Livestock2 Broers Dormers' 36.86 kg super lamb fetched R3,000 a kilogram, a national record for a single lamb carcass, while Vredesig Dormers & Suffolk won six of the 12 carcass awards.
AgribusinessLand agents in Cumbria, Wales, Devon and Somerset say auctions are still drawing strong local and overseas bidding, with several blocks of bare land selling well above their guides.
At the Western Cape Nguni Club and Regainer Nguni auction in Darling, a bull with strong breeding values and a proven dam sold for R120,000, and buyers paid most for animals with a record.
AgrotechHalderman Real Estate & Farm Management says an in-house AI tool built with Margin AI works out combination bids in seconds at farmland auctions and prepares most of an appraisal, while keeping clients' farm records private.
FisheriesOf 20 tonnes of fish bought in April as a gift for the Kuwaiti government, 10 tonnes of giant freshwater prawn and 5 tonnes of pomfret found no buyer in two auctions; TCB is taking bids in a third until 30 September.
Of 20 tonnes of premium fish bought in April, only 5 tonnes of tiger shrimp sold at the first auction; TCB wants bids for 10 tonnes of freshwater prawn and 5 tonnes of pomfret by 12.30pm on 15 September.
