Big crowds for Deni store sale

By Fleur Connick

Jan 25, 2023

Agents and auctioneers, buyers and sellers moved from pen to pen as each lot sold.

Large crowds gathered on Friday morning for the annual summer Deniliquin Store Sheep Sale.

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Hats were lowered for a minute of silence to acknowledge the passing of former Elders branch manager Clyde McKenzie before the sheep sale launched into action.

Agents and auctioneers, buyers and sellers moved from pen to pen as frantic bids were called and settled with a handshake.

Dust fills the air as sheep are mustered into a circle for bidders.

Elders agents Jared Dubignon (left) and Rob Inglis.

Hundreds of people gathered at the saleyards for the Deniliquin Store Sheep Sale on Friday.

Sarah Fergusson from Scanclear was in charge of documentation for the day.

Vendors Jocelyn Harriage and Peter Roe sold 400 first cross Border Leicester Merino ewes for $250 a head.

By Fleur Connick

Fleur Connick is a rural and regional reporter with The Guardian Australia, embedded with the Deniliquin Pastoral Times.

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