Merinos sell for record average of $1887

By Jodie Rintoul
Updated November 16 2021 - 9:48pm, first published November 14 2021 - 1:00pm
The Gooding and Robinson families' East Mundalla stud, Tarin Rock, sold the top-priced Merino/Poll Merino ram for the season when they sold this two-tooth Poll Merino ram for $51,000 at the Rabobank WA Sheep Expo & Ram Sale at Katanning in August to the House family, Barloo and Willemenup studs, Gnowangerup. With the were Elders stud stock representative Russell McKay (left), buyers Fraser, Richard and Timm House, Barloo and Willemenup studs, Elders auctioneer James Culleton, vendors Jonty Robinson, Philip and Daniel Gooding, East Mundalla stud and Nutrien Livestock Breeding representative Mitchell Crosby.
The Gooding and Robinson families' East Mundalla stud, Tarin Rock, sold the top-priced Merino/Poll Merino ram for the season when they sold this two-tooth Poll Merino ram for $51,000 at the Rabobank WA Sheep Expo & Ram Sale at Katanning in August to the House family, Barloo and Willemenup studs, Gnowangerup. With the were Elders stud stock representative Russell McKay (left), buyers Fraser, Richard and Timm House, Barloo and Willemenup studs, Elders auctioneer James Culleton, vendors Jonty Robinson, Philip and Daniel Gooding, East Mundalla stud and Nutrien Livestock Breeding representative Mitchell Crosby.

AFTER a tougher selling season last year, Merinos bounced back with vengeance at ram sales this year to sell for a record average of $1887 to put a smile back on the face of Merino stud breeders across WA.

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