Agriculture
17 August, 2026
Ram season off to a flyer
THE on-property merino ram sale season has had a strong start with a 90 per cent clearance and the average price up $500 at Terrick West last Friday.
THE on-property merino ram sale season has had a strong start with a 90 per cent clearance and the average price up $500 at Terrick West last Friday.
The top priced ram - the first of 80 offered - was bought for $10,000 with a phone bid for Riverine graziers NJ and EE Macartney, Coreen near Corowa.
It was the first time the Macartneys had purchased from the McGauchie stud.
Lots two and three each sold for $9000 with north-east Victorian and Riverina graziers to the fore and among multiple buyers.
Three of the 72 rams sold were to online bidders.
Terrick West principal Ross McGauchie said the sale had shown solid signs of confidence in the Merino industry. “There was depth of prices right through the sale,” he said.
Mr McGauchie said the top-selling ram had good structure. “It’s a great carcass sheep, good wool and good critical statistics.”
The sale also attracted new buyers of the Terrick West genetics.
Among them was McIntyre’s Dale McCoy who had previously bought rams from the Eilan Donan stud of Jock MacRae at Sutton Grange.
Following Mr McRae’s retirement last year, Mr McCoy researched genetics to improve his mix of wool and carcass traits and “push fertility a bit”.
“We settled on bringing some of the Terrick West bloodline into our flock,” he said.
- CHRIS EARL
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