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Macquarie – Large selection on offer
This year Macquarie will offer up to 200 rams at auction throughout eastern and central Australia, servicing clients ram orders in the coming months. This large offering gives clients the opportunity to secure genetics within the top 25% of our drop.
This includes 170 rams at our on property sale on the 28th September, our largest offering to date, 2 stud sires at the inaugural premier dohne sale in Adelaide, 8 selected rams for Naracoorte, 3 stud rams, 4 specially selected rams and 6 selected rams for Ballarat and 5 selected rams for Tasmania.
This year’s offering I believe to be the most even we have offered. This has come about by a strict and consistent classing regime. We have always had a clear vision of the type of sheep we are aiming to produce.
This along with our 6 families, embryo transfer of our top 2% of stud ewes and meticulous selection of sires has come about by a classer and studmaster working together with the same vision and goals for over 20 years.
At Macquarie we focus on wool quality, meat characteristics, growth rates and confirmation.
The last 12 months has seen the wool market improve significantly. This along with the record lamb & mutton market has the dohne producer in the box seat to reap the rewards deserved after 20 years of low wool prices and nearly a decade of drought.
Last year provided the wettest year for over 50 years at Warren with 43.5 inches recorded. This however didn’t impact on the wool clip with no water stain in over 3000 dohnes shorn. The mixed age stud ewes cut an average of 6.2kg of 19.6 micron, 99.35 comfort factor and 99.5mm staple length. This wool sold for an average of 875c greasy to average $1701.52 per bale. Our highest micron line was 19.8. We look forward to catching up thought out the selling season.
Stud History
Macquarie Dohne Stud was registered in 2000 with a 50% share of the first Dohne embryos imported into Eastern Australia. Since then, large scale embryo transfer programmes have enabled Macquarie to become one of the largest and most genetically diverse Dohne studs in Australia with 1500 registered pure-bred stud breeding ewes in 6 families. Macquarie sold 400 rams in 2009 to NSW, QLD, VIC, SA and Tasmania.
Macquarie genetics have influenced major Dohne studs in NSW, QLD, SA, Victoria and Western Australia through semen, rams and stud ewes. Macquarie has 400 rams for sale in 2009 giving clients a large and diverse selection.
Macquarie’s results speak for themselves.
- Top priced ram at the National Dohne Sale 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2008 (last attendance)
- Australian record at auction twice $16,000- 2003 and 20,000- 2004
- Highest average price National Sale 2002 & 2006.
- Highest average on-property sale Eastern Australia 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009
- Top price and highest average at Australian Sheep and Wool Show 2004 & 2005 (last sale)
- Top price Hamilton Sheepvention 2004, 2006, 2010 & 2011. Highest average 2007, 2008,2010 & 2011.
- Top price and highest average South Eastern Breeders Sale 2008.
- Top price and average at the Eastern Riverina Sale 2005 (last sale).
- Top price and average Victorian ram sale 2005 and 2008. Top price and record 2009.
- Top price of $10 000 Riverina sale 2003(sale ended)
- Victorian record price of $15 000 Australian Sheep & Wool Show 2006 (Private treaty)
- Top price Inaugural Tasmanian sale 2010.
- Macquarie exhibited the overall champion pen of Dohne x lambs (F3's) at the 2006 Southern Meats Hook Competition with an average dressed weight of 28.7kg and an average yield of 50.2%.
- Macquarie also excelled in the Fleece Competition at the 2008 National Expo & Sale taking out 3 Champions ;
- Champion Pure Dohne ewe – 6.58kg (skirted), 19.8 micron
- Champion Pure Dohne Ram lamb – 5.63kg (skirted), 18 micron
- Champion Pure Dohne Ewe lamb – 5.14kg, (skirted) 18.3 micron
- Macquarie was the most successful Dohne exhibitor at the 2009 Australian Fleece Competition;
- Champion Dohne Exhibit
- Reserve Champion Dohne Exhibit
- Most Valuable Commercial Fleece (duel-purpose class)
Client Results
Congratulations to the many clients of Macquarie who have enjoyed continued success during the last twelve months. A few results are listed below.
Dave & Pete Nichols,TAS 452 maiden ewes 97% scanned wet
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On Property Ram Sale 2010 Top priced of $7,000 purchased by Craig and Janet Robertson Havelock Park Dohne Stud Stratford, VIC. |
Sale Results
Macquarie thanks all buyers and underbidders for their continued support and confidence at sales during the last twelve months.
7th Annual Production Sale
Macquarie’s 7th annual on-property sale heralded one of the strongest of all sheep breeds, Australia wide. All 128 rams offered sold to a top of $7000 and a remarkable $2460 average. An Ace family stud ram topped the sale and was purchased by Craig & Janet Robertson, Havelock Park Dohne Stud, Stratford Victoria. Steve & Di Perry, ‘Windabyne’, Warren, purchased a stud ram for $5000 for their ram breeding nucleus. The top price for the flock rams was $5200, twice. The first was for an Ace family ram bought by Tom & Sophie Holt ‘Coonong’ Urana. The Holt’s also purchased a Majestic family ram for $3200. The other $5200 flock ram sold to Michael & Tom O’Brien ‘The Brigalows’, Carinda, again for an Ace family ram. All up the O’Brien’s purchased 13 rams for a $2061 average. Robert & Kate Barden, Bardo’s Dohne Stud, Cunnamulla QLD, paid $5000 for an Olympus family ram. Volume buyers were Dennis & Trish O’Brien, ‘Cryon Station’ Walgett, who purchased 18 rams for a $2355 average. Other volume buyers included Stephen & Tracey Rae, ‘Emby’ Gulargambone, who bought 10 rams for $2660 average and John Witts ‘Monargo’ Collerenebri, secured eight rams for a$2725 average. Neil Arnold ‘Currawalla’, Condobolin purchased eight rams for a $2550 average and Bill Yates ‘Almondale’, Garah also purchased eight rams for a $2175 average. Tasmania also featured with Valerie LeMate, Lochiel Pastoral Pty Ltd, Ross securing two rams for a $2000 average.
6th Annual Victorian Sale, Elmore Demand for Dohne flock rams remained buoyant at the 6th Annual Southern Dohne Breeders Victorian invitational stud and flock dohne sale held at Elmore, Victoria on the 22nd October, 2010. Macquarie topped the sale and had the highest average of $2,914 average. Top priced ram at $7000 was purchased by Craig & Janet Robertson, Havelock Park Dohne Stud Stratford, Vic for a Macquarie Olympus family sire. Macquarie sold another two rams at $4000 each one to a syndicate comprising DD Dohnes, Moama and Kardinia
Dohne Stud, Corowa and another to Robert O'Conner, Avoca, Tasmania. Macquarie offered and sold 18 stud ewes to a top and average of $350. All the ewes were purchased by first time buyer Stephen Reddie, Melbourne.
2nd Southern Dohne Breeders Tasmanian Ram Sale
Macquarie recorded the top price and highest average of $1,475 at the 2nd annual Tasmanian ram sale held at the Campbell Town Showground on the 4th November. Top price of $2100 was paid by Robert Campbell Spring Hill Pastoral Company, Benham. Robert purchased two Macquarie rams for a $1700 average. Colin and Pip Gibson, Esk Vale, purchased a ram for $1,600.
Hamilton Sheepvention 2011
The demand for dohnes continued at Hamilton Sheepvention this year where we achieved the equal highest price of $4,750 and highest average of $3,250 along with a 100% clearance.
Davied & Glenda Mitchell Bairnsdale secured the top ram. Max and Ian Pilgrim Goroke purchased a ram for $3,750 and Keith Boatman Crowlands one at $3,000
Client Results
Neville Triplett Bendigo, VIC 126% lambing
Pat & Bill Johnston Bendigo,VIC
1st place rams fleece Australian Sheep and Wool Show
Ian & Max Pilgrim Minimay, Vic 2.5 ewes off shears scanned in lamb to Dorsets $193.50
3.5 ewes off shears scanned in lamb to Dorsets $199
Wether lambs averaged $148.92
Noel & Liz Fox Coonabarabran, NSW
Mixed age ewes 980 wet, 33 dry
658 single 289 twins
Wether lambs av 22kg av $150
Grantley Filmer Tintinara, SA Lambing 121% Maidens 90%
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