Both ewes and rams made a top price of $1500 with the rams returning an average of $811 and the ewes averaged $592. Landmark auctioneer, Andrew Wishart and, Elders auctioneer, Steve Ridley sold the catalogue to a mix of new and repeat buyers.

The Armdale and Armdale-Park studs offered mated ewes joined to three leading sires from last year.

Sires included Hillden 123-10, a champion and supreme champion at all the major shows throughout Eastern Australia.

Another sire was Willow Park 39-10, the champion and supreme champion from the Perth Royal Show last year.

This ram was purchased for $9500 at the Perth Royal Ram Sale. And the third influential sire was Armdale 24-10, the reserve champion from the Canberra Royal Show.

“This unique opportunity to purchase ewes joined to these sires was unavailable anywhere else and it created a huge amount of interest with ewes sold across three different states,” said Armdale Park principal Garry Armstrong.

The top price mated ewe, Armdale 647-10 was by G20-08 from a dam by the successful Armdale Park ram 477-05 from the reserve junior champion at Royal Melbourne show.

The ewe was joined to Hillden 123-10.

The ewe was secured by Alliance Partnership, a newly formed stud owned by two NSW breeders a New Zealand-based breeder.

The second top priced ewe, joined to Willow Park 39-10, made $1250 and was bought by the Goonigal Poll Dorset Stud from Canowindra.

Meanwhile, 70 rams sold to a top of $1500.

The top priced ram was bought by repeat purchasers, The Riverina Anglican College.