Posted on — Leave a comment1 General Overview Note that the council report on breed activities during 2023 is released only at the end of 2024 to be able to reflect on complete information on 2022 born animals (now two years old). The report provides valuable information on aspects such as reproduction, production values and selection intensity, which proved to […]
Posted on — Leave a commentGrootfontein Research Trust had a very successful sale on the 23rd of February 2024. Congratulations to Corlia Kleynhans of LK Dohnes who purchase the top priced ram for R28,000. GF211045, born as a twin, had breeding values of: weaning weight direct +1.84kg; weaning weight maternal +0.99kg; number of lambs weaned per ewe lifetime +2.37; clean […]
Posted on Louis Dohnes of Heilbron held on their annual production sale on the 14th of February 2024. The average price for 27 rams on offer was R8357. Top price ram sold for R17,000 to Wessel Hattingh. This ram, DH220056, born as a twin, had breeding values of: weaning weight direct +1.16kg; weaning weight maternal -0.17kg; number […]
Posted on After many years excellent service, Mr. Boeta Wessels stepped down from the Dohne Merino council. At the annual general meeting of the breed society, Mr. Wikus Bekker (CRUX Dohnes) was also elected as new member of the Dohne Merino council. Mr. Wikus Bekker is well-known in the Dohne Merino industry and he is not only […]
Posted on Wynand du Toit, his family and staff, celebrated the 50th year of existence of the Suidplaas Dohne Merino stud, at the occasion of the stud’s production sale, held on the 10th of August 2022. At the sit-down dinner, Mr. Wynand du Toit and his wife Madre, enlightened the attendees on valuable lessons learnt and also […]
Posted on Wauldby Dohnes held their annual ram sale on 9 March 2022, which resulted in 41 rams sold at the average price of R11 183. Mr. Peet van Niekerk and Petrus van Niekerk, Burgersdorp, bought the top priced ram, B190068, at the price of R32 000. This ram, born as a twin, had breeding values of: […]
Posted on Lowmar Dohnes held their annual production sale on Wednesday 27 January 2021. The total of 59 rams were sold for the average price of R13610. The highest priced ram LM190393 with production figures of Weaning direct 0.049; Weaning maternal 1.076; Number of lambs weaned 4.606; Clean fleece weight 0.462; Fibre diameter -0.286; was […]
Posted on Phillip and Dix Erasmus held Charlton Dohnes’ production sale on the 1st of September at ‘Die Kaya’ Somerset East. The total of 35 Dohne Merino rams were all sold at the average price of R10846. The highest piced ram was sold to Hannes de Klerk (Vredendal) at R35000. The ram had production figures of : […]
Posted on Mr Koenas van der Westhuizen held Towerland Dohne’s annual production sale on the 10th of September, 2019. A total of 51 excellent Dohne Merino rams were sold at the average price of 11,667. The highest priced ram was sold to Mr. Boeta Wessels, Bredasdorp at R31,000.
Posted on Congratulations to Mr Henry du Plessis, Kouga Dohnes, who held his 10th production sale on the 10th of September at the GWK sales complex, Humansdorp. Kouga Dohnes sold 79 Dohne Merino rams at the average price of R9,544. The two highest priced rams at R17,000 and R16,000 were bought by Machiel and Ericus […]
Posted on Marcellene van Rooyen held the 32nd production sale of Mullersvlei Dohnes at the Hantam livestock venue on Tuesday, 27 August, 2019. A total of 23 rams were sold for the average price of R8,913. Two rams were sold at the highest price of R17,000. Mr Koenas van der Westhuizen, Nieuwoudtville, bought the ram […]
Posted on FC and Jandrè Bester held Corsando Dohne Merinos’ 24th production sale on Thursday, 15 August, 2019 on the farm Kruispad, in the Moorreesburg district. FC Bester sold 53 rams at the average price of R12057 and also sold the highest priced ram on the sale at R29,000. Jandre Bester performed equally well by selling […]
Posted on The Pleasant View Dohne Merino Stud held it’s 25th Ram Sale on the 7th of August at the Zwartberg Farmers Association Sale yards. All 74 rams on offer were sold for an average price of R12 100.00 . The top price was R22,000, paid by Erhard Breedt from Nottingham Road.
Posted on Mr Wynand du Toit held the second production sale of Suidplaas Dohnes on 7 August 2019. A total of 120 rams were on offer and sold at the average price of R14,775. Mr Daniel Giliomee (Vlakkloof Dohnes) bought the highest priced ram at R75,000. A total of 22 ewes were also sold at prices varying […]
Posted on Mr Izak Smit held the 12th production sale of Piket Dohnes on Thursday the 1st of August 2019. The total set of 85 rams on offer were sold at one of the highest average prices of the Spring season, R15,520. The highest priced ram was sold to Mr Jan – and Wessel-Jan van Devender from […]
Posted on Hoffie & Lammie Basson held their 33rd production sale on the farm Kliprug in the Malmesbury district on Wednesday 31 July 2019. A total of 66 rams were sold at the average price of R11,901. The most expensive ram was bought by Danie Slabber and Hoffie van Blerk, both from Malmesbury.
Posted on Nello Dohnes combined their 18th production sale, once again with a well intended information and viewing day. A total of 91 rams were on offer and sold for the average price of R12,022. The highest priced ram was bought by Mrs. Danie Bruwer and Martiens Aveling at the price of R32,000. Ewes were in high […]
Posted on Kromspruit Dohnes, Memel staged a week of festivity to celebrate their 40th production sale on the farm Kromspruit in the district of Memel, Freestate. Some of the activities included a well-attended Dohne Merino course as well as The shearing the top Kromspruit ram (with 11 months wool on) of which 220 straws of semen were […]
Posted on Weska Dohnes attained one of the highest average prices for the rams sold on their production sale, held on the 19th of July 2019. The total of 62 rams on offer were sold for the average price of R15,266. Young ewes (104) were sold for the average price R2150. The highest priced ram at R48,000 […]
Posted on Stellenbosch University offered 60 top Dohne Merino rams for sale on their production sale held on the 18th of July at Elsenburg. All rams on offer were sold at the average price of R11,792. WP Viljoen bdy. partnership paid the highest price of R31,000 for an individual ram.
Posted on Swarco Dohnes decided to stage their annual production sale in conjunction with the Caledon Stock breeders promotion sale on the 12th of June 2019. This change of venue resulted in 48 rams sold for the average price of R13927 by Swarco Dohnes. Mr Willie Small and his son Tiaan bought the highest priced […]
Posted on The autumn Dohne Merino Production sales exceeded all expectations except for a few sales in areas experiencing the negative effect of the past four years drought conditions. Once again, the Dohne Merino breed, proved its mettle under conditions of a severe summer drought during which farmers were forced to reduce stock numbers in especially […]
Posted on Dries Pienaar held the annual White Wools production sale on 23 January 2019 and offered and sold 70 excellent Dohne Merino rams for the average price of R12,786. A total of eight rams were sold at prices of R20,000 or more and Mr. HL Kitshoff and Sons paid the top price of R56,000 for a […]
Posted on Tweekoppen Dohnes is known for producing Dohne Merinos under completely natural veld conditions of the Southern Freestate. At the 2019 production sale, staged by Wicus Jacobs and Sam Lamprecht, 32 excellent true veld rams were offered and sold at the average price of R6,813. A total of 344 ewes were also sold at the average […]
Posted on An increasingly more important role player in the Dohne Merino industry – CRUX Dohnes – Held its annual production sale on 07 february 2019. The major objective of CRUX Dohnes is to provide veld adapted rams to Commercial Dohne farmers in mainly the Southern Freestate area. This year they sold a total of 108 rams […]
Posted on Zeiss Jordaan held Sneeuberg Dohnes’ annual production sale on 06 February 2019. The sale proved to be highly successful on account of the quality of the rams offered for sale. All 63 rams on offer were sold at the average price of R11,397. A total of five rams attained prices of R18,000 or more and […]
Posted on The 12th Grootfontein Dohne Merino Stud Production Auction was held on 22 February 2019 at the Grootfontein College of Agriculture, Middelburg Eastern Cape. All 66 rams and 182 ewes that were on offer at the auction, were sold for an average of R7530 per ram and an average of R2 926 per ewe. The top […]
Posted on Wauldby Dohnes held their annual production sale together with guest seller Gerald Cawthorne, on Wednesday 12 March 2019. A total of 45 rams were sold at the average price of R8,456. The highest priced ram was bought by Grootfontein Agricultural College, Middelburg, EC. at R26,000. Ewes (4-6 Tooth) were sold at prices varying between R1,800 […]
Posted on Trinity Dohnes held its first production sale on the 28th of January, 2019 at Wepener. A total of 32 rams were sold at the average price of R7391. In true Dohne Merino tradition, The distribution of the genetic merit of the rams, was also reflected by the distribution of ram prices. Mr B Janse van […]
Posted on Charlton Dohnes held their first Production sale for 2019 on the 15th February at Somerset East. A Total of 36 excellent rams were sold at the average price of R9,014. No less than three rams were sold at prices of R30,000 or more. The highest price of R34,000 was paid by the Botha family farming […]
1 General Overview The year 2019 started off with an extremely successful national sale. Mr Boeta Wessels sold the highest priced ram at R180,000 and distinguished himself further by selling a total of five rams for an average price of R106,400! The turnover on all sales was however 4.2% lower than that for 2018. Considering […]
