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Collinsville sire tops $10,500
A super Merino sire topped Collinsville stud’s on property auction on Tuesday last week, selling for $10,500 to a Jamestown stud. Despite fewer pastoral clients, some of who will not be joining ewes this year because of the drought, the Mount Bryan-based stud cleared 89 per cent of rams and averaged $1127.
A mixture of inside and pastoral buyers from South Australia and interstate bid for the quality team of 132 Merino and Poll Merino rams, which averaged 20.5 micron, 17 coefficient of variation, 3.5 standard deviation and 98.7 comfort factor. Broadoak Stud’s Kevin and Allan Hams bought the top price ram, a replacement for the $17,000 ram that sold to Argentina before the sale.
The 22-kilogram 16-month old ram had figures of 21M,16.7CV, 3.5SD and 9.5CF. While the Hams had previously bought Collinsville rams, this was the first time “for a few years”. “We needed another new sire, a new family for our stud,” Mr Hams said. The Hams also bought the brother of the top-priced ram, sired by Masterbuilt 444, for $2800. David Hodder, Old Dundee Stud, Marnoo, Victoria, bought the second top-priced ram, another Merino, for $5000. He also took home two Poll Merinos. “We’re changing to Polls but I bought the horned ram because of his wool type, he was plain bodied, nice wool, open in the face and was an easier care type of Merino,” Mr Hodder said.
The ram had wool measurement figures of 20.4M, 18.14CV, 3.7SD and 98.9CF. Collinsville principal Paddy Handbury said he was very pleased with the sale. “The basis of our clientele have been very hard hit and a lot of them won’t be joining ewes this year,” he said. “The top end of the showing sold very well and I think was helped with Tim Dallas's influence.” Elders auctioneers were Tom Penna and Craig Shearer. Mr Penna said the sale represented terrific value for buyers in the $600-$900 price bracket. “They have been the best value rams I’ve seen this year for those prices,” he said.
One of the volume buyers was Bruce Sutherland, Burta Station, Broken Hill, New South Wales, who bought 31 rams to $1300 twice. Despite being a return buyer at Collinsville, this was the first time Bruce had bought in such volume, having previously bred his own ram replacements. “The main reason I decided to buy the rams was for quick flock improvement,” Bruce said. “I chose rams for plain body, large frame, 20-21 micron wool definition.”
Other buyers were DB Langford, Waterbag Station, Broken Hill, NSW, 15 rams to $1000; Tom Oborn, Mundulla, 15 to $1500; Miegel Farms, Lameroo, four to $1500; C&J Sampson, Warramboo, two to $1100 and Sandsmere Partnership, Kaniva, Vic, eight to $1400. |
