John McKone sells a ram
PGG Wrightson senior auctioneer John McKone sells a ram at the Merrydowns Romney and Southdown ram fair at Waikoikoi last week.
Blair and Sally Robertson sold 194 rams as far afield as Warkworth for an average price of $1130.
Romney rams ranged from $600 to $3800, the top priced ram purchased by Peter and Diane Lowe from Ashburton, and Southdown rams sold from $450 to $3000.
Mr and Mrs Robertson, who have the largest Southdown breeding flock in Australasia and the largest registered Romney breeding flock in the South Island, were pleased with the sale result.
The focus at Merrydowns was on keeping the breeds pure with no cross-breeding, Mr Robertson said.