Border Leicesters
*100 of 100 sold, to $12,000, av $2113
Poll Dorsets
*31 of 39 sold, to $2200, av $1083
The Jackson family have capped off a stellar year in the show ring with their Border Leicester ram sale achieving a record on-property top of $12,000 and an average of $2113.
Strong competition from repeat buyers and new bidders underpinned the success of Jackson Farming’s 19th annual sale at Moyston with the Border Leicester average increasing by nearly $200 from last year’s sale.
In the Poll Dorset line-up, 31 of the 39 rams on offer were sold to a top of $2200, averaging $1083.
Stud principals David and Carol Jackson and Ross and Lydia Jackson were thrilled with the sale result, particularly the increase in the average price.
The auction opened with the offering of five specially selected Border Leicester rams, with the top price of $12,000 paid by Will Schilling, Glenlee Park, Gerang Gerung, for Lot two in the catalogue. Sired by Jackson Carbine, from a daughter of Retallack Pure Steel, the twin-born ram featured a Border Leicester index of $116.30 and a maternal index of $136.
According to Mr Schilling, who made his purchase via a phone hook-up, the ram caught his eye on a pre-sale visit to the Jackson family’s stud.
“He took my eye as soon as I saw him, he is a very well-balanced ram with a beautiful length of body, fleece of wool and a very sirey head, I couldn’t find any faults with him,” he said.
Craig and Jenny Bradley from the New Armatree stud, Gilgandra, NSW, paid the second top price of $9000 for a Two-Dot ram. Also sired by Carbine, the young ram boasted a Border Leicester index figure of $122.8 and a maternal index of $135.1.
The Bradley family have used Jackson and Two-Dot genetics before with great success and were impressed with the ram’s fleece quality and carcase traits.
With buyers attending from throughout Victoria and NSW, the bidding didn’t slow for the line-up of high indexing Border Leicester flock rams.
Buying at the top end of the sale draft was NG & GC Block, Caramut, who took home two selected rams paying to a top of $7500, Luke Banks, Mt Mercer, paid to $4000 for two rams and the Burger family, Glenthompson, took three rams for $3000 each.
One of the sale’s volume buyers was regular client I & L Jubb, Mortlake. Mr Jubb bought nine Border Leicester rams, topping to $2250 and averaging $1861, while Burgess Rural, Holbrook, NSW, operating through TB White & Sons, purchased 15 rams for an average of $1700 and a top of $2250.
New buyers included Cherrymount Pastoral Co, Glenthompson, who secured nine rams for an average of $2111, Vasey Farms, Hamilton, took home four rams paying to $2500 and Tarqua Pastoral, Ararat, purchased seven rams, averaging $1428.
In the Poll Dorsets, John Evans, Willaura, bid to a top of $2200 taking home four rams for an average of $1650.
Volume buyers included Pat and Sarah Millear, Willaura, who bought seven rams for an average of $971 and Bornes Hill Pastoral, Willaura, with six rams paying to $1700 and averaging $1216.
Elders auctioneer Ross Milne was impressed with the depth and quality of the Jackson family’s rams and believed this was reflected in the prices.
Landmark were the settling agents on the day.
