Top prices paid for perendales
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For the second year in a row, Oamaru perendale breeder David Ruddenklau took top price honours at the breed’s annual stud ram sale in Gore.
His ram sold for $10,000 at the 33rd annual South Island perendale stud ram sale held last week. The ram was bought by John Henricksen, of Hautere Perendale Stud near Dannevirke. Mr Henricksen said he had been prepared to pay top dollar for the Newhaven sire.
Mr Ruddenklau said all of the rams sold strongly.
‘‘It was probably the best, if not the best perendale sale that we’ve seen for the breed.’’
The sale had 49 out of 50 rams sold and a good number of the rams made over $5000.
The first three rams to go under the hammer realised a total of $26,000 and set the tone for the sale. While the top price failed to get anywhere near the $20,500 of last year, stronger prices during the sale and a better clearance rate pushed the sale total and average up from $1900 in 2011 to $3228.
Mr Ruddenklau said perendale ram breeders had experienced an uplift in demand over the past year as farmers tried to build up their breeding flock sizes by purchasing maternal sires.
The sale also had competition from three Australian farmers who were intent on taking home some New Zealand genetics. They bought 12 rams at the sale and this helped to underpin the market.
Australian stud stockmen Sandy Mackirdy, Matt Tonissen and Antony Baillieu were first-time buyers at the sale, but that did not stop them from spending up large. The trio, from Hamilton, in Victoria, bought 12 rams.
Their top purchase was $8000, which they paid for the first ram into the ring.
The men said New Zealand perendales were more than comparable with their Australian counterparts, where the breed was relatively minor.
Perendale Society president Tim Anderson noted that of the 25 vendors and buyers at the society’s first sale, nine were involved this year.
The society’s new logo and brand Born to Perform, which was officially used at the sale for the first time, were sharp and fresh, and would take the breed into the future, Mr Anderson said.
The Mervyn Ladbrook Memorial Trophy for the best sire of its type on offer at the sale was presented to Paul Evans, from Kimbolton in the Manawatu. Sale figures: Perendale: 50 rams offered, one passed in, 49 sold for a sale total of $162,000 and sale average of $3228. Top prices: Newhaven Perendales, of Oamaru, $10,000; AP and AE Laing, of Banks Peninsula, two rams at $8000.
Cheviot: 13 rams offered, 2 passed in, 11 sold for a sale total of $22,300 and sale average of $2027. Top price: Mitchell Hillcrest Farming Ltd, of Clinton, $3500.