Newstead Dorper will be holding the annual Production Sale on farm in Feburary 2009.

35 Rams & 40 Registered ewes will be on offer.

Rams available are by the Type 5 Sires:

 
05-1070 "SAHARA"

Kaya 03-5754 "DROVER' 


Kaya 05-0764 a S.A imported embryo from the Woelewater Stud.

> 9 Rams are by SAHARA out of Type 4 & 5John Dell Ewes.
> 6 Rams are out of the champion ewe 'Family 13' Roslynmead271.
> 2 rams are by 'Drover' out of 'Danielle' Roslynmead 678, daughter of 'Family 13'.

All ewes to be presented are registered. 
Of the South African studded ewes there are 20 Type 4's & 3 Type 5's. 
Of the ewes offered in this sale 40% are consistantly weaning twins.

> 3 2007 Newstead ewes from 'Family 13' by Kaya 04-7947.
>12 2006 Newstead ewes by 'Drover' out of registered Kaya, Koji & Macquarie ewes.
>14 Registered 2005 Kaya & Macquarie bred ewes.


More details and photos will be added in the near future.  If your have any enquiries please contact us.

NEWSTEAD DORPERS IN BIG DEMAND
Mark Phelps, Queensland Country Life 28/02/2008

    Rams sold for a top of $1350 and ewes for $1400 at John and kerry Mackay's inaugrural on-property Newstead Dorper stud sale at Boggabilla, NSW.
     
    The $1400 sale topper - the graded type five Kaya 060089- went to Grant, Tracey and Monica Hutchings, Tenterfield, NSW, who are in the process of building a stud wew flock.  The Hutchings also paid $1100 for another high quality ewe Maquarie 050082.
    
    The top priced ram at $1350 was Newstead 060132, an outstanding class five sire which displayed excellent carcase characteristics.  The ram went to Mike and Lisa Flanagan, Gum Flat via Inverell.

    In the ram section 31 head sold for a top of $1350 to average $713.  In the ewe section 59 head sold for a top of $1400 to avereage $695.  Overall the sale acheived a 77 percent clearance to gross $63,125.  A total of 27 bid cards were issued with sheep selling to 20 buyers.

See the SALES link for the Newstead sales report.
    

    

Four Type 4 Stud Rams were offered at the Dubbo National Sale this year.  These rams are by our senior sire 'Drover' (Kaya 03-5754).   

 DORPER INFORMATION - WESTERN QUEENSLAND FEB 2008..

Thankyou to everyone who attended.  If your require any further information, or were unable to attend please give us a call & we can assist you with any questions.

Speakers Included
Lloyd Dunlop - Gross Margins & Marketing.
John Mackay - Dorpers in extensive conditions in South Africa, Marketing Pathways.
Chris O'Neil - Backgrounding & Feedlot Rations, Keenan System.
Other speakers include Queensland DPI biosecurity, QRAA.

Sponsored by Suncorp & Newstead Dorper.

PROUDLY ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL OF TWINS FROM "FAMILY 13" BY THE EXCITING YOUNG SAHARA SIRE "GRUB"

 

Click here to view our champions.

Testimonial by Dolf Lategan - Master South African Inspector:

"As judge it is always a worry during judging that there wouldn’t be a good enough animal coming through to really carry the honours of Supreme Champion. Our show is the shopping window of our Breed and the picture you want to leave with breeders and spectators must be if possible of an animal that makes people talk and remember the beauty of our Breed.

This year at the Dubbo show it was then a thrilling experience to be the judge and to have a Dorper ewe that stood up to that challenge. Why and what makes this animal then so outstanding? We in the Dorper world talk about a 5/5 animal. This means that the animal qualifies under conformation for the highest rating and also under type. Animals like that is very special and don’t come in dozens but one by one.

For this reason I will try and explain this ewe as I remember her and saw her for a very short time but made such an impression on me that I can still picture her.

1. She had a beautiful long and strong head as described in the Breed Standards with a well fleshed ewe neck flowing into her forequarter.
2. Her forequarter is a nice width with strong legs well placed, strong pasterns and good soft muscling on forearm and shoulders.
3. Her barrel is long and strong with ribs well sprung and a beautiful ewe shape.
4. The hind quarter is long well shaped, broad with good meat qualities, strong legs and hocks widely spaced to allow for a well developed udder.
5. The size of this ewe is very good and we don’t want them taller for economical reasons.
6. The colour and covering of the ewe compliment the rest of the general appearance that makes this ewe an outstanding conformation 5, type 5.
7. This ewe is well balanced which explains symmetry, the concept we use to explain that all the different aspects compliment each other.
8. If we look at her little lamb nobody can deny the truth that this is an outstanding breeding ewe and from what I hear true from the line she was bred from.

Lastly I can say from experience that good rams are bred from good ewes with a good background. They will then produce constant good progeny mated to a good ram that also comes from a good background. I urge breeders to get the best breeding value ram/ewe combinations from these outstanding animals."


    - Dolf Lategan