Summary:
$1,217 average
Top price $5,100
100 sold at auction out of 106 offered
Gross $121,700
Seymour Park tops Narrogin at $5100
Article by Tony Hughes-Owen, Farm Weekly, October 9 2014
Image courtesy of Farm Weekly
As with many stud sales this ram selling season it was a much improved result for the two concerns offering rams at the Narrogin selling shed last week.
Both offered almost the same number as last year, with Darijon studmaster Richard Chadwick cataloguing 20 well presented March shorn 2013 drop Merinos and the Blight family of Seymour Park, through studmaster Clinton Blight, putting up a team of one full wool four tooth and 106 March and May shorn 2013 drop well presented Poll Merino rams.
The sale was conducted by Landmark with Elders in conjunction and at the end of a good fast auction by Landmark’s Terry Norrish, the overall result was no doubt very pleasing for both vendors.
All but seven of the 127 rams offered sold under the hammer for an overall average pf $1187, up by just $18 on last year however the big improvement was the gross return influenced by the extra number of rams sold compared to last year.
The first in this year’s team was a full wool 2012 drop and auctioneer Terry Norrish knocked it down at just one bud of $1500 to Andrew Kittow, Dyson Jones Wool, bidding on behalf of an undisclosed buyer.
Of the 2013 drop two tooth rams around a third were blade shorn in March, with the balance machine shorn in early May.
It was the first ram in the March shorn offering which saw some very spirited bidding coming down to a two-way tussle until at $5100 it went to the Cowan family, Crichton Vale stud, Narembeen.
Bill Cowan and his daughter Gabby are building up Poll numbers within their stud breeding program and were looking for a Poll sire with frame and a wool quality to suit their clients’ requirements in the eastern Wheatbelt.
Seymour Park stud adviser Nathan King mentioned the ram to them, with its breeding being by Seymour Park BR875 and having a current wool test of 17.9 micron, 99.7% CF, 3 SD, 16.8 CV and bodyweight of 112 kilograms.
Speaking to Gabby Cowan, who is very keen on sheep work and stud breeding in particular, said their new sire would fit in very well with their overall stud activities.
The losing bidder on the top ram was Mark Schinzig, JR & G Schinzig & Sons, Kojonup, who breeds rams for their own purpose and accompanied by his father, went on to by one later in the catalogue at $2600 and another at $1300.
Interestingly, Bill Cowan commented later, had they missed out on the top ram the one Mark Schinzig went on to pay $2600 for was he and Gabby’s second choice.
The second highest price paid on the day was $2800 by Andrew Kittow, Dyson Jones Wool, with the ram’s test figures being 18.2 micron, 99.6% CF, 2.9SD and 15.9 CV.
Mr Kittow bought it on behalf of Ron Shalders, RJ & LH Shalders, Newdegate.
Mr Kittow bought 15 head in total from the sale including a number for C & E Varone, Hyden and GN & CL Richardson, Newdegate.
The losing bidder on the $2800 ram was Elders stud stock representative Kevin Broad who operated for a number of clients including JS Rogers & Co, Tammin, with Mr Broad buying 10 on their behalf up to $2000.
The third top price in the Seymour Park catalogue was $2400 and another at $2300 were two of the nine head in total purchased by Melvin Schorer, MJ & LM Schorer, West Pingelly.
Another more local first time buyer wishing to remain anonymous went home as the volume single buyer on the day having bought 12 head up to $1100.
More northern buyers came to also get their requirements, three of them going home having bought seven head each, these being AJ & TR Cox, Kellerberrin, DB & DM Kelly, Meckering and even further north TA& NL Peacock, Badgingarra.
Summing up the result as stud adviser to Seymour Park, Nathan King said he was very pleased with the result saying it was the best quality line-up yet of good, white wooled Poll Merino rams with excellent body weights and the combination obviously suited the good number of first time buyers in attendance.
Also very enthusiastic about the result was studmaster Clinton Blight commenting on the pleasing number of first time buyers along with many return supporters of the stud.
“We received good support from both agents and another plus was having Nathan King cataloguing the sale for the first time and having been done well prior to the sale this made it available on our website and included the breeding details of all the rams” Mr Blight said.