STRONG interest from stud buyers, as well as good pastoral support, help lift the top price and average at the Lawral Park 16th annual on-property SAMM ram sale at Ungarra on Monday.
With six buyers from studs across Australia, the sale reached a high of $6750, for lot 3, with full clearance of 80 rams offered and an average price of $1428 - a jump of $328 on last year.
The top price was paid by the Cronin family, Bunkin Prime SAMM stud, Dumbleyung, WA, with bidding carried out by Justin Thompson, Landmark Tumby Bay.