Committment provenTony and Sandra Galea of Glanmire Dorpers are committed to the Dorper breed.
Dorper characteristics such as shedding, high lambing percentages with fast lamb growth and early to market, all adds up to more money in your pocket.
Glanmire Dorpers breeds both stud and commercial dorper rams and ewes with both expected to perform under commercial conditions and not be reliant on constant care and supplementary feeding.
During the past two years the dorpers were inspected by Rodney Rayner, a highly-respected international judge and inspector from South Africa. He also provided the stud with valuable input into its breeding program.
More recently, the genetics have come from Dell Dorpers and the most recent lambing in September produced a 185 per cent lambing.
This year the stud will be represented at the Bathurst Royal Show, Dubbo Show, Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show and Auction and Dubbo National Dorper Show and Auction.
At Glanmire Dorpers the aim is to maintain the integrity of the breed and continually enhance the genetics of its stock.
For information on sales visit www.glanmiredorpers.com.au Demand often outweighs supply so get in quick.
Large draft to be sold
Yavenvale Herefords and Poll Herefords will hold their 13th annual on-property sale on Wednesday, February 22 at 1pm.
The 2012 sale team is the largest draft ever offered at Yavenvale, Adelong.
These bulls are sound, functional, commercially-relevant sires with leading EBVs.
Some of the features of the 2012 sale team:
♦ Our best average 600-day growth EBV of +75.
♦ A moderate birth weight average of +4.3 that has been constant for the last five years.
♦ Almost half the catalogue (45 bulls) are in the top 5 per cent of the breed for IMF.
♦ Average Grain Fed Index of $91 ranks in the top 10 per cent of the breed.
To assist in bull selection we highly recommend the video preview of the sale bulls that is online at www.yavenvalehere-fords.com from early February.
Using the recently released poll test, nine bulls out of 20 tested have a 90 per cent chance of being Homozygous Polled according to this test.
We have a good mix of new and proven reference sires for the 2012 sale team.
This is the best line of bulls by Allendale Vengeance who topped Dubbo in 2007 selling for $37,500.
We welcome a phone call to arrange inspection of our cattle at any time.
Yavenvale is open during Stock and Land Beef Week Open Day on Tuesday January 31.
Top lambs to be offered
Burrawang White Dorper Stud will be selling more than 200 scanned-in Lamb Poll Dorset Stud ewes at its on-farm sale on February 15.
Burrawang’s principal Graham Pickles bought 1000 ewes from the leading Lamplan Poll Dorset stud of Dawson Bradford’s Hillcroft Farm in WA in December 2010. Burrawang runs 6000 commercial breeding ewes as well as its White Dorper stud.
With a proven record of more than 150 per cent weaning, carcass plus index ranging from 165 to 205, averaging about 180, they are an exceptional line of stud ewes that make an outstanding foundation for a prime lamb flock. Details of scanning results and videos of the ewes will be available on February 1 at www.bwswhitedorper.com.au
For more information call Graham Pickles on 0418 112 888.
Sale offers quality
Cannawigra Poll Herefords will offer a quality draft of 37 Poll Hereford bulls at their on-property bull sale to be held at 11am on Wednesday February 22 at ‘Walteela’, Avenue Range.
2012 heralds a new direction for Cannawigra with its first solo on-property sale after five very successful sales under the Limestone Coast sale banner.
Buyers can be assured that the 2012 sale offering will continue the focus of delivering quality sires to meet today’s industry requirements.
All sale bulls are vet checked, Pfizer STAR accredited and have full growth and carcass EBV’s.
Free freight is offered on all bulls sold within the south-east of South Australia and western Victoria. The vendors are willing to assist with freight to other areas.
Sale cattle can be inspected either during South Australia Beef Week (Monday February 6) or on sale morning from 9.30am.
To inspect the cattle any other time call David and Katrina Copping on 08 8766 0077.
Stud bulls for purchase
Ross and Mandy Smith and family will hold their 19th Sale Tuesday February 14 commencing at 1pm, following inspection starting at 11am.
The Smiths have been running Hereford cattle on the property since it was taken up as a soldier settlement block by Gordon and June Smith in 1948. The stud herd was established in 1974 and based on South Bukalong blood.
Following an extremely successful sale last year, this year’s draft should eclipse that result. The Herefords are by new sire Banemore Northend C051, Red Hill Watt, Courallie Yarram Y167, Charnock Jackal AI and Glenellerslie Guarantor, while the Polls are by Glenellerslie Hal, O’Sullivans Artist, South Bukalong Shannon and Merawah Elliot.
The Helmsman sale will be handled by Elders and GTSM, held on the property 1064 Yaven Creek Road near Adelong. Any enquiries please phone Ross or Mandy on 6946 4233.
Rams to be sold
The fourth Annual Dorper and White Dorper sale will be held at Gunnedah sale yards on February 9, 2012.
About 70 rams, will go under the hammer.
Dave Henry of Davidson Cameron said the 44 dorper rams will come from well-known studs including Bilgamma, Whynot, Wooden Springs and Munbilla dorpers.
Buyers can purchase with confidence knowing they are buying quality genetics.
Selection critical
The best genetics and attention to ewe selection and performance are reasons why studmaster Peter Jackson has significantly increased profit for clients of Coronga White Suffolks.
Easy lambing, high growth, not too lean and plenty of muscle mean lambs that increase profit.
They achieve well above average growth using current Coronga sires which sees client lambs five to seven kg heavier at four to five months of age compared to 10 years ago.
The exceptional muscling of Coronga stock can mean dressed weights of 48 to 50 per cent compared to accepted 44 per cent, a gain of $8 to 10 on most lambs.
Peter’s 45 years of animal production experience and rural veterinary practice is definitely an asset to the stud and his knowledge will guide you to the perfect choice of ram.
Peter still enjoys the challenges of being involved with producing the best value rams for the prime lamb industry.
Castlebar sale soon
Kaya and Castlebar second Combined Dorper and White Dorper Sale will be held at the Gunnedah Showgrounds on Friday March 2, 2012.
Inspections are welcome from 10am with the sale beginning at 1pm.
You can rest assured that all Castlebar ewes are scanned in lamb, all purebreds are typed to Australian standards and genuine worm resistant genetics are present in Kaya stock.
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