THERE was good demand for the tops among the offering at the final Jamestown sheep market of the year but secondary types suffered from lack of buyers.
Elders Jamestown manager Jack Coleman said lambs that were suitable for entry into feedlots sold well while lighter secondary lambs struggled.
“The recent rain has done a bit of damage to stubbles and the feed available,” he said.
It was the same in the ewes, with the sale reaching $192 for 2017-drops, but it was a “tough day on breeding ewes”, Mr Coleman said.
“It’s getting a bit late for people to be joining,” he said.
“Pastoral ewes really got hit hard, with them showing the effects of the dry.”
Mr Coleman said ewe demand should return early in the new year.
Willybee Pastoral, Wudinna, offered 44 April-drop woolly wether lambs, Roemakhita-blood, as part of a flock dispersal, which sold at $140.
Bennett Farm Trust, Tarcowie, sold 37 April-drop Gum Hill-blds at $138.
Garawang, Georgetown, offered 165 October-shorn April/May-drop wethers, Baderloo-bld, which sold at $135.
LN&SM Bury & Sons, Quorn, sold 353 April/May-drops, Nyowee-bld, at $130.
Glenrest T/Trust, Mannanarie, had 434 April/May-drop, Hamilton Run and Gum Hill-bld, sold at $128, with a run of June/July-drop, Rices Creek and Gum Hill-bld, at $114.
Hale Partners, Hallett, sold 228 April/May-drop, North Ashrose-blds, at $120.
Crawford Strathdene, Jamestown, sold 260 woolly June/July-drop wethers, North Ashrose-bld, at $117.
Crawford Park, Jamestown, sold 132 June/July-drop Baderloo-blds at $115.
In the older wethers, a pen of 86 July/August 2017-drop Hamilton Run-bld, from RJ&SC Murray, Yunta, sold at $92.
Moonaree Station, Port Augusta, sold 267 June/July 2017-drop East Bungaree-blds at $84, with a further 267 at $80.
Crossbred lambs sold to a top of $140, paid for a pen of 143 April/May Dorset-cross lambs from Bailey Agri, Yunta.
Callum Brae sold 263 August-drop crossbred lambs, Willochra and Gum View-bld, at $139.
Bennett Farm Trust sold 182 June-drop Suffolk-Merino-cross lambs at $134.
BJ&SR Ackland, Orroroo, sold 52 May-drop White Suffolk-Merino lambs at $132.
In the ewe lamb offering, a pen of 152 April/May-drop Babirra-blds from Belalie View, Jamestown, sold at $140.
Crawford Strathdene sold 90 June/July-drop, North Ashrose-blds at $109.
Glenrest T/Trust had 102 June/July, Gum Hill-blds bought at $108.
Trevor Duke Noms sold 127 April/May 2017-drop ewes, Hamilton Run-bld, at $192.
Willybee Pastoral sold 67 April 2017-drop, Roemahkita and O’Brien-blds at $161.
GR Coleman, Jamestown, sold 39 September/October 2017-drop, Gum Hill blds at $144.
A run of 74 May/June 2016-drop, Moorundie Park-bld ewes from Gum Family Group, Orroroo, reached $170, while their 2014 drops sold at $153.
HT Harslett Rural, Gladstone, sold 55 June/July 2014-drop, Leachim blds, at $162.
Worumba Station, Hawker, sold 204 June/July 2016-drops, Dalveen blds, at $160.
Willybee Pastoral had 103 mixed aged Roemahkita-blds, which sold at $128.
Elizabeth Anderson
Editor of Stock Journal.
Editor of Stock Journal.
