Around the markets -November 2018 | PHOTOS
Pocock Pastoral stock manager at Western Flat, Angus Munro, his dad Jim Munro, Naracoorte, who bought Pocock Pastoral's ewe lambs, Pocock Pastoral's Simon Pocock, his daughter Lucy, 10, Myles Munro, Naracoorte, and Pocock Pastoral stock manager at Lameroo Wade Hall, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe lamb sale.
Barry Murphy, Kybybolite, with some heifers his partner Jenny Wyndham, Copeville, sold for $772, at the Naracoorte store cattle sale.
Leith Gregurke, Parrakie, Elders Lameroo branch manager Jarryd Finch and Anthony Gregurke, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe lamb sale.
Kerry and John Mooney, Echunga, check out the Strathalbyn cattle market.
Ang Donnelly, Naracoorte, with daughters Sasha, 1, and Whitney, 3, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe lamb sale.
Blue-ribbon winners and $386 sale-toppers Lachie and Trevor James, Coolawang, Mundulla, (centre) with sponsors Castec Rural Supplies' Wendy MacDonald and Zoetis' Gary Glasson, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale.
Ashley Simons, Pembroke Pastoral Co, Telangatuk East, Vic, holding daughter Nell, 1, with daughter Charli, 5, his dad Tom, son Fletcher, 2, and mum Kathy. The family sold ewes to $340 at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale.
Crane Livestock Carriers' Rusty Crane, Naracoorte, and Teys buyer Barry Wilson, Naracoorte, at the Naracoorte store cattle sale.
Matthew Scott, Tregoodwill, Kersbrook, who sold first-cross ewes at $304, and Elders Mount Pleasant agent Richard Hentschke at the Mount Pleasant first-cross sale.
Geoff Power, Orroroo, and Alexander Maclachlan, Pewsy Vale, at the Jamestown market.
Renea Virgo Boddington and Jeremy Boddington, Binnum, with ewe lambs they sold for $302, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe lamb sale.
Ian Farley, Marmon Hill, Jabuk, Elders Murray Bridge agent Scott Eichler and Marmon Hill's John Byrnes, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe lamb sale.
Jo and Don Murdoch, Apsley, Vic, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe lamb sale.
Carol and David Warwick, Holowiliena South, Cradock, at the Jamestown market.
Buying ewes were neighbours Sue and Dean Siegert, Naracoorte, and Sam Limbert and Graham Johnson, Naracoorte, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale.
Landmark Eudunda agent Kip Dunstan with Condor Laucke and his son Gabe, and their pen of 2017-drop ewe lambs that made $202 at the.Jamestown market.
Vendors Simon Ollett, Brinkley, and Wayne Manley, Woods Point, who each sold cows with calves at-foot at the Strathalbyn cattle market.
Southern Australian Lviestock Naracoorte agent Mat MacDonald, with Altus Pastoral's Craig Altus and Tom Bell, Lameroo, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe lamb sale.
Quinton Rodda, Alford, and Andrew Priham, Bute, at the Jamestown market.
Peter Ireland, Deepwater Trust, Keppoch, with his son Bradley, 14, made the second-highest price of $384 at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale.
Telang Pastoral Co's Kirsty and Rob Starling and their children Jack and Annie with Rob's brother James (back right) at their on-property auction.
James Humphries, Glenfern, Tahara, Vic, sold steers to $1100 at the Mount Gambier market.
The Cooranga team - Wendy James-Ross, Alec Ross, Andrew Evans, Nathan James, Jim James and Henry Kroemer at the Cooranga, Lucindale, first-cross on-property auction.
Tim Callery, Callery Livestock, Victor Harbor, buyer Tom Bettess, Goolwa, and Nigel Fuller, Goolwa Beach, in front of a pen bought by Mr Bettess, at the Strathalbyn cattle market.
Transporter Jess Paine, Harrogate, at the Strathalbyn cattle market.
Simon Formby, Rushmore Run, Strathalbyn, sold ewes to $360 at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale.
JBS buyer Brendon Geary in a pen of $205 wether lambs he bought at the Cooranga, Lucindale, first-cross on-property auction.
Andrew Skeer, Chris Skeer & Co, Hatherleigh, and PPHS Millicent agent Owen Merrett at the Cooranga, Lucindale, first-cross on-property auction.
Elders Mount Pleasant's Richards Hentchske with Tom Hunt, Second Valley, and Corey Dugmore, Mount Compass, at the Strathalbyn cattle market.
Farmers Leap farm manager Mark Keller, Padthaway, with the best presented pen ribbon, at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe lamb sale.
Phil de Courcy, Back Valley, and Keith Fryer, Waitpinga, were checking out the prices at the Strathalbyn cattle market.
Peter Sims, Mundoora, and Brian Manuel, Snowtown, at the Jamestown market.
Looking for some sheep at the Jamestown market to run on their stubbles were George and Judy Wilson, Lock.
Darren Starick, Eden Valley, offered Texel crossbred lambs at the Mount Pleasant market.
Sally Fennessy, Angaston, and Brian Linke, Angaston, were interested in buying lambs at the Mount Pleasant sale.
Ned Cesko, Lobethal, was on the hunt for quality sheep at the Mount Pleasant market.
Bob Sinkinson, Murray Bridge, was on the lookout for young ewes at the Mount Pleasant market.
Mark Hambly, Mount Pleasant, at the Mount Pleasant market.
Birdwood producers Annette Cushion and Greg Dew at the Mount Pleasant market.
Zac Van Wegen, Kerr & Co, Hamilton, Vic, Gwen Brooker, Coleraine, Vic, and Brendan Fitzgerald, Coleraine, at the Mount Gambier market.
NAB Naracoorte's Emily Savage, Beau Scullion, Apsley, Vic, and his father Peter Scullion, Scullion's Farming, and Crane Livestock Carrier's Rusty Crane, Naracoorte, at the Cooranga, Lucindale, first-cross on-property auction.
Brian and Kevin Spinks, Naturi, sold 47 ewes at $325 at the Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale.
Emma and Kym Graetz, Keyneton, with their pen of sale-topping Belmont/Bunyara-blood first-cross ewes that made $336 at the Mount Pleasant first-cross sale.
Kelly and Tim Brown, Keyneton, had 220 first-cross ewes top at $332 and average $295 at the Mount Pleasant first-cross sale.
Alice Peacock, Jamestown, holding her son Isaac, eight months, next to her dad James Clark, Jamestown and Richard Daley, Moyle Park, Jamestown, at the Jamestown market.
Neil Klingner, Crystal Brook, and his wife Catherine at the Jamestown market.
Ruth Robinson, Mannanarie, at the Jamestown market.
Trevor Schulz, Wild Horse Plains, at the Jamestown market.
Watunga Props, Kapunda, manager Steve Symons and owner Rob Humphris at the Jamestown market.
Kym Vogelsang, Padthaway, top ewe lamb buyer Roger Dickenson, Naracoorte and Trevor Doecke of PPHS Naracoorte, at the Telang Pastoral Co on-property annual auction.
Elders Yorketown agent Miles Cockington, Reece Warren, Yorketown, and his son Bailey Warren, 11, at the Jamestown market.
IT HAS been a big month for markets with 14 scheduled across the state during November, keeping agents, vendors, buyers and transporters very busy.
There were some big moments, including a new record set at the start of the month, when first-cross ewes reached a state record for saleyard prices at $386.
The sale-toppers were a line of 119 June-drop young ewes, offered by the James family, Coolawang, Mundulla, and knocked down to Elders Naracoorte.
This was the second year the James family had topped the sale, also setting a record last year at $366.
The dry season has gone some way to keeping prices somewhat constrained for sheep and cattle but recent rain and a good season in pockets of the states has helped sustain demand.