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...
There was solid demand throughout the catalogue at Burrawang Dorpers’ spring on-property sale at Ootha on Sunday afternoon, with strong support from Queensland and NSW producers and rams suiting a range of budgets. At the fall of the hammer, 151 of 155 rams sold to a $12,500 top to average...
There was a full clearance for Dell African Dumisa Dorpers and White Dorpers at their on-property sale near Moama on Friday. All 75 Dorper rams sold to a top price of $15,500 and for an average of $4064 while all 32 White Dorper rams sold to a top of $12,000...
Condobolin stud Tullinga Dorpers celebrated a full clearance and strong average for the Wald family’s third on-property sale on September 11. The stud offered and sold 109 Dorper and White Dorper rams to average $3653 and top at $7200. Bidding for the top-priced ram, Tullinga 230779, was a tennis match...
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...
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...
The foresight of Western Australian Dorper breeder Graeme Howie to establish a Dorper meat brand nearly two decades ago has been recognised with an industry service award. Mr Howie said he was honoured to receive the Dorper Sheep Society of Australia 2023 Distinguished Service Award. “I feel very humbled for...
WITH lamb prices continually increasing, workers hard to find and shearing teams stretched, meat sheep are becoming an attractive prospect. While they may be known as less labour intensive, handling has started to become a challenge with fast weight gains and the animals’ ability to jump. For most Australian meat...
WICUS Cronje has not only made a big impact at the country’s largest Dorper stud, Burrawang, he’s also been a game changer for the Dorper breed in Australia. With a lifetime of experience in the Dorper breed, having grown up in the Cronje Dorper stud which was established in South...
ABERLINE Dorper and White Dorper stud and the students from the Hay Way Memorial High School had a successful showing at the Sydney Royal Show, winning grand and reserve champion ram and ewe in both sections. Returning after an eight year hiatus, the school travelled nine hours and 720 kilometres...
