AN IMPRESSIVE draft of nearly 200 well-muscled terminal sires met strong competition at Paxton stud's fifth twilight on-property sale at Western Flat on Wednesday last week. Both Martin and Kirsty Harvey's Poll Dorset and White Suffolk rams topped [...]
The barn was full and bidders were keen at Paxton's on-property ram sale last week, where a ram made a record figure for the stud. Held at the Harvey family's Western Flat property, the sale saw spirited bidding [...]
Bidders punch higher for big bodied rams at Paxton sale LONG-time local clients of Paxton Poll Dorset and White Suffolk studs battled it out with a few new Mallee buyers at the stud's fourth twilight on- property sale [...]
Paxton shines with $400 av lift for Border Leicester offering Paxton enjoyed a near $400 jump at its 5th annual Border Leicester sale at Western Flat on Thursday, with a number of return clients snapping up an even [...]
Article by Elizabeth Anderson, Stock Journal, Oct 20th, 2020 Paxton sets cracking pace with $2642 av PPHS' Robin Steen, Ian Carr, Castle Camps, Keith, Will and Martin Harvey, Paxton, Western Flat, Deb Stone and Craig Graham, Glencorrie, [...]
Article by Catherine Miller, Stock Journal, 25 Sep 2020 All clear for Paxton's stud's twilight sale White Suffolks: 110/110 sold. Top $2500(x2) Av $1497 Poll Dorsets: 88/88 sold. Top $2200. Av 1620 Pocock Pastoral's Simon Pocock and [...]
PAXTON stud's second twilight on-property sale was a barnstorming success with a near total clearance of nearly 200 impressive British breed rams and significant lift in average across both its White Suffolk and Poll Dorset offering. White Suffolks: 100/100 sold. Top $2100. Av $1492 Poll Dorsets: 90/93 sold. Top $2400. Av 1486
REPEAT clients from across the state turned out for Paxton's third annual on-property Border Leicester sale at Western Flat on Friday, bidding fiercely at the top end, helping the sale to a top of $4200. The top price was $1000 higher than last year, and was achieved by lot 15, a July 2018-drop twin sired by Johnos 11177 that had Lambplan figures of 4.3 for weaning weight, 6.6 for post-weaning weight, 0.1 for Pfat, and a 130.4 ranking on the Maternal $ index. Stud principal Martin Harvey said the ram had shown early promise, and the stud had originally planned to keep the sire.
Paxton Stud is pleased to add Johno’s 18-202, purchased for $15 000 in October 2019 The successful buyers were Martin and Kirsty Harvey, Paxton stud, Western Flat, who were impressed with the good feet and structure of the ram, as well as its figures including a Border Leicester cross index of 139.9- in the top 10 per cent in the Sheep Genetics database.
A CONSISTENT line of rams resulted in full clearance and a jump in the average price at the second on-property sale of Paxton Border Leicesters at Western Flat on Friday. The full offering of 150 rams sold to $3200, averaging $2116, up nearly $600 from the average at the inaugural sale last year. As a sign of the strength throughout the catalogue, the top price was paid for lot 47.