AuctionsPlus Press Release August 3rd, 2026
Spence Dix & Co Keith claims Top Throughput Sheep Agency for second year running
Spence Dix & Co, Keith, has been named Top Throughput Sheep Agency for FY26, retaining the title for a second consecutive year after its seven sheep assessors completed 376 assessments across 94,118 head of sheep.
It is the fourth AuctionsPlus Award for the agency, adding to its 2024 Top Throughput Sheep Agency win, a Top Throughput Combined Livestock Agency award, and a Top Throughput Sheep Assessor title for Greg Downing in 2024.
AuctionsPlus CEO Wyn Snyman congratulated the team on the back-to-back win.
“Congratulations to the team at Spence Dix & Co Keith on backing up with another win in FY26,” Mr Snyman said. “Two years running at the top is no fluke, it’s a genuine benchmark for the network. Let’s see if they can make it three in a row.”
Director Jonathan Spence said the result reflected the strength of the wider team rather than any one individual.
“We have a great team, and a number of those are shareholders in the business,” Mr Spence said. “Our team is pretty diverse, but also it is still pretty much like a family business, so there’s a great deal of support for each other.”
The agency runs 17 salespeople from an operation that started with just four when it was established in 2009. Its footprint now stretches across most of South Australia, including Kangaroo Island, the Fleurieu Peninsula, the Barossa, the Murraylands, the south-east, the Adelaide Plains, the mid north and parts of the northern pastoral region.
“We have a really good mix, with some guys that have only been in agency for the past two years, and others that have spent 30 years,” Mr Spence said.
Encouraging accreditation across the team has been a deliberate focus for the agency, with three staff completing their cattle assessor tickets in Bendigo the same week this interview took place.
“We encourage everyone to have a good understanding of the platform and also to be a qualified assessor, so that it’s certainly a marketing option that they can easily offer to their clients,” Mr Spence said.
Having used AuctionsPlus for two decades, Mr Spence has watched the platform shift from a novelty to an everyday tool.
“Back in those days, if a client wanted to see stock sold, quite often they’d come into the branch, and we’d sit round and get the cakes out and a cup of tea, and they’d watch this sort of space age thing,” he said. “Now there’s the same guys, 20 years older, and they’re doing it on their phones whilst in their tractor or sitting in the shearing shed.”