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Merino Milestones in 2004
19 August 2004
In late July, Haddon Rig at Warren reported the sale of 210 young wethers, June-July ’03 drop, March shorn, for $125.
5 August 2004
Another Merino Record. Yet another saleyard record has been broken. This time at Forbes saleyard in mid-July when Kevin and Glen Rubie, trading as Lachlan Merinos, realised $128 for a pen of 11-month-old Merino lambs. The price was impressive, even for Merino lambs, as the Roseville Park/Charinga blood lambs were off-shears.
22 July 2004
Merino Resilience. Born in drought conditions and on maintenance rations until cutting their teeth, 175 wethers, ‘02 drop, recently fetched $115 in Dubbo. Bred by Simon & Deb Ibbott, “Thurloo”, Coonamble, the Wyuna-blood wethers were a massive 65-75 kg liveweight. The Ibbotts also realised $102 for July-Aug ‘03 drop Merino lambs, 53 kg liveweight.
8 July 2004
The Value of the good Merino ewe. The operations of Laradoc P/L of Mathoura testify to the importance of the Merino ewe in a successful sheep enterprise. Willandra-blood ewes are joined to $800 grade B/L rams for Autumn lambing with percentages from 109 to 115 per cent. The 6-mth-old ewe lambs are sold at the Bendigo 1st X Ewe lamb sale in late Spring and last year created a record at $178 per head. The brothers sold over the hook with dressed weight of 29 to 46 kg and returned $109.40. Ross Wells, Willandra, Jerilderie said, “With a big framed Merino ewe as a base, they got the bonus of 8 kg of 22 – 24 micron wool returning $40 to $50 p/h for the fleece.”
24 June 2004
Export quality fat Merino lambs have been topping from $103 to $113 at Forbes Midstate sales during June. At one of these, Tony and Rhonda Milgate, "Rockvale", Parkes, sold a pen of Haddon Rig blood 1-y-o off shears that topped at $107.60.
Last week, Peter and Marcia Wienke, "Kurrajong Vale", Girral, sold lambs dressing 23 kg to a record $113. Livestock agent, Geoff Chandler of Kevin Miller & Co, said "in the last 10 years we have seen some tremendous strategies employed by Merino breeders - those who breed a self replacing Merino flock can do a magnificent job with their Merino wether lambs. Last week, Merino lambs, only just making tradeweight, but supplementary fed on grain, made up to $90 with an average weight of only 19.5 kg."
17 June 2004
At Wagga Wagga, Neil Roberson, "Fairview", Mangoplah sold 100 lambs, Jul/Aug '03 drop, March shorn ($15 wool cut), Ninuenook blood, for $129.
17 June 2004
Mick and Wendy Inder, "Wattle Grove", Dunedoo sold July/Aug ‘03 drop wethers off shears at Dunedoo on 9 June topping at $100 to average $93 to Southern Meats, estimated to dress 24 kg. On Langdene blood, the lambs cut a 5.2 kg average of 19 micron wool.
10 June 2004
CONFIDENCE IN MERINOS - Barry and Gavin Walker, “Ledgerton”, Yass sold 4000 superfine ewes at $125 per head for use as the buyer’s foundation breeding flock. The October-shorn mixed-ages ewes were sold in lamb in a deal brokered by Landmark Copeland Medway, Yass.
27 May 2004
AUSTRALIAN RAM LEADS IN SOUTH AFRICA - In the Merino S.A.® National Progeny Testing Program, coveted Gold Merit Status has been awarded to a Ringmaster sire from Merryville stud, Boorowa. Ringmaster progeny were subjected to visual and measurable traits and the sire’s superior breeding values calculated on a BLUP sire model.
13 May 2004
From the Bowning district, a woolgrower reports the sale of a line of 136 surplus Merino wether weaners over the hook to Southern Meats, Goulburn for $91. Dressing 24.4 kg they cut 5.1 kg wool of 18.4 micron returning $38, giving a tidy profit of $129 per head.
28 April 2004
This year’s Supreme Merino from the Royal Easter Show, “The Doon” from the Davis family’s Demondrille stud, Murrumburrah, was recently blade shorn, cutting 13 kg of 16.9 micron wool. Since winning grand champion superfine March-shorn in its first showing in Bendigo last July the ram has gone on to take the Supreme award at all outings since – Goulburn, Canberra and Sydney.
15 April 2004
Winners of both the Condobolin and Central West Merino Ewe Competitions, Jon and Colleen L’Estrange, “Inglewood”, have gone on to average a cut of 10.1 kg for the 535 heard team at the flock’s March shearing. Earlier they had sold the one-year-old culls from their winning drop for $144, the line of 275 Genanegie-blood ewes topping the local breeders surplus sale.