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SHEARING TIME AT COLLINSVILLE STATION, PULPARRA
SHEARING TIME AT COLLINSVILLE STATION, PULPARRA It’s that time of the year again for Collinsville Station pastoral run Merino and Poll Merino ewes. Our 7000
COLLINSVILLE RAMS PLACE 1st, 3rd & 4th IN RAM OF THE YEAR CLASS AT THE SA MERINO FIELD DAYS 2021
RAM OF THE YEAR Collinsville rams placed 1st, 3rd and 4th in the ‘Ram of the Year’ class at the Elders 2021 SA Stud Merino
Wool Imports News
WOOL IMPORTS Did you catch the latest news on wool imports? China increased its quota for imports on Aussie wool for 2021 from 36,465 clean tonnes
Kadlunga Shearing Shed in action
KADLUNGA SHED IN ACTION Check out our new shearing shed in action at our high rainfall property near Mintaro, SA. The YP Shearing team are
New Shearing Shed for Kadlunga
New Shearing Shed for KadlungaA new shearing shed is under construction at our high rainfall zone property near Mintaro. We look forward to using it
Collinsville End Of Year Wrap Up 2020
Find out what exciting things happened at Collinsville in 2020! Click here to read our seasonal update.
ET and AI’ing Collinsville Ewes
It’s that time of the year again here at Collinsville! We have our wonderful genetic Vet, Dr Margie Troubridge from Brecon Breeders out Embryo Transferring
Harvest 2020
Cereal and legume growers across Australia are well into harvest!Our Samira Faba Beans are yielding 3.8 ton to the hectare at our high rainfall zone
MEDIA RELEASE: East Bungaree joins forces with Collinsville
EAST BUNGAREE JOINS FORCES WITH COLLINSVILLE South Australia is now home to the largest supplier of Merino and Poll Merino genetics in Australia. One of
Hay Cutting at Kadlunga
The team have been cutting down our oats & vetch crop for hay. We have had 200ml in rain over the last 3 months here
Private Selection Rams
The team at Collinsville have been keeping busy over the last week delivering private selection rams.
Collinsville 2020 On Property Sale Report
We are incredibly pleased with the results from our on property ram sale held on Monday.
A full clearance of 220 impressive Merino and Poll Merino rams with an overall average of $2,460 ($412 up on last year) to a top of $23,000.
The 25 Merino Rams offered averaged $2,196 to a top of $7,500 at Lot 5, via Elders, Hay, NSW. 195 Poll Merino rams sold to a top of $23,000 averaging $2,492.05.
Winter Wonderland at Collinsville in September
SNOW AT MT BRYAN on the Collinsville Station We woke to a winter wonderland here at Collinsville on the 25 September 2020! Photos taken at
Complete Clearance at Elders SA Stud Merino Ram Auction – 17 March 2020
Complete Clearance at Elders SA Stud Merino Ram Auction – 17 March 2020 We offered nine rams in the auction at the Elders SA Stud Merino
Merino Ewe Lambs sell for $330/head
Merino Ewe Lambs sell for $330/head Due to surplus to requirements, we offered 600 commercial Merino ewe lambs in the spring off-shears season and received
Scanning AI ewes
Scanning AI ewes – February 2020 Collinsville scanned AI ewes in February at the Kurcolo yards. We identify single and multiple pregnancies in order to
Seasonal Update
The Collinsville Stud Merino Seasonal Update keeps you in the loop on Collinsville news, events and results.
2019 - end of year wrap up
It was however fantastic to see that during these conditions we were still able to supply our old and new customers with quality progeny and this is reflected in our sales results.
What’s Been Happening at Collinsville:
- Kadlunga purchase
- Took home 9 ribbons at the Hay Sheep Show
- Cleared all our 5 rams at the Adelaide Merino Ram Sale with our top ram sold for $72,500
- Cleared all 252 rams at our On Property Ram Sale with a top price of $31,000 and average of $2,048.
- Upcoming Events in 2020
2019 - autumn Update
The start to 2019 was particularly challenging at Collinsville. We have recorded 22mls of rain for the first four months of the year, following a very dry end to 2018. While this made running a self-replacing merino operation difficult, we were still able to take some positives since our last update.
What’s Been Happening at Collinsville:
- Containment yards
- Collinsville genes travel to New Zealand and Argentina.
- Shearing 2018 drop lambs
- Collinsville team member Christiaan Cunningham marries beautiful bride Brittany at the Collinsville property
- New Collinsville team member: Luke Sandland
- What our Customers are saying
- Upcoming Sales
