2024 Spring Ram Sale Results

Rural
Written By Tertia Butcher

Rams sell to $17,000 at Boonoke/Wanganella sale

By Krista Schade

The annual Wanganella and Poll Boonoke stud sale was held at Boonoke last Wednesday, and resulted in a full clearance of the 209 head on offer.

Top price paid was $17,000, with an overall average of $2616.

All 49 Merino rams offered sold to a top of $10,500 to average $2489, while the complete 160 poll rams offered sold to a top of $17,000 to average $2654.

The ram to claim the top-price title was Poll Boonoke 230203, purchased by John Maher, Narromine.

The second top-price ram was purchased for $16,500 by the Parkes-based Gungarimbah Merino stud, operated by Kate and Grant Orr.

The third top-priced ram was also a Poll Boonoke ram, PB 230198 purchased by South Australian buyers Jodie and Gerald Mulligan, of Wyara Merinos, for $16,000.

For the Wanganella rams on offer, the top-price ram was purchased by Garford Farming, Ungarie for $10,500.

The sale marked the end of an era for the Bell family of the Australia Food and Agriculture (AFA) company, with Wanganella and Boonoke part of the company’s proposed sale, expected to be finalised by the end of the year.

Right: AFA stud manager Tom Lilburne and general manager Justin Campbell. Left: AFA chair Alastair Provan was in attendance at the sale and addressed the crowd. Images: The Riverine Grazier / Margie McClelland

“Very happy” Avenel ram brings $8,000

By Tertia Butcher

“Very happy,” was how principal Colin McCrabb summed up results of the 46th annual Avenel Merinos sale on Friday.

The top ram again went to Graham and Debbie Mott of Yerong Creek.

Bidding for the 16.9-micron poll stud ram with a body weight of 94.2 remained spirited until it sold for $8,000. The Mott family purchased a total seven rams.

The charity ram was sold to David and Neil Allen of Mitiamo for $7500 with proceeds to the McGrath Foundation.

Avenel secured a $2672 average, with 106 rams sold.

The charity ram was bought by David Allen of Mitiamo, pictured with Amelia, Colin and Phoebe McCrabb following the sale on Friday.

Images: The Riverine Grazier/Tertia Butcher.

Tertia Butcher

Tertia is South-African born where she worked as magazine journalist before moving to Australia on Winter Solstice 1980.

She began her newspaper career with the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin in February 1981. Initially she was employed in sales, while waiting for a position on the editorial team.

After two years in sales, while also writing the social column, Tertia was offered a cadetship with the McPherson Group.

She completed the cadetship in 1985, followed by the Country Newspaper Journalism course with Deakin University.

In 1991 Tertia moved to Hay and began her career with The Riverine Grazier. She was appointed editor in 1995 and became a partner in the business in 2000.

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