Butt Livestock and Property, Yass, listed 5703 Merino sheep on AuctionsPlus on Thursday for their annual breeders sale which saw one and half year Merino ewes sold for $372 while wether weaners sold to $175, for an overall sale average of $244.
Sales of Merino ewes not-station-mated (NSM) included 130 Bogo-blood, January-shorn and weighing 49kg sold by S and R Weir, Bookham, for $372: 350 one and half year Bogo-blood Merino ewes, January-shorn and weighing 45.5kg sold by Burrinjuck Pastoral Co., Bookham, for $332 and 406 Tallawong/Johnson Park-blood Merino ewes, NSM, December-shorn and weighing 42kg sold by Glenrock (Yass) Partnership, Bookham sold for $271.
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Woolgrower wethers sold for $175 when AJ and SL Faulder, Yass, listed 210 one and half year Tallawong-blood, July-shorn sheep and weighing 47kg, while GK and RW Robertson, Bookham, sold 204 Tallawong-blood, November-shorn sheep for $143 and AJ and SL Faulder, sold a second line of 400 wethers weighing 59kg for $167.
Schlunke Pastoral Co, Yass, listed 104 NSM three and half year Bogo-blood Merino ewes, January-shorn and sold for $250.
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Stephen Burns
Jackaroo on Merino sheep studs in the Riverina, a lifetime working on the land with sheep, cropping and cattle. Graduate Charles Sturt Uni with degree in Business and a Dean's Certificate. Graduate C.B. Alexander Agricultural College
Jackaroo on Merino sheep studs in the Riverina, a lifetime working on the land with sheep, cropping and cattle. Graduate Charles Sturt Uni with degree in Business and a Dean's Certificate. Graduate C.B. Alexander Agricultural College
