A brand new South African list worth used to be not too long ago completed when R255 000 used to be paid for the SA Mutton Merino ram 1038 TOP. The sale of the ram underlined that call for for the breed used to be considerably on the upward thrust, in line with Jan Vosloo, president of the SA Mutton Merino Breeders’ Society of South Africa.
Vosloo added that customers had been increasingly more appearing dedication to peak genetics.
The ram used to be bought on 27 June through Faans Pretorius of Hilltop Stud close to Heilbron, Loose State to Koos and Kobus Engelbrecht, additionally from Heilbron.
READ Dormer: the usage of line breeding to set record-high public sale costs
Vosloo mentioned that the ram used to be a first-rate instance of the trendy medium-framed SA Mutton Merino, with excessive copy potency, remarkable meat, and fine quality wool.
“A ram like this breeds top-performing alternative ewes and very good weaners that don’t seem to be overly fats. The worth added through the breed’s high quality wool makes the SA Mutton Merino extremely winning for each stud and business farmers,” Vosloo instructed Farmer’s Weekly.
40-nine rams had been on be offering on the sale and completed a mean worth of R19 480. The perfect worth for an ewe (1375 TOP) used to be R26 000, and the typical worth of the 85 ewes on sale used to be R4 820.
The sale used to be held through BKB, with Jan Mostert because the auctioneer.