Friday, March 29, 2024

Rams pay for themselves

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Beltex-cross ram hoggets sold to a top price of $1100 and an average of just under $900 for the Roadley family at Wellsford saleyards in Northland on November 19.
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Rex Roadley said 22 rams were offered and 13 sold when the reserve price of $800 was reached.

The rams were bred from Beltex rams bought from the Gallaghers’ Rangiatea breeding business in Mid Canterbury, out of Romney and Texel ewes.

Roadley took some of this year’s ram lambs to the Wellsford sale so farmers could see the weight gains and muscle development of 40kg-plus sheep after 11 weeks.

The could be used in the upper North Island to boost lamb growth rates and with the meat company schedules at $9/kg they would pay for themselves in the first season, he said.

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