THE strong demand for well-bred rams was evident at the 12th Valley Vista Poll Dorset Stud on-property sale at Coolac when a total clearance was achieved.
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Andrew and Donna Scott and their family sold all 165 rams offered for a top price of $2000, twice, and a sale average of $1344.
One of the top-priced rams was secured by long-term clients, Harold, Lesley and Bryan Shore, "The Elms", Tumut.
The August 2014-drop ram had an eye muscle area (EMA) of 22.22 square centimetres and a fat depth of four millimetres.
The Shores were in the market for younger spring-drop rams as they won't join until January.
They have been running commercial Bond ewes for 18 years and have a flock of 2000 ewes.
They put the Valley Vista rams over their older Bond ewes to target the prime lamb market at Wagga Wagga when they weigh 50 to 60 kilograms (liveweight).
"They are such even rams that it's hard to pick any that are better than the others, but with the rams I settled on I went for those with plenty of length," he said.
The Shores paid $1800 each for two other rams.
Equal top-priced buyer was another long-term client Adam Twyford, "Windeira Hills", Brawlin near Cootamundra.
The May 2014-drop ram had 19.94cm2 EMA and a fat depth of four millimetres.
Mr Twyford planned to put the ram over a draft of his Poll Dorset stud ewes to breed flock rams to use over his 2500 Merino ewes.
He has been a client of Valley Vista for about 10 years and selected rams from the Huntington sire line as he was after depth and shape in the progeny.
Volume buyers included the Graham family, Adjungbilly, who secured 15 rams to a price of $1800 for an average of $1425.
Go Oakleigh Partnership, Gobar-ralong, bought 14 rams for a top of $1700 to average $1280.
Gunnong Pastoral Company, Gobarralong, bought 10 rams for a top price and average of $1600.
The Casey family, Tumut, bought 10 rams to $1700 for an average of $1400.
Graeme, Carol and Rob Harris, Coolac, paid to $1700 for six rams which averaged $1615.
Coolac Cattle Company, Coolac, bought six rams for a top of $1800 to average $1535.
The sale was conducted by Landmark Wagga and McAlister Saunderson Stubbs, Gundagai/Tumut with Andrew Wishart the auctioneer.