There was a good turnout at the recent Umsenge Nguni Sale held at the Grahamstown sale pens on Thursday 27 September. Once again the Umsenge group produced some quality stock, with the bulls kicking off the sale. The top priced bull, lot 6, sold for R50000 and was bought by Mickey Liddell of Adelaide. The females followed suit with notable prices of lot 21 (R25000), and 29 (R19000) both belonging to Qhina Ngunis (Glen Knott). Bushkloof Ngunis (Vernon Sparks) sold Lot 26 for R16250 and Leopard Ridge Conservancy (Dale Cunningham) sold Lot 54 for R12000.
Averages were as follows:
Type of Stock | No | Average Price | Top Price | Seller | Buyer |
Bulls | 6 | R 27 500.00 | R 50 000.00 | Qhina Ngunis | WLM Liddell |
Cows & Calves | 6 | R 17 834.00 | R 25 000.00 | Qhina Ngunis | Echodale Farms |
Pregnant Heifers | 38 | R 13 217.00 | R 19 000.00 | Qhina Ngunis | Golden Security Services |
Open Heifers | 12 | R 9 708.00 | R 12 000.00 | Leopard Ridge Conservancy | Echodale Farms |
Pictures from the Sale: