Recent News | Waratah White Suffolks

Waratah ram sells for $22,000 in Adelaide

September 6, 2018

Steve and Debbie Milne from Waratah White Suffolks at Branxholme were hopeful of doing well when they took their team of 8 White Suffolk Rams to Adelaide Royal Show and Elite Stud Sale last week.

Results exceeded all expectations when Waratah 170661 was part of the winning Interbreed pair in the Lambplan Production Trade class and later sold at the Elite sale for $22,000. He went to Michael and Julie Osborne of the Ryeview studs at Millicent in SA.

Ryeview also purchased the other ram Waratah offered at the sale – Waratah 170741 for $9000. “Mr Osborne said they had successfully used one of the stud’s rams before. The figures including eating quality, as well as growth, fat and muscle, suited what we were looking for – and the figures were just one spanner in the big box of tools, when we saw them, the rest fit as well, he said.”

$22,000 is the highest price Waratah White Suffolks have received for a ram. Steve and Debbie are delighted with the results and Steve said “we feel the Lambplan Production Trade class is the big one. It combines visual appraisal with Lambplan performance data and assessment by commercial experts on skins, structure and market suitability. Our focus has been vindicated by the excellent prices we received at the sale for our rams.”

Waratah White Suffolks will be offering 100 rams and 30 stud ewes at their on-property sale at Branxholme on Monday the 8^th October. For more information and a catalogue visit our Sale page or contact Bernie Grant at LMB Livestock.

Waratah 170661 (left), sold by Gordon Wood Landmark with Julie Osborne and Steve Milne Waratah White Suffolks holding the ram. Waratah 170741 (right) held by Debbie Milne with Michael Osborne.

Steve and Debbie Milne winning the Interbreed Lambplan Production Trade Class at Royal Adelaide Show.

Steve Milne holding Waratah 170594 and Debbie Milne holding Waratah 170661, winning the White Suffolk Lambplan Production Trade Class at Royal Adelaide Show. 170661 sold for $22,000 at the Elite Sale and 170594 will be offered at Lot 3 at the Waratah White Suffolk Sale on 8^th October.

Waratah wins the Interbreed Lamb Production – Trade class at Adelaide Royal Show

September 5, 2018

A pen of two rams from the Waratah White Suffolk stud took out the Interbreed Lamb Production – Trade class at the Royal Adelaide Show in 2018.

In a very closely contested event Waratah scored a total of 227.77 points from the Valma Poll Dorset entry with 227.04 points. Ramsay Park White Suffolks took out 3^rd place with a total of 224.83 points. Out of a maximum 250 points the two Waratah rams scored 119.77 out of a possible 120 for Objective measurement (this was scored using the Lambplan Trade $ index for each ram). For Physical Assessment the Waratah rams gained 45 out of a maximum 50 points. For Market Suitability the Waratah rams received 27 out of a possible 30 points, for Skin and Wool they received 20 out of a possible 30 points and for Breed Type they received 16 out of a possible 20 points.

Each of these sections were judged by a different expert who judged all the different breeds for their section. The winners and second place getters for each individual breed class went on to compete in the Interbreed event.

Steve and Debbie Milne are delighted to have won this prestigious class and feel it is the most important and commercially relevant class at the show

Exciting New 2016 Drop Semen Sires

July 4, 2017

Three new 2016 drop rams have been added to our Semen catalogue. All three were used in the stud as ram lambs and now have lambs on the ground. For more details and their ASBVs go to the Semen Catalogue Page.

>> View Semen Catalogue

Waratah 160282 (left), 160288 (back) and 160253 (right)

2016 Waratah Annual Sale Report

October 12, 2016

The 2016 Waratah Annual Sale was held on Monday 10th October 2016.

>> Click here to read sale report

The top price ram was Lot 8 who sold for $10,000 and was purchased by Damien Hawker from the Omad White Suffolk stud, Kaniva.

Continued Success at the Adelaide Royal Show Elite Ram Sale

September 7, 2016

The success of the Waratah breeding program was demonstrated again at the Adelaide Elite sale with the 2 rams entered selling for $7500 each. The Harvey families Paxton stud selected Waratah 150058, a Galaxy Park 367 son, to join two Waratah sires they have introduced previously. The WA based Golden Hill stud purchased Waratah 150066, a Waratah 130597 son, to join their sire team. The sires of both rams are well represented in the upcoming Waratah on-property sale.