THE Naracoorte first-cross ewe sale has again cemented its spot as the country's top price record-setter, after the $386 ewe record - set by Naracoorte last year - broke multiple times last week at Vic and SA saleyards.

NEW heights were reached at the annual Telang Pastoral on-property lamb sale on Friday last week, with ewe lambs topping at a record $290.

There were great prices paid at the Deep Dene Poll Merino ram sale on KI.

The Litchfield family, Hazeldean Cooma penned 228 Merino and Poll Merino rams for sale average of $2481 for 211 sold`

DESPITE some apprehension going into this year's British breed on-property ram sale season, the industry has been left pleasantly surprised with the overall successes seen.

WETHER lambs topped at $163 and exceeded expectations at the annual Kapunda off-shears sale on Monday, but young ewes were slightly back compared with past markets selling to $240.

Winning Royal Melbourne ram repeats success at Horsham Border Leicester show.

AFTER lamb prices reached new heights at the Mount Pleasant markets during the past month, on Thursday last week, prices held firm with crossbred lambs topping $200.

Records have been broken at Ryeview stud, with a thick and meaty White Suffolk ram selling for $2100 at the stud's annual on-property sale held in Millicent on Monday, smashing the stud's previous record of $1700 for the breed, set last year.

A small gallery of buyers at Jay-Dee maternal composites' ram sale at Binnum had big orders, but with six registered bidders it was always going to be a tough sale.