Bundara Downs UltraWhites

BUNDARA DOWNS
WHITE SUFFOLKS, SUFFOLKS, POLL DORSETS & ULTRAWHITES

Steve, Ros, Greg and Selena Funke welcome you to the Bundara Downs website, where we are proud to provide information for prime lamb producers to maximize efficiency and optimize profit.

Bundara Downs offers a full range of services to ram buyers including annual on-property sales in September, January, paddock sales of flock rams, semen sales from our elite sire battery and our biennial mated ewe sale.

We commenced stud breeding in 1993 and use tried and true visual assessment along with the latest technology in Lambplan and scanning. We also participate in the ground-breaking Superwhite and Meat Elite groups that further accelerate genetic improvement.

You’ll find us at Hamilton Sheepvention, Adelaide Royal and Bendigo Show & Sale, you are welcome to view our sheep there or on-property.

Ultra Whites Stud

The Bundara Downs Ultra White stud was started in 2020 with the purchase of 12 ewes and 1 ram from Hillcroft  Farms. Semen was collected from this ram and used in the first Embryo Transfer program. Semen from a young ram lamb was purchased from Hillcroft Farms for the second Embryo Transfer program.

To start the base, we mated 50 Poll Dorset hogget’s, to the Ultra White ram to allow another breeding line to commence.

Ultra Whites are an easy-care sheep, shedding to eliminate shearing & flystrike, with muscling and performance recording focused on.

The high milking ability of the Dorset and the strong maternal instinct of Dorper, for both breeds needed to be preserved. Good fecundity along with the ability to breed year-round was a non-negotiable trait for the new breed.

Bundara Downs has ventured into this breed to further satisfy market diversity and see this breed becoming an integral part of the sheep industry.