{"id":3765,"date":"2023-10-27T16:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T05:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detpagrove.com\/?p=3765"},"modified":"2023-10-27T16:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T05:46:31","slug":"detpa-grove-stoked-with-35th-annual-sale-selling-to-almost-every-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detpagrove.com\/detpa-grove-stoked-with-35th-annual-sale-selling-to-almost-every-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Detpa Grove stoked with 35th Annual Sale selling to almost every state"},"content":{"rendered":"
A White Suffolk stud at Jeparit has sold to nearly each Australian state at its 35th<\/sup>\u00a0annual sale, and is “stoked” with the results.<\/p>\n Detpa Grove White Suffolk stud principal David Pipkorn said the ewes and rams went to most Australian states this year, with a “good mix” of buyers in attendance and online.<\/p>\n “We’re stoked, we really didn’t know what to expect with the conditions of the market at the moment,” he said.<\/p>\n “We’re just thankful for the ongoing support of our loyal clients, and the jobs that the rams and ewes have been doing for them over previous years.”<\/p>\n The Detpa Grove sale offered 250 lots and sold 206 to $12,500, with an average price of $1723.<\/p>\n The 29 White Suffolk stud rams sold to $12,500, with an average price of $4465, and 34 specially-selected rams sold to $2600, with an average price of $1811.<\/p>\n The sale offered 69 White Suffolk ewes and sold 46 lots to $2000, with an average price of $1136, while 97 flock rams sold to $2200 out of 118 offered, with an average price of $1150.<\/p>\n Shane and Jodie Foster, Boonaroo, Casterton, bought the top-priced ram, Lot 92, 220811 TR, which was sired by Regal 200477 and out of 190558 DS.<\/p>\n Its Australian Sheep Breeding Values included a weaning weight (WWT) of 10.79 kilograms, post-weaning weight (PWWT) of 17.42kg, a post-weaning eye muscle depth (PEMD) of 2.20 millimetres, and -0.52 per cent intramuscular fat (IMF).<\/p>\n “He was a young fella, he was an August-drop ram with a lot of potential left in him,” Mr Pipkorn said.<\/p>\n “The buyers saw the qualities we selected him for the stud ram team for, and we look forward to seeing what he does.”<\/p>\n Sunnybanks Farming, Penguin, Tas, bought the top ewe, Lot 8, for $2000.<\/p>\n The ewe’s ASBVs included a WWT of 11.24kg, PWWT of 17.45kg, a PEMD of 2.47mm, and -0.37pc IMF.<\/p>\n “The top ewe was a really neat, safe animal, they’ve got big plans and I’ll be interested to see how they join her up,” Mr Pipkorn said.<\/p>\n “We’re rapt with the ewe team we put together this year, I’m very pleased with the ewes we put forward and we’re more than happy to keep what was passed in.”<\/p>\n Mr Pipkorn said he particularly liked a $10,000 ram, Lot 79, which “ticked a fair few boxes” and they would collect semen from.<\/p>\n “He was a ram we’ll keep semen interest in because his bloodline is unique for us, his dam line is, it was a ewe we bought from a dispersal in South Australia,” he said.<\/p>\n It was sired by Regal 20047 and out of RP199172, and its ASBVs included a WWT of 10.21kg, PWWT of 16.26kg, a PEMD of 2.21mm, and -0.26pc IMF.<\/p>\n Elders auctioneer Ross Milne said rams and ewes went to Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.<\/p>\n “It was a good sale, considering the climate at the moment, we’ve got a good clearance, the flockies sold well and we passed in a few at the end but it was still a very good clearance,” he said.<\/p>\n Volume buyers included Lake Kemi Kemi, Edenhope, who bought 20 pens, C Bennie bought eight pens, Schmidt Family Trust, Coffs Harbour, NSW, bought eight pens, JR and MJ Kilpatrick bought seven pens.<\/p>\n He said the selected stud rams and ewes sold “very well”.<\/p>\n “A lot of those ewes that are going into programs will certainly make an impact on new or established studs,” he said.<\/p>\n “This year most people who wanted to buy rams could get in at a reasonable rate, they represented good buying and good value.”<\/p>\n Story courtesy of Rachel Simmonds, Stock & Land<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A White Suffolk stud at Jeparit has sold to nearly each Australian state at its 35th\u00a0annual sale, and is “stoked” with the results.<\/p>\n Detpa Grove White Suffolk stud principal David Pipkorn said the ewes and rams went to most Australian states this year, with a “good mix” of buyers in attendance and online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n