Interfaced Working Dog Sale 2022 Roundup By Teeah Bungey, AuctionsPlus
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apidly rising input costs and ongoing labour shortage across Australia in recent years has seen a sustained rise in demand, and price, for well-trained working dogs. There is no doubt that “good” working dogs are of high economic value and represent an excellent return on investment. With distance seemingly no hurdle for producers willing to secure skilled working dogs, the involvement of AuctionsPlus to interface working dog auctions continues to play a pivotal role in allowing vendors to gain exposure to a national audience of keen buyers.
October 2022 saw the Australian working dog record broken once again, with “Capree Eve”. Offered by Chris Stapleton in the Capree Poll Merino & Invitational Working Dog sale and selling for $49,000, Eve smashed the previous record set in 2021 by $13,800. As demand and the awareness of the value of working dogs continues to rise, new sales have been introduced across the country, with AuctionsPlus interfacing working dog sales which stretch from Queensland to Western Australia. To date in 2022, a total of ten working dog sales have been interfaced with the AuctionsPlus platform – up from eight in 2021.
The Jerilderie Working Dog Auction Interfaced with AuctionsPlus for the fifth-year, utilising both video and audio streaming, the annual Jerilderie working dog auction held on 26th February 2022 saw a total of 59 dogs catalogued. With 50 dogs selling, the sale reached an average of $10,580 – an increase of $580 from 2021 results. Lot 36 “Harry” topped the sale selling for $25,700. Strong online activity saw 1,209 users enter the auction, with 71 active online bidders placing 355 bids – securing 25 lots online. Successful online buyers came from across the country, with purchases hailing from Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, SA and NSW. Lot 36 – “Harry” (Source: Brad Pellow, Supplied AuctionsPlus Catalogue)
Central West QLD Working Dog Auction In a first for working dog sales in Queensland, the Central West Working Dog auction held on 7th May, 2022 attracted an audience spanning across six states by interfacing with live video and audio streaming on AuctionsPlus. A total of 27 dogs were catalogued in the sale, ranging in age from three months to five-years-old, seeing a total of 24 dogs sold to a $4,374 average. Lot 12 “Jack” returned top price of the sale, with the two-anda-half-year-old Border Collie selling for $16,000 to an online buyer from Queensland.
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Consistent online activity throughout the sale saw a total of 527 users enter the auction, with 31 users located across six different states placing a total of 113 online bids across 22 lots – resulting in 12 lots selling online. Most online purchases resulted in dogs remaining in Queensland, while several headed across the border to NSW.
Lot 12 – “Jack” (Source: John Pointon, Supplied AuctionsPlus Catalogue)
