An increased offering of rams sold to a top of $8500 at the Belbourie Merinos ram sale that marked the 50th annual on property sale.
Stud principal, Paul Hendy, Marnoo, said the sale was a "fairly solid result".
He said they had increased the offering from 72 rams last year to 100 this year for the 50th event.
Just one ram was passed in, with a number of additional paddock sales afterwards.
Mr Hendy said the coronavirus had little impact on the size of the buying group.
One ram sold to South Australia via AuctionsPlus while other SA clients bid through agents at the sale.
This year's average was $2217 for 99 rams, down slightly from 2019 when 72 rams averaged $2388.
Mr Hendy said the values achieved gave everyone a chance to secure rams - "plenty of value for money".
"People seem to be happy with how they work when they get them home," he said.
The top priced ram at $8500 was bought by regular buyers the Reading family, Studall Farms, Marnoo.
The ram was lot 14 a son of a home bred ram "with a dash of Charinga in the background", Mr Hendy said.
Mr Hendy said the Readings family's Studall Farms was next door and bought the top ram at the 2019 sale also.
The top ram was a "good wooled sheep" that had figures of 19.3 micron, a standard deviation (SD) of 3.2 per cent, a co-efficient variation (CV) of 16.6pc and comfort factor (CF) of 99.4pc. It weighed 100 kilograms.
The same buyer bought one of only three horned rams in the sale, lot five, for $2250.
The ram had measurements of 20.5 micron, 3.5pc SD, 17.1pc CV and a CF of 99.1pc and weighed 107kg.
Elders Horsham account JB & RE Heard, purchased the second top priced ram at $7500.
It was lot one and had figures of 18.6 micron, an SD of 3.2pc, CV of 17.2 and a CF of 99.6 and weighed 116kg.
Two rams found homes at $7000 each. The first to make the money was 27 that was bought by Elders Ararat account David Coad.
The ram had figures of 19 micron fleece, with an SD of 3.5pc, CV of 18.4pc and CF of 99.5pc.
The same buyer purchased lot 16 at $4000 and lot 15 at $3750.
The second ram to sell for $7000 was lot 40 that was purchased by Elders Ararat account Millear.
The ram had a fleece measurement of 20.6 micron, 3.5 SD, 17 CV and CF of 98.5 and weighed 105kg.
Rodwells Stawell account Aminya Farms bought four rams to a top of $4500 and averaged $3437. The top ram was lot seven that had a 17.3 micron fleece, SD of 3.2pc, CV of 18.5pc and CF of 99.6 and weighed 103kg.
The one ram sold on AuctionsPlus was lot nine that was bought by TDC account Glengyne Crops, for $3500.
Fox & Lillie, Horsham, account John Heard, purchased seven rams to a top of $4500 with an average of $2571. The top lot was lot three a ram with a micron of 20, an SD of 3pc, CV of 15 and CF of 99.5 and weighed 111kg.
