KARAWATHA Park sold to a five-figure top at its annual sale last week, with the sale's full catalogue also sold at auction.
All 140 rams at the sale went under the hammer at the Kimba-based stud on Friday, with a top of $10,000 reached and an average of $2577 for the first time since its inception.
The sale also marked the stud's 20th on-property auction, which has grown from 12 rams in 2002 to 140 this year.
Knocked down at the mid point of the sale, Lot 70 reached the impressive price for its high percentile Australian Sheep Breed Values including a yearling clean fleece weight of 42.2, yearling weight of 9.5 and a Dual Purpose Production + index of 189 and a Merino Production + index of 198.
The ram also had a yearling fibre diameter value of -1.7, a yearling fat value of -0.6 and a yearling eye muscle diameter of -0.6.
Earlier on in the catalogue, both Lot 19 and Lot 30 broke the stud's previous sale record of $8000, knocked down at $9200 and $9000.
The pair were both trait leaders for YCFW, YWT and MP+ with values of 27.9, 9.0 and 182, and 37.5, 10.2 and 188 respectively.
Patric Hannan, Patric Hannan and Co, Cockaleechie, picked up Lot 70 and Lot 19 on the day and said he was determined not to go home without either.
"He (Lot 70) had a beautiful staple length and was a stud quality ram any day of the week which we're happy to add to our commercial operation," he said.
"This is our fourth or fifth year buying at Karawatha Park and their sheep work well for us in our environment.
"All of the rams we've bought from the stud are still in use and our two new rams will work well in our program, they'll be put over our hoggets."
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Nutrien SA Stud Stock auctioneer Gordon Wood said the average showed how solid the offering was.
"The top price was great, but to have an average where it was without having a $50,000 ram in the mix shows the evenness of the catalogue," he said.
"The sheep are really commercially focused here, there's plenty of data and incredible fleeces, nourishment and white wools which people are definitely chasing.
"They've got performance data, they're unmulesed and they're a clean-bodied, easy-care sheep."
Picking up eight rams on the day was River Park Farming, through Elders Port Augusta, who bought to a top of $5000 and an average of $3525.
Stud principal Dion Woolford said he was taken back by the support throughout the sale.
"The sheep with the solid ASBVs went really well throughout the catalogue," he said.
"Lot 70 just personifies what we're trying to breed here, obviously he was solid with the numbers but he also just had a beautiful, long drapey wool.
"The favourite bit was the full clearance though, we're grateful to have the support we get and to have a shed full of people on sale day is pretty special."
Mr Woolford said the next drop of rams were already on the ground and there wasn't much time to reflect on the day's success before planning next year's sale.
Nutrien Kimba conducted the sale.