Business & Rural
25 July, 2026
Grand prize goes home to Gre Gre North
OAKBANK Merino Stud has claimed the grand champion August-short fine/medium wool ewe sash at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show.
OAKBANK Merino Stud has claimed the grand champion August-short fine/medium wool ewe sash at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show.
The Gre Gre North stud ewe had fleece measurements of 20 micron, 3.3 standard deviation and 99.5 per cent comfort factor.
Co-principal Jack McRae has said the big-framed animal was his “favourite ewe of the year”
“She’s structurally correct and she cuts a good amount of quality wool,” he said after results were announced in Bendigo at the weekend.
Oakbank was also third in best exhibit of three Merino August shorn sheep.
Meanwhile, Longdale Park Merino Stud was named most successful exhibitor of fine/medium wool Merino sections and followed a similar award at last month’s Victorian Sheep Show in Ballarat.
AN 18.3 micron ram from Banavie Merino Stud has achieved a sale leading price of $14,000 at Sunday’s Australian Sheep and Wool Show ram sale.
The Marnoo stud achieved the second top price the auction that saw 67 of 90 lots sold under the hammer.
Pipping Banavie was Hillcreston Stud, Bigga (NSW) selling a 14.5 micron ram to HM Barty and Sons, Redesdale, for $15,000.
A second Banavie ram in the auction sold for $8000.
The sale average was $5567.
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