Prices ranging from R750 000 for an Ankole bull calf to R6 000 for a breeding group of peacocks characterised the 12th production auction of Lasarus Game Farm, held on the farm Dorsland near Modimolle on 7 February this year.
By Charl van Rooyen, senior journalist at African Farming and Landbouweekblad
The highest price achieved for Lasarus Game Farm’s own breeding at the auction was for its Ankole bull Bumblebee, which the Shalom Ankole stud bought from Louis Neethling of the Northern Cape for R700 000.
A four-month-old Ankole bull, bred from new breeding material, achieved the overall highest price of R750 000. Guest seller Kilima Horned Heritage of Tzaneen sold this calf, K25-023 Alexander the First of Kilima, to the Cattle Group (Ankoles) of Nico Lerm of Modimolle and Walter Kinnear of Gobabis. The calf was bred from new genetic material imported from Uganda to further strengthen Ankole breeding stock in South Africa.
Lerm, owner of Lasarus Game Farm, which operates farms near Modimolle and Albertinia, says he is very pleased with the prices achieved. He and Kinnear also sold a heifer, Miami, for R650 000 to the Amanzi stud and another heifer for R450 000 to Thaba Nyoni of Badplaas.
Game
Lerm also offered game on the auction. Notable prices achieved included:
White king wildebeest – R275 000 for a bull (28 1/8 inches) and R160 000 for a heifer.
Kudu – R200 000 for Bluebeard, a white-bearded kudu bull and R90 000 for a white-bearded cow.
Common kudu – R40 000 for a cow.
Rhino – R200 000 for a heifer.
White lion – R155 000 for a male and R40 000 for a female.
Bushbuck – R100 000 for the ram Silkaats (18 4/8 inches).
Nyala – R100 000 for the bull Bell (30 inches).
Kalahari springbok – R80 000 for a ram (16 6/8 inches) and R55 000 for a spotted springbok ram.
Bushveld saddleback blesbok – R80 000 for a ram and R65 000 for a ewe.
Giraffe – R35 000 for a bull.
Blue duiker – R34 000 for a breeding group of three bucks.
Indigenous goats
Lerm also sold a large number of Cape Lobear goats. The highest prices were R80 000 and R50 000 for two ewes and R50 000 for a ram. A Kunene goat ram sold for R18 000 and ewes fetched R16 000 each.
Lasarus chickens, which Lerm bred from various indigenous breeds to combat insects and ticks in game farming systems, also achieved good prices. A breeding group consisting of one rooster and four hens sold for R6 000. A group of three peacocks also fetched R6 000.
The catalogue auction was presented by CDP Auctioneers. The auctioneer was Corné du Plessis.
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