed’s unmistakable rise to prominence. The trio could see the Dorper’s ideal carcase conformation over the hooks and also witnessed impressive yield data rolling...
From the air it looks like business as usual for the Mannions at their property three hours north-west of Broken Hill, on the edge of the outback. But a closer inspection reveals the sheep in their yard aren’t wool-growing merinos. The family is transitioning away from traditional sheep breeds grown...
