Westray was founded in 1963 as flock number 3007 on special and double stud ewes from Wonga. From 1970 to 1972 saw major purchases of top stud sires from Wonga. During the mid 1970’s Westray introduced Collinsville genetics. Also in the 1970’s, a poll stud was introduced to Westray, initially known as Westlea. In 1977 Westray pioneered the on-property hogget ram sale in NSW and by 1987 the on-property sale averaged $1000 per head for a 150 ram catalogue. During this period Westray genetics were widely regarded as some of the heaviest cutting sheep around.
During the 1990’s and early 2000’s Westray genetics dominated the Peak Hill ewe hogget competition, winning 10 out of 13 years, had success in the Yeoval ewe hogget competition winning on multiple occasions and also performed well in numerous NSW based wether trials. During this era we regularly sold stud and selected rams annually to Western Australia, Queensland and throughout NSW. It was these results that saw the emergence of the slogan “A performance based stud”.
In recent years we have successfully infused Charinga Merinos genetics and in 2012 we purchased the top price Collinsville, an elite Majestic son at the Adelaide ram sale for $23,000 to increase our polled genetics. Since the studs inception we have sold Rams/Semen Australia wide as well as internationally to China & South Africa. Many commercial breeders and Studs have used Westray genetics.
During the 1990’s and early 2000’s Westray genetics dominated the Peak Hill ewe hogget competition, winning 10 out of 13 years, had success in the Yeoval ewe hogget competition winning on multiple occasions and also performed well in numerous NSW based wether trials. During this era we regularly sold stud and selected rams annually to Western Australia, Queensland and throughout NSW. It was these results that saw the emergence of the slogan “A performance based stud”.
In recent years we have successfully infused Charinga Merinos genetics and in 2012 we purchased the top price Collinsville, an elite Majestic son at the Adelaide ram sale for $23,000 to increase our polled genetics. Since the studs inception we have sold Rams/Semen Australia wide as well as internationally to China & South Africa. Many commercial breeders and Studs have used Westray genetics.