Stud socials: who has been snapped at sales throughout September

Andy, Sarah and Nathan Townsend, Alectown West, load up at the Ashbank sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonAdele Smith and Simon Coddington, Moses & Sons, Young, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonBen Maher and Ron Blekemore, Ballimore, at the Dubbo Invitational Terminal Ram Sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonBrian Vuillermin, Foster, Vic, Geoff McInnes, Inverlock, Vic, Jeff Schuller, Culcairn, and Bec Vuillermin, Yanakie, Vic, at the Royalla Shorthorn sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonLawrence Balcomb, Toogong, and Trevor Griffith, Cudal, at the Cranbrook Poll Dorset sale, Canowindra. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonDougal Pottie and niece Anna Pottie, Molong, at the Royalla Shorthorn sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonCheryl Ham, Tataila Shorthorns, Moama, Ken Williams, Terra Shorthorns, Dubbo, Warwick Ham, Tataila, and Terry Williams, Terra, at the Royalla Shorthorn sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonIan and Logan Manwaring, Condobolin, at the Royalla Shorthorn sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonGreg Moncrieff, Moncrieff Livestock & Property, Condobolin, and Peter Stuckey, Murtonga, Condobolin, at the Royalla Shorthorn sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonBillie, Perry, Darby and Amanda Brien, Warren, at the New Armatree sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonClancy Judd, Jesse Martin, Georgie Cluff and Grant Judd, Dubbo, at the Dubbo Invitational Terminal ram sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonKristen Sturgiss, Koorawatha, and Belinda Bailey, Panuara, at the Cranbrook Poll Dorset sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonDavid Lowe, Yeoval, and Elizabeth Williams, Polldale Shorthorns, Dubbo, at the Royalla Shorthorn sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonAmanda, Jason and Melody Anderson, Swatchfield, Black Springs, at the Gilamandyke Angus sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonScott McLean, Cudal, and Simon Uphill, Orange, at the Gilamandyke Angus sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonBroges McDonnell, Orange, and Ilka Gordon, Milthorpe, at the Gilamandyke Angus sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonNeil Spackman and Leanne Tremain, Yeoval, at the Gilamandyke Angus sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonMatt Reid, Rowallan, Crowther, and Alan Della, Boorawa, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonLibby, Cec and Jo Balcomb, Cranbrook Poll Dorsets, Canowindra. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonGilmandyke general manager Wade Peatman with Sal and James Morse, Cundumbul, at the Gilamandyke Angus sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonStuart Hobbs, Hobbs Livestock, Molong, Gilmandyke stud manager Peter McNamara, and Broges O'Donnell, Orange, at the Gilamandyke Angus sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonLuke Scicluna, Davidson Cameron, Gunnedah, with Jock Mort and Claire Hunt, Mudgee, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonNeighbours from "across the road", Archie and James Jackson, were checking out the Gilmandyke bulls. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonLenny Hayes and Marcus McArdle, Kanimbla Valley, and Scott and Ella McDonald, Lithgow, at the Gilamandyke Angus sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonShane Anderson and Brandon Hewitt, Crookwell, at the Gilamandyke Angus sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonKaren and Cameron Halfpenny, Tooraweenah, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonBrain Spackman and Hamish Spackman, Bendick Murrell, at the Cranbrook Poll Dorset ram sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonLucinda, Billy, Angus, Tim and Lottie Flynn, Strathally, Mudgee, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonSophie, Harriet and Jack Barham, Bathurst, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonSteve Colwell, Halcroft and Bennett, Coonamble, Wendy Rodwell, Orange, Ted and Gwenda Charnley, Armatree, and Robyn White, Woodstock, at the New Armatree sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonPeter Cook, Bacana Angus, Coolah, Paula Palmer, Cassilis, and Kym Orth, Mudgee, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonDarcy and Savannah Pollard, Dubbo, at the Dubbo Invitational Terminal ram sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonRichard Ridge, Bourke, Jamie Inglis, Mudgee, Beth, Sarah, George, Nick and Hugh White, Mudgee, and Charlie Friend, Walgett, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonLois Laughton, Robert Shanks and Jason McGaw, Dubbo, at the Ashbank Poll Dorset and White Suffolk sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonSue Ann White, Havilah, Jane Friend, Walgett, and Bron Wannan, Lue, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonAlana Wade, Gulgong, Hunter White, Mudgee, Murray Wilkinson, Cassilis, and Kain Rafferty, Gulgong, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonKaren and Steven Lalor, Ilford, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonAngus and Jules Gregory, Wellington, at the Ashbank Poll Dorset and White Suffolk sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonGussie Demasi, Kandos, Grace Pearce, Mudgee, Wes Rohr, Kandos, Aden Macdougall, Orange and Shayne and Cameron Halfpenny, Tooraweenah, at the Coffin Creek bull sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonMilly Freestone, Tom and Susan Combes, Lue, and Annabel Combes, Rylestone, at the Coffin Creek sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonMary, Terry and Nicholas Williams, Terra at Dubbo, keen on shorthorn bulls at Weebollabolla sale, Moree. Picture by Jamie Brown.George Ewin, Crowther, Jo Balcombe, Young, and Grace Kaveney, Thuddungra, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonRichard and Hugh Thackeray, Young, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonHayden, Sarah, Grace, Ella and Charlotte, Streatfield, Molong, picked up some rams at the Cranbrook Poll Dorset ram sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonRepeat volume buyer Peter Stuckey, Murtonga at Condobolin, with agent Jack Percy, Forbes Livestock, and phenotype advisor Phil Hardy, Brooklyn at Condobolin ready to buy bulls at Weebollabolla. Picture by Jamie Brown.Chris Francis, Forbes, Sam Parish, Wise Repro at Forbes with Lincoln Jobe, Emerald, Qld, looking at Shorthorn bills from Weebollabolla at Moree. Picture by Jamie Brown.Weebollabolla Shorthorn stud principal Jen Jeffreys and stud manager Dave Eldridge ahead of FridayÔÇÖs annual bull sale, proud of the 48 sires on offer. ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs great to see new faces among our returning clients,ÔÇØ said Mrs Jeffreys. ÔÇ£We have been working hard to increase performance in our bulls without jeopardising maternal traits.ÔÇØ P:icture by Jamie Brown.Jess and Matt Kilcock, Deniliquin, keen on Santa Gertrudis genetics at Yulgilbar. Picture by Jamie Brown.Andrew Baker, Grenfell, and Craig Taylor, Young, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonYulgilbar Santa Gertrudis Stud mixed farming overseer Olivia Pollard with baby Fraser. Picture by Jamie Brown.Fiona and Sid Myer looking a picture at the Yulgilbar bull sale. Picture by Jamie Brown.Matt Reed, Australian Cattle Enterprises, flanked by Naomi and Jason Simmons, Armidale, chasing a style of bulls at Ben Nevis Angus annual sale at Walcha. Picture by Jamie Brown.Sid and Nathan Deasey, Young, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonRepeat online Yulgilbar clients Rodney and Megan Dingel, Wivenhoe at Mundubbera, visiting the Upper Clarence stud for the first time in the flesh. Picture by Jamie Brown.Chelsea Long, Karangi via Coffs Harbour, with Jessica Cheers, Woolbrook, at the Ben Nevis bull sale at Walcha. Picture by Jamie Brown.Smiling after a successful Ben Nevis bull sale, selling agent Miles Archdale, Nutrien Boulton's at Walcha, with stud principals Jack, Maggie, Erica and Stu Halliday, and auctioneer Paul Dooley. Picture by Jamie Brown.Shannon Webb, Narromine, with Cate French, Westella, Geurie, at the Dubbo Invitational Terminal ram sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonBen Nevis Angus co-principal Erica Halliday with Annie Laurie, Knowla Angus at Moppy, embracing Walcha weather ahead of the Ben Nevis Angus bull sale. Picture by Jamie Brown.Bill Freer, Delta, and Ben Scanes, Johnson Park Merinos, Bookham, at Springwaters Poll Dorset ram sale. Picture by Alexandra BernardTrevor Cooper and Matthew Halloran, Junee, at Springwaters Poll Dorset ram sale. Picture by Alexandra BernardTom Hurley, Ashley Corkhill and Rob Hurley, all of Boorowa, at Springwaters Poll Dorset ram sale. Picture by Alexandra BernardPeter Brown, Rocklyn, Greenthorpe, Ian Eastaway and Trevor Cooper, Carragabal, at the Rocklyn Poll Merino sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonTom Jubb, Nubba, and Kyeran Steenberg, Maimuru, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonJames and Graeme Hunter with Dylan Beasley, Grenfell, at the Rocklyn Poll Merino sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonWill, Bill, Harper and Cherrae Stanley, Boorowa, at the New Armatree sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonRoss and Matthew Pearson, Cowra, at the Rocklyn Poll Merino sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonNick McNamara, AWN Cowra, and James Burge, Burge Ag, Cootamundra, at the Rocklyn Poll Merino sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonEdwina and Sue Braid, Boorowa, at the Rocklyn Poll Merino sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonBailey, Jasmine, Peter, Darcy and Riley Armstrong, Taralga, were buying up at the 50th Tattykeel Poll Dorset ram sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonDerek and Toni Treanor, Kildara Glen Poll Dorsets, Millah Murrah, with grandchildren Kingston and Ella Obst, at the 50th Tattykeel Poll Dorset sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonBrenad and Ken Rawling, Merrygoen, with Mick and Wendy Inder, Dunedoo, at the Ashbank Poll Dorset and White Suffolk sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonPeter McPhillamy, Bathurst, and John Condon, O'Connell, at the Tattykeel 50th Poll Dorset ram sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonGeoff Oliver, Inverleigh, Vic, with "stud advisor" Peter Braybon, Tocumwal, at the Ashbank Poll Dorset and White Suffolk sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonHugh and Holly Buckley, Kingsvale, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonCherie Coddington, Roseville Park, Dubbo, with Sarah, Andy and Nathan Townsend, Alectown West, at the Dubbo Invitational Terminal Ram Sale. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonIzabelle and Matthew Cartwright, Young, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonAlison Cameron and Denise Wall from Walcha at the Ben Nevis Angus bull sale. Picture by Jamie Brown.Harry Simmons, Gracelynn Southwell, Charlie Simmons, Meg Simmons, Monteagle, and Jess Southwell, Rye Park, at the Rowallan Poll Dorset sale, Crowther. Picture by Elizabeth AndersonAround the stud sales with The Land team, September 2025If you live and work in regional NSW, you know September is a particularly busy month.Particularly if you're on the lookout for the next generation of seed stock to help shape the lambs and calves hitting the ground in the next few years.The Land journalists have been on the roads and the phones across the state covering all the action at more than 120 ram and bull sales throughout September.Here is a snapshot of who was out and about at just some of those events.You can also keep up with the studstock action here.There has been a trend of recent strong results in the Central West ram sales, thought to be driven by good results in the lamb and mutton markets, while a recent boost to the wool market is also bringing optimism.Check in on how stud sales are faring here.If you would like to order any photos seen in The Land, click here.