* 31 out of 47 White Suffolk rams sold to $22,000, av $5160
* 6 out of 10 Suffolk rams sold to $6000, av, $3417
* 12 out of 13 Border Leicester rams sold to $16,000, av $5833
* Total clearance of 5 White Suffolk ewes sold to $3000, av $2400
* Total clearance of 6 Suffolk ewes sold to $3000, av. $1883
* Total clearance of 3 Border Leicester ewes sold to $6500, av. $4500
A TASMANIAN stud had the perfect weekend at the Bendigo Elite White Suffolk/Suffolk Show, taking out the supreme breed award and gaining a top price at the show's coinciding sale with the award-winning ram.
Rangeview, Pipers River, Tasmania kicked off the sale on Sunday in style, with the first White Suffolk ram offered - Lot 1A, 21W004 - fetching $22,000, selling to Wakeleigh, Cavendish.
Stud principal Will Milroy said the sale was the cherry on top of a great weekend.
"I'm very humbled to take out the top price... I'm on cloud nine," he said.
"The ram is going to a great home and I look forward to seeing its genetics in the Wakeleigh stud for years to come."
The ram had a birth weight of 0.47 kilograms, a post-weaning weight of 17.09kg and a post-weaning eye muscle depth of 2.90 millimetres.
The sale included 150 straws of semen, and Rangeview also retained straws of semen for in-flock use.
Mr Milroy said the sale was a good sign for his first ever on-property sale in January.
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Wakeleigh stud principal Kylie Wake said she liked the upstanding qualities of the ram and will do plenty for her stud's breeding program.
"He's got a terrific front and back end and his overall muscle carcase will mean he'll do a fair bit for us," she said.
The highly priced ram did not trend through the sale however with several White Suffolk lots being passed in.
Elders stud stock auctioneer Ryan Bajada said it was "a little hard to get rams started", but vendors did offer good quality in several lots.
"When you got to the top end of the catalogue, there certainly were a lot of guys getting into the bidding for those rams that were being really sought after," he said.
The sale also offered Border Leicesters, which was notable for their top priced ewes.
Geraldine, Clydebank won out with the top of the breed, with Lot 92, 210007 sold for $6500 to Eaglehawk Pastoral Company.
The sale price is a record for a Border Leicester ewe.
Eaglehawk also bought up the other two Border Leicester ewes on offer at the sale - Lot 93, 210009 for $3200 and Lot 94, 210001, for $3800, both from Geraldine stud.
Geraldine stud principal Ian Baker said it was an "excellent" sale for him, as he was ending his sheep operation, with the ewe being one of the last of his flock on offer at the sale.
After over 50 years of operating, he had completed his dispersal and will focus on cattle at his Gippsland property.
"That ewe has a hell of a pedigree and is probably the best ewe I've really ever bred and has produced seven or eight real good top rams over the years, and produced the ewe that made a record at our on-property dispersal sale last year," he said.
The stud also topped the Border Leicester rams, selling Lot 73, 210008 for $16,000, sold to Talbragar, Leadlaw, NSW
The top-priced Suffolk ram was Warra-J's Lot 58, 211230, sold to M J Beard, Warrnambool, for $6000.
Closeup, Finley, NSW, sold the top-priced Suffolk ewe, Lot 68A, 210050, for $3000 to Janine Arnold and Luke Barber, Elk River, Horsham.
Elk River was also buying up a number of Suffolk Ewes on the day, purchasing Deppeler's Lot 71, 210134 for $1600 and Hopea's Lot 72, 210233 TW for $2500.
