NEWS & MEDIA

Kurralea clears 309 rams

AT the annual Kurralea Poll Dorset and White Suffolk ram sale at Ariah Park, NSW, 60 successful bidders from four states provided tight competition, especially for large flock rams. In the end, all 309 head offered cleared to a $1301 average. After achieving a national-record Poll Dorset ram price of $28,000 last year, it was

Kurralea ram hits $28,000

A POLL Dorset ram has made $28,000 at the Prentice family’s Kurralea ram sale at Ariah Park today. The ram, which was grand champion Poll Dorset ram at Adelaide Royal, was lot one in the offering and quickly sent bidding spiralling north. Two interstate buyers teamed up to produce the winning bid of $28,000, in

Kurralea Poll Dorset ram to $18,000

THE Kurralea Poll Dorset and White Suffolk stud produced its best ever sale result last week at Ariah Park, NSW. It was a fitting tribute to a great studmaster – Jim Prentice sadly passed away on the Friday before the sale after a short battle with cancer – and buyers from five states rallied to

Kurralea ram the right mix

GETTING the right mix between suitability for the prime lamb market & ease of management practices is the key to a great sheep, & grand champion White Suffolk at Royal Melbourne had got it perfect, according to judge Murray Long. “These rams are the genetics that will go out into the prime lamb market,” Mr