SALE SUMMARY
Poll Dorsets 2016 2015
Leenala stud rams
Offered 11 12
Sold 11 12
Top $10,000 $3500
Av $5682 $1950
Wrattenbullie stud rams
Offered 2 2
Sold 2 2
Top $4000 $3800
Av $3500 $2650
Leenala flock rams
Offered 99 100
Sold 99 100
Top $2200 $1600
Av $1435 $1206
Wrattenbullie flock rams
Offered 89 88
Sold 89 88
Top $1900 $1500
Av $1345 $1114
SIXTY registrations gave every indication competition would be strong at the Leenala and Wrattenbullie Poll Dorset ram sale at Naracoorte last week.
The Schinckel and Davies families penned another excellent quality line-up of 201 Poll Dorset and all cleared quickly to a top of $10,000, averaging $1648.
The Davies family sold their two quality Wrattenbullie stud rams at modest rates, topping at $4000 and averaging $3500. The buyers were Cooneyanna, through PPH&S Naracoorte.
Earlier in the year, the Schinckels decided to disperse their long-standing stud, so this was their second to last ram sale.
Last year they topped at $3500 and averaged $1950, with half going to astute and opportunistic commercial producers.
This year, in a 291 per cent improvement, 11 rams sold to $10,000, averaging $5682.
Landmark Naracoorte’s David Heinrich bid the top price of $10,000 on behalf of repeat clients the Koch family, Tallageira Pastoral, Naracoorte.
Leenala 150072Tw, sired by Ivadene 100056, was awarded champion at this year’s Adelaide Royal.
It had great balanced Lambplan figures, including 16.4 for post-weaning weight, +1.1 for eye muscle, -26 for worm egg count and an export trade dollar index of 112.9.
It excelled in performance measured classes at Hamilton Sheepvention, Vic, and was also part of the interbreed winning terminal lamb production pair class at Adelaide Royal.
Two rams sold at the $8000 second highest price.
Leenala 150097, by Majardah 133770, was picked up by the McInness Family Trust, buying through PPH&S Naracoorte.
Then Leenala 15007Tw, also by the Ivadene sire and successful in the performance and measured trade and export weight classes in Adelaide, was bought by Lachlan and Robert Hart, Glen Devon stud, Two Wells.
The flock ram drafts were just marginally below last year’s bloom, primarily due to the colder and wetter winter and spring but still came under the description of ‘outstanding quality and presentation’.
The two studs produce similar type rams, which is why this sale has worked so well for the vendors and buyers for so long.
The sale started strongly, selling to $2200 twice for Leenala and $1900 four times for Wrattenbullie.
RA&JM Boord, through PPH&S Naracoorte, and James Mowbray, through Landmark Millicent, paid the $2200 top while buying two rams each.
Derby Vale Pastoral, through Elders Naracoorte, paid $1900 for one Wrattenbullie ram in their only purchase, while James Russell, through LMB Linke, Hamilton, paid it three times.
Mr Russell was a standout top end buyer, selecting 10 rams from both vendors’ drafts, paying to $2100 and averaging $1800.
Josh Manser, PPH&S Naracoorte, buying for Locaria, was also a prominent buyer with 24 rams from $1200-$1700, all from the Wrattenbullie draft.
The sale was conducted by Elders and South Australian Livestock.
