Five pregnant Droughtmaster heifers were sold for an average price of R77 000 at a 100-heifer auction held on 8 May at the Hochfeld auction pens in Namibia.
By Charl van Rooyen, senior journalist at African Farming and Landbouweekblad
Their owner, Danie Visser of Considerata Droughtmasters Namibia, who farms near Aranos, is better known through Danie Visser Genetics, one of Namibia’s leading Dorper breeding operations.
This was the first time he had offered Droughtmasters for sale since acquiring the stud from Johan van der Nest of South Africa.
The most expensive heifer, C 23-123, was sold for R85 000. C 24-016 achieved R80 000, while C 24-026 and C 24-006 sold for R75 000 each. C 23-128 was sold for R70 000. All the heifers were purchased by Sarel du Toit of Mimosa Farming, Dordabis.
Danie said he was grateful that the genetic material would remain in Namibia, as breeders from South Africa and Botswana had also shown strong interest.
The 100-heifer auction was presented by Real Time Agri on 8 May and the auctioneer was Tom Hodgson.
Dorpers
Phillip and Willie van Niekerk of Botswana purchased one of the rams, Delta Junior 22-211. The other ram that achieved R120 000, 24-255, was bought by a farmer from Tanzania.
Type 5 rams achieved an average price of R43 174. Stud rams sold for an average of R20 733, with the highest price reaching R40 000. Flock rams achieved an average price of R21 000 and the highest price was R26 000.
Visser also achieved excellent prices for his Dorper sheep earlier this year. Two rams sold for R120 000 each at his Danie Visser Genetics production auction in Stampriet. The auction, held on 20 February, was characterised by strong prices.
Eight of Visser’s Meatmaster rams were sold for an average of R18 000. The most expensive ram achieved R28 000.
The auction was presented by Namibia Livestock Auctioneers and the auctioneer was Dawid Nel.
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