CLEVE
Yarding: 9100
1.5yo ewes to $228
Breeding ewes to $180
Woolly wethers to $96
THE FIRST, and only, feature ewe sale to be held at Cleve this year featured a top quality yarding of 9100 sheep and lambs, which attracted strong buying support from across the state.
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Elders Cleve’s Mick Noble was pleased with the sale’s results. He said the quality of the yarding was particularly high as it featured a number of dispersals and flock reductions.
Landmark Tumby Bay’s Justin Thompson quoted the sale as firm on recent northern sales. “It was a good, solid sale,” he said.
“Some sheep stayed local, but there was also good buying support from the South East and Mid North.”
The top price for 1.5-year-old ewes was $228 – up $46 on last year’s highest return of $182.
The 240 July-shorn, Glenville-blood ewes were part of a flock reduction by Darke Peak farmer Richard Finch.
Making the second highest price at the sale was Matthew Dunn, Pendeen Trust, Rudall, with 104 August-shorn, Moorundie Park-blood 1.5-year-old ewes that made $220 to Elders Lucindale.
Kicking off the sale was a pen of 598 ewes from a flock reduction of GR Arbon & Co, Lock, who topped last year’s Cleve sale.
The 1.5-year-old ewes were August-shorn, Greenfields-bloods and went for $204 to Elders Lucindale.
EGA Holdings, Rudall, sold 97 August-shorn, Morley-blood 1.5-year-old ewes for $200 to Elders Cleve.
Both making $190 for 1.5-year-old ewes were DJ&RL MacGowan, of the Deloshanda stud, Darke Peak, with 128 August-shorns, and MR&S Zacher, Lock, with 55 September-shorn, Moorundie Park-bloods.
The remainder of the 1.5-year-old ewes made between $140-$190, and were mostly purchased by local graziers.
In the breeding ewe section, SJ&EL Carmody, Cowell, who were dispersing their flock, made the highest price.
They sold 225 July-shorn, Glenville-blood 2.5-year-old ewes at $180 to Landmark Kimba.
The same vendor also sold 155 2012-13-drop ewes to EP Livestock & Real Estate, as well as 92 4.5-year-old ewes for $130 to Elders Cowell.
Another dispersal came from JN Ranford & Co, Cleve, selling 89 March-shorn, Gum Hill-blood 2.5-year-old ewes for $178 to Quality Livestock.
The same vendor also sold 119 March-shorn, Calcookara-blood 2.5-year-old ewes for $176 to Quality Livestock, along with 224 Nantoura-blood 2012-13-drop ewes for $171 to EP Livestock & Real Estate.
Another dispersal was held by Beinke Holdings, Darke Peak, selling 175 September-shorn, Allala-blood 2.5-year-old ewes for $174 to Elders Jamestown, along with 104 September-shorn, Allala-blood 3.5-year-old ewes for $148 to EP Livestock & Real Estate.
Making the top price for 5.5-year-old ewes was DH Turnbull & Co, Cleve, with 444 September-shorn, White River-bloods at $140, sold to Hill Livestock.
Both selling 5.5-year-old ewes for $138 to Elders Cleve were RJ Norris, Cowell, with 243 September-shorn, Glenville-bloods and EGA Holdings with 115 August-shorn Morley-bloods.
Looking at ewe lambs, Richard Finch sold 180 April/May 2016-drop Glenville-bloods for $128, while SJ&EL Carmody sold 130 Glenville-bloods for $120.
Topping the woolly wether lambs were CL&BE Elleway, Cowell, with 127 Oak Farms-bloods at $96.
SJ&EL Carmody also sold 51 woolly wether lambs at $82 to Hill Livestock, while SG&JB Forrest, Minnipa, sold 237 White River-bloods at $80 to Southern Australian Livestock Lock.
JW Michael & Son, Mount Damper, sold 112 August-shorn, White River-blood wether hoggets for $94 to Thomas Foods International.
