AT Hamilton Run's ram sale at Jamestown on Thursday last week, Poll Merinos sold to a top of $3400 twice and Dohnes made a top of $3300.
The 100 Poll Merinos offered made an average of $1639 while the 100 Dohnes made $1132.
Brett McLaren, Kingston, bought four Poll Merinos to a $2700 average, including one of the top price rams which had figures of 20.6 micron, 3.3 standard deviation, 16 coefficient of variation and 99.4 per cent comfort factor.
"The four rams are very even in their frame size and wool cover," he said.
Mr McLaren, who runs 8000 Merino ewes, is a long-term Hamilton Run client.
He said despite last year's hard summer, lambing percentages in the May-June drop were at 98pc.
The second $3400 Poll Merino topper sold to the Davey family at Kimba.
The biggest volume buyer was the Carn family of Quorn, trading as Carn Nominees, with 12 rams for a $1508 average.
Their top price was $2400, sporting figures of 21.7M, 3.5SD, 99.9CF and 16.1CV.
Ben, Susan, and their son Ben and his partner Marnie run 10,000 Merinos which are enjoying an abundance of feed in a season they believe is 'up there with the best ever'.
Belalie East farmers Ryan and Shona Simpson bought four rams for an average of $2800 and Caltowie farmers Matt and Sarah Pammenter bought six for a $2083 average.
Neil and Simon Pedler, Cummins, bought the top price Dohne which had ASBV figures of 5.5 yearling bodyweight, 0.9 eye muscle depth, 0.3 fat depth, 4.4 clean fleece weight, -0.9 average fibre diameter and -0.9 coefficient variation of fibre diametre.
Simon said the ram had very good figures, particularly in eye muscle and fat cover, and still had good white Merino wool.
The Pedlers have been running Dohnes since 2005 and value them as a 'good all-round carcase sheep with nice white Merino wool'.
They run between 1000 and 1200 Dohne ewes and split lamb in March and August.
The top volume Dohne buyer was Kym and Sue Andrews, Avondale Station, via Broken Hill, with 17 for a $876 average.
Hamilton Run stud principal Greg Andrews was happy with the 2015 sale tops and averages, and the mix of repeat and new clients.
He said the stud's ASBV figures had confirmed its weaning and post-weaning growth rates as above Australian flock averages.
Stud lambing rates averaged 140pc for the fourth year running.
