TWENTY years after shifting from Merinos to Dorpers, the Pagett family of Winrae at Canowindra bid farewell to part of their stud flock at a dispersal sale on Friday, which was strongly supported by stud buyers from across the country.
The dispersal followed the decision of the Pagett family to dissolve the partnership between Brian and Kris Pagett and their son Nick and daughter-in-law Mel.
With stud ewes and the flock of lambs, rams and stud sires all on offer, the sale saw a top price of $7500 achieved for Dell Rhino 160839, who was purchased back by his original owners, the van Niekerk family, Dell Dorpers, Moama.
The Pagett’s only secured the ram last year but had used him extensively in their stud and were very happy with the quality of lambs he had produced.
Of the 73 rams on offer, a portion of them sold to average $1630.
Australian Food and Farming Pty Ltd secured four stud rams through Sara Wilson from Jilakin Downs Dorper stud, Western Australia, which were set to be used in a large paddock to plate focused operation. Bulmar Dorpers, Orange, purchased two rams for stud sires while Prieska Dorpers at Peak Hill took home one stud sire.
In the stud ewe section, repeat and two new Queensland bulk buyers pushed averages to $450 and topped at $600 for a purchase to the Glinski family, Wirlinga Park Dorpers, Albury.
Trevor Loch, Clare Valley, South Australia, also secured a number of ewes along with Queenslanders Cassie Salkeld and the Southern Brothers Dorper stud, Thallon, Qld.
Vendor Mel Pagett said there was strong support for the sale online with 21 registered AuctionsPlus buyers.
But, their overall clearance had been impacted by the drought conditions.
“A lot of our commercial clients just couldn’t buy rams because they are buying hay instead of sheep,” she said.
“Considering how dry it is, we were happy with the results, and the stud results were quite good.”
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