SEVEN prime lamb producers from the Central Tableland and slopes gained the rams of their choice at the 19th annual Dubbo Poll Dorset when 35 rams sold to $3700 and averaged $1134.
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Two studs catalogued rams with the Henry family, Kanoona Park stud, Curban, selling 12 of 13 rams at auction to the sale's top price of $3700 and $1617 average, while Ashburnia stud of Ken and Norma Williams and family, Four Mile Creek, sold 23 of 32 rams topping at $2100 and averaging $883.
Leading the bidding to the hotly-contested top-priced Kanoona Park ram was Kim Rawlinson of Horne and Company, Old Castle, Leadville, who outbid Andrew Trengove, Green Hills, Dunedoo, both previous buyers of the top-lots at this sale in previous years.
This was a September 2018-drop son of an Abelene Park sire weighing 104 kilograms.
Old Castle is joining 1500 first-cross ewes this year and returns to purchase. Mr Rawlinson said the Kanoona Park rams bred lambs of good length and the suckers always made good money when they were finished.
Last year, their lambs averaged $213 and just recently had sold 900 suckers averaging $200.
Old Castles purchases totalled four rams, which made a $3050 average.
Rob Matthews returned to buy rams for his son and daughter-in-law, Lee and Stacey Matthews, Vale View, Blayney.
Accompanying him was Robert Newton of Ray White Emms Mooney, Blayney, and together they picked out a handy trailer-load of eight Ashburnia stud rams including the stud's $2100 sale-topper.
This ram was by an Allendale sire and weighed 133kg with an eye muscle depth of 54 millimetres, fat score of 9mm and an eye muscle area of 44.07mm.
The Matthews had been buying Ashburnia rams for decades to breed mainly suck lambs, and was buying on-property before the Dubbo sale fixture. They joined 800 first-cross ewes this year and sell their lambs at CTLX Carcoar saleyards.
Malcolm Rich of Sunwal Trading, Kurrajong Park, Wellington, bought nine Ashburnia rams and one Kanoona Park while paying a $760 average.
He is joining 800 first-cross ewes now and another 800 in February while selling his older ewes to make way for younger ones.
Glenleigh Pastoral Company operated by the Pengilly family, Eugowra, purchased three Kanoona Park and two Ashburnia rams, paying an average of $860 with the top of their draft from Ashburnia stud at $1100.
The sale was conducted by Peter Milling and Company, Dubbo, with auctioneers Danny Tink and Tom Pollard.
