2017 On-Property Ram Sale. Summary, Results & Photos

On Monday, 4th September 2017 Keri-Keri held its eleventh On-Property sale.

A total of 80 rams were offered for sale.
All 80 rams were cleared at an average of $1,130.00

The top priced ram (Lot 2) sold for $3,100- to Scotsburn Pastoral

This ram’s wool figures were:
Micron: 19.7 ; SD: 3.87 ; CV%: 19.8 & CF%: 99.3

This ram’s carcase figures were:
YWT: 11.3 ; YEMD: 0.1 ; YFAT: 0.3 & YSC: 3.7

Andrew Dowling [Keri-Keri], Neville Willox [Scotsburn Pastoral, Balranald] & Andrew Williamson [Elders, Swan Hill] with the top priced ram on the day.

Whilst this ram is staying in the local district, again the rams went to a range of different locations throughout Australia.

The breakdown of the sale is as follows:

• 69 Keri-Keri 2016 drop rams sold for an average price of $1,162.32, to a high of $3,100.00.

• 11 AMM 2016 drop rams sold for an average price of $927.27, to a high of $1,200.00.

Thanks go to our selling agents of Peter Head & his team from Elders, and to all others who helped, and were involved with the sale.
Also, our appreciation to those who continue to support our sales. All rams are guaranteed and we welcome feedback on how they perform.

Good luck to all for the remainder of the season – at this stage all is looking great.

Photos from sale day below.

The woolshed looking totally different first thing in the morning. (Copy)

Ryan Atkins and Peter head start the job of getting the rams tied up in lot order. (Copy)

Katharina Schambach from Germany trying to keep Dan in line. (Copy)

Amie Jones from England working at her first livestock sale. (Copy)

We managed to avoid most of the rain and threatening clouds for the day. (Copy)

Sold rams, but not taken on the day, were happy to be staying for a little longer and to get their heads back down grazing that night. (Copy)

Paul Favaloro from Tamworth and Dan enjoying a quiet moment at the close of the day. (Copy)

Maree and Kerryn did a wonderful job getting all the paperwork in order. (Copy)

Lachie Brown [Southern Zone Wool Manager – Elders] spoke while the Helmsman was in progress on the current trends in local and overseas wool markets. (Copy)