Kat McLeod and Vera Tank at the Jerilderie Working Dog Auction. Photo by Coverdale Media.
No records were broken at the Jerilderie Working Dog Auction’s 21st annual event, but strong results were still achieved.
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Auction coordinator Warwick Doolan said it was “another great event, with proceeds going to local charities and being spent in the town’s economy”.
Held Saturday, there was strong interest from in-person bidders and spectators, and participation online.
The auction was conducted by Elders Rural Services, with auctioneer Nick Gray and his team of highly skilled spotters kept on their toes for almost three hours by the highly spirited crowd.
Remarkably, the sale achieved a 98 per cent clearance rate for the 54 dogs presented for auction.
Gross sales were $502,250, with an overall average of $9476 for the 53 dogs sold.
The overall sale average was up on the previous year by more than $2000, partly due to favourable livestock prices giving confidence to buy and the high standard of the dogs catalogued.
The average of sold trained dogs was $11,662, $8937 for well started dogs and $5750 for started dogs. Three pups sold for an average of $4000.
While not surpassing last year’s top individual record of $28,000, this year's sale topper was a popular result to Finley local, Lot 17, Josh Everingham with Sapphire Tiger.
Tiger showed incredible poise and skill in front of enthusiastic onlookers and AuctionsPlus bidders alike to achieve a price of $26,000 to a Queensland grazier.
AuctionsPlus registered participants bid on 51 of the 53 dogs sold, with 20 dogs sold online and 33 dogs sold in person.
Mr Doolan said this has been a “big change” and that some sales used to be conducted by phone but AuctionsPlus is now “commanding a slice of the action and vendors are getting more used to putting their videos online”.
Jerilderie Working Dog Auction is proudly a 100 per cent volunteer organisation, with all proceeds raised going to the Apex Club of Jerilderie.
Finley High School also took proceeds from the canteen, while Jerilderie Lions Club took gold coin donations on the gate.
Interest in the next auction scheduled for February 27, 2027 is already being registered, Mr Doolan said, and vendors are already training dogs for next year.
The auction is always the last weekend of February, with entry forms for 2027 available later this year. For more information, call Mr Doolan on 0429 445 964.
Sapphire Tiger was the top seller at the Jerilderie Working Dog Auction. Photo by Coverdale Media.
Sapphire Tiger at the Jerilderie Working Dog Auction. Photo by Coverdale Media.
Sapphire Tiger in action at the Jerilderie Working Dog Auction. Photo by Coverdale Media.
Manistee Jim at the Jerilderie Working Dog Auction. Photo by Coverdale Media.
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