111 of 135 Dorpers sold to $7000, av $1484
Black Dorpers: 70 of 88 sold to $7000, av $1840
Rams: 40 of 46 sold to $7000, av $1839
Ewes: 30 of 42 sold to $2500, av $857.
White Dorpers: 43 of 47 sold to $4000, av $1568
Rams: 29 of 30 sold to $4000, av $1713
Ewes: 30 of 42 sold to $2000, av $1272.
A RAM, from the noted Mickey Phillips Jo Jo line, has topped the eighth annual Bendigo Supreme Dorper and White Dorper sale.
Dell Dorpers, Moama,186 “Freddie”, a 122kg, class four ram, sold for $7000 to Edson Black and Red Rock studs, Keith, South Australia.
Dell’s Andrea van Niekerk said Freddie, a June 2014 drop ram, was sired by Dell Jo Jo Junior 10071.
“We have known he is a really good sire, we have used him extensively through our own stud, and he is really good through the shoulders and the top line,” Ms van Niekerk said. Freddie had scanning figures of nine millimetres of fat and 43mm of eye muscle. Red Rock’s Brad Edson said Freddie would run with about 150 Black stud ewes. The second highest price $4000 was for a Roslynmead West White Dorper ram, purchased by Dumisa and African White Dorpers, Moama, NSW. Dorper ewes sold to $2500, for an average of $857, with rams averaging $1839. The highest priced White Dorper, a ram, fetched $4000. The top priced ewe was sold by Olsen Park Dorpers, Koondrook, to Nomuula, Moonbi, NSW.