SALE SUMMARY
Yarding: 7404
3816 ewe lambs to $226
3588 wether lambs to $114
BUYERS upped the ante at Telang Pastoral Company’s 25th annual sale on Friday last week at Kingston, with East Friesian-Border Leicester-Merino ewe lambs averaging $40 more than 2015.
The $226 top price was the Starling family’s second highest price in the on-property sale’s history, only eclipsed by $234 paid in 2011.
In less than 20 minutes Pinkerton Palm Hamlyn & Steen auctioneer Josh Manser sold $1.1 million worth of maternal composites, with largely repeat buyers fighting it out for the well-bred May-June 2016 drops showing plenty of bloom. They were drafted into large lines on weight.
Overall 3816 ewe lambs averaged $194.34 while 3588 wether lambs averaged $102.57.
Buyers again paid more for the seconds of the ewe lambs than the tops, with the idea there could be a greater proportion of twins in the run.
The 727 $226 lambs weighed 41.5 kilograms compared to the 239 tops at 46kg which made $208 .
Landmark Timboon bought both runs for a long-time Telang client.
Gary McGinty, Apsley, Vic buying through PPH&S took the entire run of the thirds of the ewe lambs- 1311 weighing 37kg for $208.
The best of the wether lambs made $114, heading to the Mid North.
The 252 lambs weighing 48.5 kilograms were snapped up by Spence Dix & Co’s Mallala based agent Daniel Griffiths and client Shayne Willmott, Dunira Prime Lamb, Manoora.
It was their second year in a row buying at the sale.
“We are trying to buy top lambs hoping for a shorter turnaround and better results,” Mr Griffiths said.
Dunira also picked up the 863 seconds in two knocks- securing 500 at $108 and the remainder at $106.
Vendor Rob Starling said he was “very happy” with the result which was easily their highest grossing sale.
“It was about what we expected to a little better. We are trying to get similar money to the prices we pay for our replacements which we have done,” he said.
The lambs had endured a long wet winter but Mr Starling said they had really gone ahead since the September shearing . “They were five kilograms lighter but they didn’t look it.”
He said the strong result gave them confidence continuing to breed breeding superior prime lamb mothers. They will increase their offering in 2017, mating an extra 1000 ewes this coming season.
Pinkerton Palm Hamlyn & Steen’s Scott Bittner said the sale met expectations.
“On previous sales for the season we were hoping for the $200 plus mark,” he said.
“They didn’t have as much weight as last year but buyers could still see the breeding in them and they were still quite fresh – they will put the weight on in the buyers’ paddocks.”
Mr Bittner said Telang’s clients were getting great lambing percentages.
“The conscientious feeders are getting 100 per cent from the ewe lambs right down to the fourths in the run, and as mature sheep they are consistently delivering 150 to 160pc- their longevity is what you would expect from a first cross ewe.”
For the first time the sale was interfaced with Auctions Plus with 17 registered bidders and an impressive 708 hits on the catalogue.
