*56 of 60 rams sold to $5750 (twice), av $2267
KAMAROOKA Park Poll Merino stud's principal was overwhelmed with the result of his fifth annual ram sale which grossed more than $127,000.
Erroll Hay said the sale was a great result with buyers coming from a wide area including the north-east, the Goulburn Valley, the western district and Tasmania.
Mr Hay said it was pleasing there were also three or four new clients who purchased.
He presented a $500 credit voucher to long-time loyal client Rob McKay, Drummartin, who had bought Kamarooka Park rams for 30 years.
Mr McKay said the rams bred a good type of sheep that suited his Merino operation.
Mr Hay said there was a good crowd for the offering that was up from the 43 auctioned in 2020.
He said the lift in the catalogue was to give more clients the chance to fill their requirements.
While the average was slightly down on 2020, the top price of $5750 which was recorded twice, was $1500 up on 2020.
He said clients were chasing wool and some were also looking for eye muscle and fat.
"I'm breeding wool sheep and most people were chasing Banavie, Pastora, White River and Junior genetics," he said.
The first ram to reach the equal top of $5750, bought by the Inglewood Trust, Tasmania, was Lot 3, a Pastora 001 son, May 2020-drop, with a 20.1-micron fleece, 3.1 standard deviation (SD), a co-efficient of variation (CV) of 15.5 and comfort factor (CF) of 99.4 per cent.
The ram also had an eye muscle depth (EMD) of 40 milimetres.
Lot 7 was the second ram to make $5750 and was purchased by Brad Peters, Pyramid Hill, for a Banavie son which had a 20.3-micron fleece with figures of 2.6 SD, 12.7 CV, 99.8pc CF and an EMD of 41mm.
TH Brown and Sons, Murchison, bought four rams at an average of $4128 with a top of $5250 for a White River son with a 19.2-micron fleece, an SD of 2.8, CV of 14.7 and CF of 99.8pc.
The same buyer paid $4500 for Lot 19, a Pastora 001 son, and Lot 21, a Banavie son, for $3500.
Lot 36 went to account R Satori for $4250 for a Banavie son with a 20-micron fleece, 3.1 SD and 15.4 CV.
Volume buyers included Rob McKay who bought 10 rams including two at $2500.
The first was Lot 4, a Banavie son with 19.9-micron fleece, 3.1 SD and 15.4 CV.
The other was Lot 15, a KPP White River son with an 18-micron fleece, 3.2 SD, 17.7 CV and CF of 99.5pc.
Buyer of nine rams was Kalorama Farms, Cotswold, including to a top of $3750 for Lot 30, a ram with a 21.9-micron fleece.
