Rocklyn Ram Sales
On-property ram sale
Rocklyn holds an annual on-property ram sale in late September every year. Following this, grade rams are available through private sales.
2022 Sale Results
The 2023 on-property ram sale was held on Thursday 21 September. Conducted by Australian Wool Network alongside Kevin Miller, Whitty, Lennon & Co, the sale saw seventy-four of one-hundred lots sold for an average of $1,581.
A top price of $3,000 was reached twice with HB and VJ Knight and Sons of Grenfell taking home Lot 5 - a dual purpose ram sired by Wallaloo Park 172032 of 19.4 Micron, DP+ 195, YCFW 24.5.
T.H. Cooper and Co. bought the other top-priced ram, Lot 29. Another heavy cutting, dual purpose poll Merino sired by Rocklyn horn 200311 with DP+ 192, MP+ 192, YCFW 30.0, Micron 19.1 and body weight of 102.5kg.
Volume buyers included McKellar Pastoral Co. with 13, TH Cooper & Co. with 10, A & K Emerson with 9 and WT & GE Mendham with 8.
To read more about the 2023 ram sale, click here.
Grade rams now available
Surplus grade rams and those passed in at the sale are now available through private on-farm sales. To book an inspection of the rams or if you require help to customise your ram selections to meet your breeding objectives, please contact us.
>>> Grade rams by leading sires now available through private sales
>>> High Average YCFW
>>> High Average DP+
>>> High Average YWT
>>> 5-star data quality rating
>>> Grade rams by leading sires now available through private sales >>> High Average YCFW >>> High Average DP+ >>> High Average YWT >>> 5-star data quality rating
A sample of this year’s sale rams
To find out more about the rams that were on offer at the 2023 sale please download our sale catalogue
“Rocklyn progeny have high early growth rates, giving our feedlot lambs a market advantage.”
— Stuart McKellar, McKellar Pastoral Co, Grenfell.
2021 On-Property Ram Sale Results
The 2021 on-property ram sale was held on Thursday 9th September, at 'Elon' 343 Barkers Rd Greenethorpe.
Seventy July/August 2020 Drop Merino Rams were offered in the sale, which attracted 22 registered buyers. This included 6 new buyers as well as some dedicated return buyers, which set the scene for some competitive bidding resulting in a full clearance at an average price of $3,225.
The sale was conducted by Elders Young with Aaron Seaman doing the auctioneering. This year, the poll rams were sired by Bundilla, Centre Plus, Anderson, Poll Boonoke, Wallaloo Park, Ridgway Advance, and Rocklyn sires. The horned rams were sired by Rocklyn rams. A sample of the rams sold at this year's sale is provided below.
The top price ram sold for $6,000 to Trevor Knight, bidding on behalf of HB & VJ Knight and Son from Grenfell. The ram, which was lot 10 in the sale was sired by one of Rocklyn’s own, Rocklyn Poll 180215, has excellent dual-purpose qualities and is a trait leader (top 5 %) for YCFW. With figures such as FD 17.9, SD 2.8, CF 99.7 and ASBVs of 33 for YCFW, 9.1 YWT and -0.63 EBWR and a DP+ index of 177, the Knights certainly chose well.
For a full sale report, please click here.
The top price ram bought by Trevor Knight for $6,000.