Australian Working Stock Dog Magazine - June 2018

Story and Photos By Peri Chappell

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T

he 2018 Jerilderie Working Dog Auction was an ex-

citing and memorable event, breaking the Australian

working dog auction record price, not once, but twice.

In its thirteenth year of operation, 2018 cemented the Auction

as one of the premier events on the working dog calendar. A

total number of 44 dogs were sold, with the overall average

price also up on previous years, at $4,340. Held in the small

Southern Riverina town of Jerilderie, the Auction is run by a

committee of volunteers with all proceeds going to the local

Apex Club.

his year the Jerilderie Working Dog Committee partnered

with AuctionsPlus, who streamed the entire auction live, and

allowed bidding from all over Australia. Highlights of this

partnership were facilitating two separate purchases from

Tasmania, and providing some ierce bidding competition

throughout the Auction. AuctionsPlus brought 119 registered

bidders to the Auction, a further 170 viewers, with 11 indi-

vidual active bidders providing 90 online bids throughout the

Auction.

With the Working Dog Auction Committee streaming the full

demonstrations in live video to their Facebook page, this is

sure to set a benchmark moving forward, for the way in which

working dog auctions can operate to reach anyone, anywhere.

Jerilderie Working Dog Auction Committee member, War-

wick Doolan, said the partnership with Auctions Plus will

continue into the future, “Without a doubt. he increased ex-

posure from having AuctionsPlus on board, meant we moved

from having a handful of phone bidders, to allowing anyone

Australia wide to access the full demonstrations and Auction

online.”

Vendor James Fowler, whose dog topped the 2017 Jerilderie

Auction, this year presented Lot #32, Nomak Delta, and broke

the previous Australian record of $12,000, selling Delta for

$12,200. However, James’ record only lasted for 22 minutes,

until Lot #41 went under the hammer.

Current Australian Yard Dog Champion, Shane Maurer, at-

tended his irst Jerilderie Auction as a vendor. It was a suc-

cessful debut for Shane, topping the auction, with his dog

Coopendale Charlie selling for $14,000 following a spectac-

ular bidding contest. Maurer, who is the Livestock Manager

at “Yarran” near Milvale, NSW, said Charlie was a competent

all-round sheep dog. “He’s as good in the yard as he is in the

paddock”. Charlie is also capable on dry cattle, and had some

success at a novice level in yard dog trialling. Shane brought

Charlie as a 4 month old pup for less than $1000 from breeder

Graham Cooper of Stockinbingal, NSW. Charlie is by Coogee

Trooper out of Coopendale Loo.

he winning bidder on Charlie was 2017 Jerilderie top dog

purchaser, Dwayne Evans from Menindee. Evans has pur-

chased 3 dogs from Maurer, and rates them as up there with

the best. He said he could earn the value of Charlie in one day

mustering goats.“he money is still there with the goats”, he

said. Evans catches between 5,000-10,000 goats annually, and

last year grossed about $700,000 from goat sales alone.

Charlie will join Evans’ working dog team working sheep and

mustering goats for Dwayne and his crew between Menindee

and Broken Hill. he 2019 Jerilderie Working Dog Auction

will take place on Sunday 24th February at Jerilderie Race-

course NSW.

For more info see http://www.workingdogauction.com.au or http://www.

facebook.com/dogauction

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