The $16,000 ram was one of four elite sires offered in the stud’s online ewe dispersal on Friday, October 10 on AuctionsPlus and was recommended to be purchased by Rodney Watt, Felix Rams, Greenethorpe, NSW, on behalf of the Meat Elite Australia breeding group.
The Pepperton online dispersal by principals Roger and Dianne Trewick resulted in two rams sold to average $12,500 and a 100 per cent clearance of 106 Poll Dorset and White Suffolk ewes to a top price of $1950 and average of $740 for the Poll Dorsets and $614 for the White Suffolks.
Ewes were sold to seedstock and commercial buyers from Victoria, NSW, Western Australia, Kangaroo Island and Tasmania.
The second top priced ram sold for $9000 to Ewan Price, Elsted Poll Dorsets, Heywood.
Mr Watt said Meat Elite Australia comprised 14 Poll Dorset member studs across the eastern states.
“This ram has been on the radar for a few months after my son identified him and we had the opportunity to see him last week. He has low to moderate birthweight, good muscle and eating quality so a good overall balance of figures that suits our breeding objective,” Mr Watt said.
Mr Trewick said it was an end of an era after 30 years of stud breeding, the achievement of gold data recording status with Sheep Genetics and it was “time to take a break”.
Further pictures and more details in next week’s Country News, and online.
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