A terrific feed season in the state’s southwest has delivered a new record price at Edenhope’s annual first cross wether sale, held Thursday.
Sold among a strong penning of 4500, Stephen and Natalie Deardon were rewarded with a sale top price of $168 a head in a sale that averaged $132, which according to the selling agents was $9 a head up on buoyant rates of 2017.
The Deardon market toppers were an August-shorn line, ex SA-bred Merino ewes by Border Leicester rams while the majority of the other vendor lines were more recently off-shears, being primarily October-shorn consignments.
Rodwell Edenhope, manager, David Hanel said the usual small gallery of buyers contested the sale with approximately 1000 head falling to bids offered by the processing trade, within a price range of $110-$168.
The buying gallery was only small but approximately 1000 head went the way of the processing trade.
- David Hanel, Rodwell Edenhope manager
Store lamb buyers he said competed with a good deal of interest with lambs returned to the paddock bought at $100 to $138/head..
Store lamb buyers were represented from Bendigo, Heywood, Ballarat and Bordertown.
Representative sales included: S & N Dearden – 122 sold at $168; WD, RG & NW Robinson – 443 sold at $152; WH Kealy & Sons - 143 at $140; Westwood -124 at $138; BJ & TM Turner -65 at $136; Pembroke Pastoral – 266 at $133, JS & EM Staude - 250 at $132 and RT & SJ McClure - 269 sold at $131.
