	{"id":6986,"date":"2023-05-31T10:36:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2023-11-07T11:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T11:15:43","slug":"sale-homecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sheepvention ram sale returns to former home<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sheepvention\u2019s multi-vendor ram sale, will again be a highlight on the second day of the event. The sale, which has been a renowned component of the expo is set to be held on Monday, August 7, at 1am, back in its original position in the Ram Shed at the Hamilton Showgrounds, alongside the Merino Sheep Show.<\/p>\n<p>The sale will continue to offer its unique pen of five and pen of three format to cater for and attract a larger variety of studs, whilst once again interfacing with Auctions Plus. Ram Sale convenor, Will Crawford is looking forward to the continued success of the sale \u201cWe look forward to building on our strong success from last year &#8211; We had a great sale coming out of Covid, and we hope to return to prepandemic levels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, newly appointed Sheepvention president David Botterill said the sale returning to its traditional home in the Ram Shed had led to a lot of new and continued interested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got some great new technology in place, interfacing with Auctions Plus and live streaming the auction on the big screen which is something we haven\u2019t previously offered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year saw Yarrawonga Poll top the sale with an impressive price of $26,000, the sale saw an overall average price of $4372. \u201cThe success of 2022 goes to show the calibre of rams sold at the sale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keen vendors are now encouraged to register, with applications closing on Wednesday, June 14. All registrations can be made online. Sheepvention Rural Expo will be held on Sunday 6 \u2013 Monday 7 August at the Hamilton Showgrounds, Hamilton Victoria. For more event information, please visit www.sheepvention. com<\/p>\n<p><strong>PHOTO COURTESY OF JILL FRAWLEY<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheepvention ram sale returns to former home &nbsp; Sheepvention\u2019s multi-vendor ram sale, will again be a highlight on the second day of the event. The sale, which has been a renowned component of the expo is set to be held on Monday, August 7, at 1am, back in its original position in the Ram Shed [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":6933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sale homecoming - Mt Gambier Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sale homecoming - Mt Gambier Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sheepvention ram sale returns to former home &nbsp; Sheepvention\u2019s multi-vendor ram sale, will again be a highlight on the second day of the event. The sale, which has been a renowned component of the expo is set to be held on Monday, August 7, at 1am, back in its original position in the Ram Shed [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mt Gambier Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T10:36:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-07T11:15:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/117-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1228\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"819\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Times News Group\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Times News Group\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Times News Group\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a18f05ec53852f1d7d0528135e60d795\"},\"headline\":\"Sale homecoming\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-31T10:36:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-07T11:15:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":291,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/117-4.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sale homecoming - Mt Gambier Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/117-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-31T10:36:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-07T11:15:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/117-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/117-4.jpg\",\"width\":1228,\"height\":819},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/news\\\/sale-homecoming\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sale homecoming\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mt Gambier Times\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mt Gambier Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/cropped-Mount-Gambier-With-Tag-900-\u00d7-250px-900-\u00d7-200px.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/26\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/cropped-Mount-Gambier-With-Tag-900-\u00d7-250px-900-\u00d7-200px.png\",\"width\":680,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"Mt Gambier Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a18f05ec53852f1d7d0528135e60d795\",\"name\":\"Times News Group\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/725ae9e23e3dcf00f2823c56f38aef4148bd47b1daae532b34be176aa707f20b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/725ae9e23e3dcf00f2823c56f38aef4148bd47b1daae532b34be176aa707f20b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/725ae9e23e3dcf00f2823c56f38aef4148bd47b1daae532b34be176aa707f20b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Times News Group\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/mtgambiertimes\\\/author\\\/warick\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sale homecoming - Mt Gambier Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sale homecoming - Mt Gambier Times","og_description":"Sheepvention ram sale returns to former home &nbsp; Sheepvention\u2019s multi-vendor ram sale, will again be a highlight on the second day of the event. The sale, which has been a renowned component of the expo is set to be held on Monday, August 7, at 1am, back in its original position in the Ram Shed [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/","og_site_name":"Mt Gambier Times","article_published_time":"2023-05-31T10:36:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-07T11:15:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1228,"height":819,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/117-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Times News Group","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Times News Group","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/"},"author":{"name":"Times News Group","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#\/schema\/person\/a18f05ec53852f1d7d0528135e60d795"},"headline":"Sale homecoming","datePublished":"2023-05-31T10:36:35+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-07T11:15:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/"},"wordCount":291,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/117-4.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/","name":"Sale homecoming - Mt Gambier Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/117-4.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-31T10:36:35+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-07T11:15:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/117-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/11\/117-4.jpg","width":1228,"height":819},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/sale-homecoming\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sale homecoming"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/","name":"Mt Gambier Times","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#organization","name":"Mt Gambier Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/cropped-Mount-Gambier-With-Tag-900-\u00d7-250px-900-\u00d7-200px.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2023\/08\/cropped-Mount-Gambier-With-Tag-900-\u00d7-250px-900-\u00d7-200px.png","width":680,"height":150,"caption":"Mt Gambier Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/#\/schema\/person\/a18f05ec53852f1d7d0528135e60d795","name":"Times News Group","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/725ae9e23e3dcf00f2823c56f38aef4148bd47b1daae532b34be176aa707f20b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/725ae9e23e3dcf00f2823c56f38aef4148bd47b1daae532b34be176aa707f20b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/725ae9e23e3dcf00f2823c56f38aef4148bd47b1daae532b34be176aa707f20b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Times News Group"},"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/author\/warick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6986"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=6986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}