Rick, Julie and Sam Gates sold 70 of the 96 Maternal Composite and 42 of the 43 White Suffolks offered at their Gates Performance Genetics sale on February 21.
Maternal Composites topped $1950 twice to repeat buyers AR and JA Partridge, Springfield, Walcha while the White Suffolk offering hit $1900 to repeat buyer Rob Dugdale, Rockvale Farms.
The average for Maternal composites was $1070 and White Suffolks $950.
Volume buyer on the day was Rob Dugdale account Rockvale Farms, Armidale, buying 26 rams, meanwhile Auctions Plus Toowoomba bought 11 rams.
Stud principal Rick Gates said he was very pleased with the sales result as many repeat clients who had tried the new Maternal Composite breed over the last couple of years were coming back with stories of success.
Mr Gates added that one southern Queensland buyer flew in the day after the sale and bought most of the passed in rams and paddock rams – 60 Maternal Composites and 10 White Suffolk rams in total.