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Crux Dohnes – Second production sale 2022

Photo L/R: Schalk van der Merwe (CRUX Dohnes), Danie Strauss (auctioneer, BKB), Louwrens Conradie (CRUX Dohnes), Ernst van Rooyen (buyer, Endenburg), Hendrik Vries (holding the ram), Handrich Conradie (CRUX Dohnes), Jan Joubert (livestock advisor, BKB); Front Wikus Bekker (seller, CRUX Dohnes with his sons Johan and Jurie Bekker)

CRUX Dohnes staged the last Production sale on the Dohne Merino sales calender for 2022  at the Edenburg golf club on Thursday 06 Oct 2022.  A total of 40 excellent Dohne Merino rams were sold at the average price of R12,888.  Congratulations to Ernst van Rooyen who bought the top priced ram,  JL203370 at R37,000.   Breeding values for JL203370 were: weaning weight direct +1.947 kg; weaning weight maternal +0.142 kg; number of lambs weaned -3.132 percent; clean fleece weight -0.167 kg; fibre diameter -0.643 micron; general merit +4.60.