January & February

Auction Calendar

Northern Cape 21 FEBRUARY

• Konsortium-Merino’s 36th production sale on the farm Dom bi et er sf on te in, Victoria West. On offer: 450 Merino rams and 1 100 ewes. Phone Gawie van Heerden on 082 321 3233, Cobus Vivier on 082 444 4388 or Jan Erasmus (GWK) on 082 924 6096. Visit facebook. com/k ons or ti um. merino.

Free State 8 FEBRUARY

• Kromspruit’s Dohne Merino and Bovelder 39th production sale at Stormhoek, Memel. On offer: 580 Bovelders (including 200 three-in-one cows, 80 in-calf cows, 80 in-calf heifers and 20 bulls); and 660 Dohne Merinos (40 rams, 20 Al rams, 300 in-lamb twotoothed ewes and 300 in-lamb six-toothed ewes). Phone Ian Grobbelaar on 060 965 6207 or Mark Schmidt 084 746 6616.

22 FEBRUARY

• Beyond Beef Wagyu’s production sale, Frankfort. On offer: Black Japanese (eight stud dams, seven stud sires, seven full-blood cows, seven full-blood heifers); composite cattle (30 F2 heifers, 10 F2 cows with F3 calves, 25 F1 heifers, and 10 F1 cows with F2 calves); and Akaushi cattle (three stud dams, five stud sires and 60 embryos). Phone Wentzel Vorster on 082 566 1369 or Bertus Linde on 079 679 1718.

28 FEBRUARY

• Mielieboere Bonsmara’s 27th auction, Hopefield, Viljoenskroon. On offer: 40 bulls and 250 commercial females (various stages of production). TB- and CA-free. Phone Hennie Snyman (Paradigm) on 082 574 3120 or Schalk Erlank (GWK) on 082 558 6891. Visit facebook. com/Mie lie boere B ons mar as.

Eastern Cape 23 JANUARY

• White Wools Dohne Stud’s production sale, Collingham, Molteno. Phone Dries Pienaar on 087 550 2980 or Jan van der Walt on 082 376 6178.

24 JANUARY

• Morriston Merino’s 5th production sale, Barkly East. On offer: 40 rams and 350 open ewes. Phone Henri Naudé on 079 811 1096 or Danie Strauss on 072 585 4028.

1 FEBRUARY

• Felton Merino’s 19th production sale, a joint venture with Konsortium-Merino, on the farm Felix, Dordrecht. On offer: 140 Merino rams and 250 ewes. Phone Claude Cloete on 082 296 1805, Cobus Vivier on 082 444 4388 or Gawie van Heerden on 082 321 3233. Visit facebook. com/k ons or ti um. merino.

1 FEBRUARY

• Twee Neefs Dohne Merino’s 2nd production sale, Burgersdorp auction yard. On offer: 80 rams and 500 ewes (250 in-lamb, 250 open). Phone Steyn Steenekamp on 082 438 8991 or Jan van der Walt (BKB) on 082 376 6178. Visit facebook. com/TweeNeefsDohnes.

28 FEBRUARY

• Konsortium-Merino’s 9th Eastern Cape sale on the farm Geduldsfontein, Steynsburg. On offer: 140 Merino rams and 900 ewes. Phone Gawie van Heerden on 082 321 3233, Cobus Vivier on 082 444 4388 or Jan Erasmus (GWK) on 082 924 6096. Visit facebook. com/k ons or ti um. merino.

North West 15 JANUARY

• Mooibank Beefmaster and Merino’s 13th annual production sale, Langkloof farm, Wakkerstroom. On offer: 330 Beefmasters (110 cows with calves, 140 in-calf cows and 80 in-calf heifers); 1 900 Merinos (900 in-lamb ewes with seven months’ wool, and 1 000 in-lamb ewes with two-and-a-half months’ wool). Phone Hannes Hugo on 082 823 7631 or Nico Langeveldt on 082 331 2184.

KwaZulu-Natal 17 JANUARY

• Van Reenen special sale, Van Reenen sale yard. On offer: 100 Beefmaster and Brangus females, 100 Beefmaster and Brangus breeding females, 900 stores, 300 LY oxen, 300 AB oxen, 300 heifers and 200 fat cows. Phone Johan Geldenhuys on

071 258 4079 or Theron Conradie on 078 395 5313.