RETURN BUYERS: At the Limevale principal Gavin Adams, Elders Broken Hill district wool manager Lachlan Sutton, and buyer Bert Edwards, Devon Station, Broken Hill, with the top-price ram.
LONG-TIME Limevale buyer Bert Edwards, Devon Station, Broken Hill, bought the $1300 top-price ram at the stud's 28th annual Poll Merino ram sale at Weetulta on Tuesday last week.
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The ram carried a 20.3-micron fleece with a standard deviation of 4.1, co-efficient of variation of 20.2 and comfort factor of 98.7 per cent.
It was Mr Edwards' 21st buying trip to Limevale, where he was impressed by the ram's "free-growing white wool and good body type".
"I've stuck with Limevale rams because they are very good doers and they're very fertile rams," he said.
He bought a further seven rams to $700.
Full report in Stock Journal, August 29 issue, 2013.
