2018 DSSA QLD Region Sale Results

DSSA QLD Region Dorper Ram & Ewe Sale Results – 40 Dorper rams sold to $2,000 (Smit Dorpers 170035 to Maxifari Trust) & av. $1,035. 38 White Dorper rams sold to $1,800 (Boondarra 170326 to Lower Plains Livestock) & av. $990. 3 Dorper ewes sold to $600 (Amarula 176534 &...

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A silent auction for a great cause

A silent auction for a great cause! There are Dorper and White Dorper rams and ewes up for grabs with proceeds going to ‘Herd to Bendigo’ and ‘Aussie Helpers’. The auction begins 25 October and ends 23 November 2018. Your support is appreciated. Well done to Kype Park Dorpers, Kyolna...

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2018 Kaya Sale Results

Kaya Sale Results   Kaya Dorper Ram & Ewe Sale, WA 86/97 Dorper & White Dorper rams sold to $6900 (Lot 55. Kaya White 160634) & av. $1282 and 63/79 Dorper & White Dorper ewes sold to $1475 & av. $464. Image: StudStockSales.com

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Launceston Royal Show 2018

Results for 2018 Launceston Royal Show 10 Dorpers exhibited plus 3 lambs at foot. The lambs took the top honours this year, with 9 month old Chatswood Eureka D950 170035, awarded Champion Ram, and 13 month old Chatswood Emily D950 170029, Champion Ewe. Champion Ewe and Ram pictured with Janet...

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Melashdan top $2700

Offering 56 White Dorpers and 19 Dorpers, the Fiegert’s ninth annual Melashdan Dorper and White Dorper ram sale was held at a Tumby Bay property on Tuesday, September 11, with the top ram selling for $2700. Only one Dorper was left unsold, with a top of $1000 and an average of...

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Dorpers don’t fence Hovey in

Shayne Hovey knew his 242-hectare holding at Lowan Vale, near Bordertown, was never going to deliver the returns he wanted alone but he was always adamant he could still make the property work for him. A rural fencing contractor, Mr Hovey also knew he could run a decent fencing business across...

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Hay students’ impressive Melbourne Show Dorper ribbon haul

A GROUP of students from Hay in the NSW Riverina made the trek to the Royal Melbourne Show and returned with extra luggage. They took home ribbons for champion and reserve champion Dorper ram, supreme champion Dorper exhibit, the sires progeny group, breeders group, and champion and reserve champion White...

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Big order makes Nonning White Dorper sale

RAPID fire bidding and a large pastoral order ensured Nonning White Dorper stud’s ninth annual ram sale on Friday was all over in under three quarters of an hour. But the repeat buyers at the McTaggart family’s Kilmory property at Woolumbool near Naracoorte, largely had it their way with 81...

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Dorpers top at $6500 and White Dorper Ram at $7000

Performance in dry paddocks, high yielding carcasses and confidence in the industry, had prime lamb producers lining up to purchase the quality, performance recorded genetics offered by the Curtis family at the Bellevue Dorper and White Dorper Stud’s 13th ram sale held on-property, Bellevue, Millmerran, last Saturday. With a 100...

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