Niel Kruger held the excellent Schietfontein Dohne Merino production sale on an extremely cold 18th day of August 2020. Despite extreme cold conditions, the sale was a huge success and 33 Dohne Merino rams were sold at the average price of R9242. Mr Jurgen Kruizenga bought the highest priced ram at R19000. Production figures for the ram were : Growth rate +1.12 kg.; Maternal +0.49 kg.; Weaning rate +1.66 %; Clean wool production +0.10 Kg.; Fibre Diameter +0.34 micron. Ewes of different ages and of different ages, with different lengths of wool growth, and various states of pregnancy, were sold at prices varying between R1860 to R2200.
Note that this result is provisional and may differ from the official result.