Yarding just over 6000 sheep at Jerilderie vendors saw values firm on recent sales due to repeat buyers appreciating the quality of the sheep on offer.
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Elders Jerilderie manager, Nick Gray noted the presence of many southern buyers which created demand for the sheep on offer, which were described as being in strong forward condition.
“It was a terrific sale,” he said.
“The quality of the sheep on offer were very good under trying seasonal conditions, and they sold to very solid demand.”
Local woolgrower, George Simpson, Yooroobla, Jerilderie offered his annual draft of surplus and five year old Merino ewes, along with his autumn drop and unshorn wether lambs which sold for $70 to a Coleambally-based producer.
Mr Simpson was very pleased with a repeat buyer from Albury purchasing the ewes he had offered.
October-shorn and Yooroobla-blood, the pen of 200 ewes, June/July 2017 drop sold for $180, while a second run of 107 (same description) sold for $170.
The same buyer also bought the pen of 366 June/July 2013-drop ewes for $166.
“They like the skin … not too thick, not too thin,” he said.
“This sale suits me as I am in the middle of shearing when the main Jerilderie spring sale is on.”
Other good sales recorded included $164 for the pen of 219 June/July 2016 drop Merino ewes, August-shorn offered by J.H.W Patterson and Son, Hells Gate, Balranald to a producer from Corowa; their second pen of 200 ewes sold for $156, also to Corowa.
James Patterson said the sale of their ewes was made in order to conserve the limited amount of available water for their summer crops.
“We are tidying up our lamb trading operation in the interim,” he said.
Mr Patterson sold a line of Macquarie-blood Dohne ewes, May/June 2014 drop and August-shorn for $128.
Young Dohne ewes, April/May 2017 drop and July-shorn, Calga/Uardry-blood made $150 when 210 were sold to Forbes on account Ian and Joyce Clark, Yurdyilla, Gunbar; their second pen of 140 ewes made $120.
Other sales included 249 May/June 2013 drop, August-shorn ewes, Hazeldean-blood sold by Benera Pastoral Co, Hay for $118 to a Yarrawonga-based restocker and $124 for 172 May/June 2103-drop, August-shorn Alma-blood ewes on account Nyntee, Booligal.
The Robertson family, Woodside, Jerilderie sold 214 September-shorn, May/June 2016 drop, Bjeka-blood for $120.
Among the wether lambs, the Browning family, Ivyholm, Jerilderie received $113 for their pen of 272 One Oak Poll-blood, May/June 2018 drop; while George Simpson, Jerilderie sold 250 June/July 2018-drop, Yooroobla-blood for $102.
