The annual 180 draft of Poll Merino and Merino rams offered on account Bogo Merinos, “Ravenswood”, Yass saw 154 sold to keen demand to top of $5,500 and average price $2048.
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Speaking after the sale, stud manager Mal Peake said the sale was a ‘great result’, and reflecting current values in the sheep and wool markets.
“We penned more rams this year to provide plenty of buying opportunity for clients to fill their requirements and to have so few left over means everyone got what they wanted,” Mr Peake said.
“These are the best rams we have ever offered, and the genetic depth was evident in consistent prices all the way through the sale.”
Top price at $5,500 was paid by long term Bogo clients, John and Anna Hyles, Booroomba Station, Tharwa who were advised in the selection of their draft by Pat McNeil, AWN, Goulburn.
The Hyles have long selected rams from the top end of the Bogo draft as they are keen to maintain the improvement of their sheep.
“This is the best ram we have ever bought,” Mrs Hyles said.
He is a structurally correct and well-balanced ram with a heavy cutting fleece of fine wool
- Pat McNeil
“We join 7,500 Merino ewes and want to lift the quality of our clip and stock.”
Mr McNeil said they were attracted to the ram for his conformation and high indexing figures.
“He is a structurally correct and well-balanced ram with a heavy cutting fleece of fine wool,” he said.
“His wool is very soft and bright which is what is needed in the high rainfall at Tharwa.”
The ram was included in the draft of nine rams bought for average price $2583.
Another return client, Shaun Beasley, Lindenow South, Victoria bought two rams and paid $4,750 and $3,750 respectively.
“They have very stylish wool,and we aim at selling spinners type fine wool grown in the east Gippsland,” he said.
Mr Beasley said the rams will be used to breed his own sires for his flock.
This was Steven Paton’s first visit to Bogo and he picked up the ram he had admired at the Hamilton Sheepvention for $4,000.
The Victorian-based woolgrower at Coleraine said he was extremely impressed with the wool, frame and fat measurement of the ram.
“He will walk ‘straight through the door’ into flock,” Mr Paton said.
“His wool is very similar to what we have … soft and bright wool with deep crimp … he also has a good frame to go with his heavy wool cut.”
Mr Paton will join the ram to selected ewes to breed rams for his self-replacing flock producing five and half kilograms fleece measuring 18.5 micron.
Volume buyers included Nick Wragge, manager Woomargama Station, Woomargama, who bought eight rams to $4,000 (twice) and averaged $3,562: Frances Elsegood, Bookham whose seven rams averaged $2,607 and the McLennan family, “Connen Hill”, Goulburn who added to their sire battery with five rams to top $4,500 and average price $3,650.
Schlunke Pastoral Co, “Hillgrove”, Bowning purchased three rams to average $3,500, Garabray Pty Ltd, “Fairview”, Greenethorpe, paid to $4,000 for their selection of 11 rams which averaged $2,955 and D. J and R. D Sykes, Binalong took five rams home to $3,750 top and average price $3,250.
Other significant sales included one at $4,500 bought by Burrinjuck Pastoral Co, “Bertangles”, Bookham, Naamaroo Pty Ltd, “Nerragundah”, Gunning who paid to $4,000 in their selection of three rams, and C and H Baker, “Redmore”, Orange, who paid to $4,250 for their draft of four rams which averaged $2,688.
Maurice Webb, “Merryvale”, Young returned to buy nine rams for average price $2,388 and Reynolds Pastoral Co, “Toompang”, Young bought 14 rams to $3,750 and average price $2,089, while the Eats family, Bulart, Victoria bought three rams to $4,000.
The sale was settled by Butt Livestock and Property, Yass with guest auctioneer Paul Dooley, Tamworth.
