SALE SUMMARY
2017 2016
Offered 162 162
Sold 153 152
Top $8000 $33,000
Av $2156 $2467
GLENLEA Park Merino and Poll Merino stud enjoyed a near total clearance and $2156 average during its 41st annual sale at Pinnaroo on Friday.
After the lofty heights of 2016, which included a $33,000 top price, many of Glenlea Park’s loyal clients came expecting to stretch their budgets.
But the buyers from three states were able to secure 153 of 162 well-covered April/May-drops for good values, especially on the top end.
The result reflected the evenness of the offering by Peter and Marianne Wallis, with pen after pen of heavy cutting, stylish wools.
Duane Simon, McPiggery, Lameroo, outlasted a flurry of bidding to take home the $8000 sale-topper, impressed with the “good structure and density of wool.”
The lot 4 ram was an ET-bred son of Glenlea Park 004.
The 21 micron ram also had well-balanced figures, including a Merino Production Plus Index of 155 – in the top 10 per cent of 2016-drop rams in Australia.
McPiggery also paid the $5600 equal second-highest price for lot 1.
The AI-bred progeny of Moorundie Park 306 attracted plenty of stud interest.
Two sons are headed to Mulga Springs stud, Northhampton, WA, for $5600 and $5200.
The Hicks family, Hannaton, Kaniva, Vic, bought a MP306 son for $5200 and Nick Wood, Woodoona Props, Karoonda, bought another for $4200.
Another stud buyer, Erroll Hay, Kamarooka Park Poll Merino stud, Bendigo, Vic, secured lot 34 at $4200.
“It has a magnificent head and very supple, crimpy wool,” he said.
Three repeat South East buyers were the backbone of the sale’s success.
Lake Hawdon Props, Robe, secured 10 rams averaging $3250.
Keilira Props, Kingston SE, bought 10 rams averaging $1280 and Boolapuckee, Kingston SE, took home five rams averaging $2480.
Nadia Farming, Loxton, secured nine rams averaging $900.
Mr Wallis was pleased their commercial clients were able to buy “very affordable rams”.
He said the offering had the “consistency of type” they were aiming to breed – early growth and good constitution with a loose productive skin for both meat and wool.
Landmark auctioneer Richard Miller, who added up the bids with Gordon Wood, described it as a very even lineup of “modern Poll Merinos”.
Mr Miller said there was a major industry push to increase wool cut, but the stud had never lost sight of this.
“Glenlea Park has been at the forefront of producing big carcase sheep with heavy cutting ability with stylish wool,” he said.
“The bone and the capacity in the sheep was a real credit to the Wallis family.”
Landmark was the sole selling agent.
