BUNDARA Downs White Suffolk and Poll Dorset stud passed a stiff seasonal test with flying colours at its 18th annual on-property production sale at Western Flat on September 19.
In a South East season that is fading fast and with few new-season lambs sold, stud principals Steve and Ros and Greg and Selena Funke sold more rams than in any previous year.
Rams sold to $4000 and 202 averaged $846 at the16th annual Bundara Downs White Suffolk andPoll Dorset ram sale at Western Flat, SA.
Stud buyers were there in strength chasing the high performance genetics while flock ram buyers were able to fill their orders at great value prices.
Prime lamb producers from South Australia and Victoria paid and average of $830 for 239 White Suffolk and Poll Dorset rams at the 16th annual Bundara Downs sale at Western Flat near Bordertown, SA.
BUNDARA Downs stud’s marathon sale did not skip a beat with a total clearance of the largest offering of White Suffolk flock rams in the South East for the season.
RECORDS tumbled at Bundara Downs’ White Suffolk and Poll Dorset stud’s annual on-property ram sale at Western Flat on Friday last week, with an on-property stud record of $8000 and a new $2000 flock ram high.
BORDERTOWN’s Bundara Downs White Suffolk and Poll Dorset stud became the pacesetter for the 2009 terminal sire selling season with an outstanding sale last Friday. Stud principals Steve, Ros and Greg Funke cleared 158 of their 160 White Suffolk rams at their 13th annual sale for a $959 average, and achieved a total clearance of their 50 Poll Dorset sires for a $874 average.