Not even the high winds and dusty moments could deter producers returning to Old Ashrose, Hallett, for the 2023 on-property sale on Thursday.
There were 80 White Suffolks offered to start proceedings with 100 per cent clearance to top at $1800 for Lot 7 and average $1200, which was $100 up on the 2022 sale.
The Merino and Poll Merino sale followed with 99 rams offered and sold - 91 Poll Merinos and eight Merinos - to a top of $9500 for Lot 3 and average of $2097.
In the White Suffolk sale, the top price Old Ashrose 220193 was a June 2022-drop twin, sired by Old Ashrose 200025.
It was bought by GJ Bourne through Elders Roseworthy.
The top price Poll Merino ram, at $9500, was bought by Drualat Bore Pastoral, Tailem Bend, through Platinum Wool Services.
Sired by the Old Ashrose family PC0068, Lot 3 tested 18.3 micron, 2.4 standard deviation, 13.2 coefficient of variation, 141 per cent greasy fleece weight and weighed 123 kilograms.
Platinum Wool's Geoff Clarke said the ram was "very stylish in the wool" with "good crimp definition" and good length of body.
Drualat Bore Pastoral run 5000 ewes near Tailem Bend and have been buying Old Ashrose rams for three years.
Buyer Maree Helliar said the rams adapted well to their area.
"They have always been very stylish and very robust sheep and they handle our area well," she said.
The top price Merino Ram was Lot 24 at $2000 to GM Gunn & Sons, through Elders Naracoorte.
The sale remained strong the whole way through the sale with rams still making upwards of $4000 in the final 10 rams.
Tag number WP0384, it was sired by a Wallaloo Park Merino Family ram and had fleece of 19.9M, 3.3SD and 99.6CF.
Volume buyer was Kelendo Station, through Elders Port Augusta, which purchased 21 Poll Merino rams at $1000 average.
Highest volume buyer in the White Suffolks was T&S Robinson, through PPHS Naracoorte, which bought 13 rams to an average of $1338.
Windjara Ag, through Elders Jamestown, purchased 12 rams to an average of $1316.
Elders' Tony Wetherall and Damien Webb conducted to 2023 sale.
Mr Wetherall said the White Suffolk sale were terrifically presented and sold to solid competition with good order through.
"The depth of quality again was extremely good," he said.
Moving on to the Merino and Poll Merino sale, Mr Wetherall said he enjoyed going to Old Ashrose.
"It is always a pleasure to come to Old Ashrose, they really do have a good article with big, bulky with good bone and structure," he said.
"They cut plenty of wool and really do fill bales."
Old Ashrose's Nick Wadlow said he was pleasantly surprised with the clearance rate.
"We had our repeat buyers as well as two new clients with one being from the Adelaide Hills and other one from Clare," he said about the White Suffolk offering.
Rams sold into pastoral areas of SA as well as interstate into Victoria.
Touching on the Merinos, Mr Wadlow said the sale started strong.
"The top end had very strong competition, probably more than we have had in the past which was very pleasing," he said.
"We had two new clients here today and our solid repeat clients some of which have been buying for three generations."
The sale was conducted by Elders Burra.
