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...
Wendy Eisentrager enjoyed a very successful foray south from her home at Rosenthal Heights, Queensland, claiming both grand champion ram and grand champion ewe in the Dorper competition at this year’s Sydney Royal Show. The grand champion ram came out of the ram born April – May 2023, lambs teeth...
New South Wales stud, Amarula Dorpers claimed top honours at the annual Charleville Dorper and White Dorper ram sale on Tuesday. Dorpers sold to good demand throughout the catalogue, but it was a White Dorper that reached the top price of $5000. The studs represented at this year’s sale were:...
Buyers from Queensland, NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia sought well balanced rams with good carcase depth at the Eastern Region Dorper and White Dorper sale in Dubbo. 17 of 25 Dorper rams from seven vendors sold to a top of $9000 to average $2306, while 10 of 26...
High-indexing rams were in demand at the Bellevue Dorper online sale February 9, Millmerran, with a White Dorper achieving the top price of $3400. Bellevue 220497 was purchased by interstate buyer KWD Jenkins and Sons Pty Ltd, Nowa Nowa, Victoria. The March-2022 drop had a post-weaning fat (PFAT) figure of...
He may only be 11, but Pat York is already running his own sheep stud on his family’s property in Bowenville near Dalby. Pat said the reason he called his stud Wellspring, was because it means a source of continual and abundant supply. “My long term goal is to be...
Amarula Dorpers of Gravesend have reached new heights at their 21st annual on-property sale by setting an impressive new top price of $50,000. The family-operated stud cracked the half century with Amarula 221391 selling to return buyers Phil and Trish Palmer, Ivanhoe. The stud defined the current slump in the prime...
Excerpt from The Land: Times were tough in the sheepmeat industry in 2023. Yet the terminal and maternal ram market was able to counter a major commercial market downturn to perform remarkably well. The National Trade Lamb Indicator dropped nearly 50 per cent in 2023, from 811c/kg in January to...
