BIDDING reached a top of $3000 at the 37th annual Armidale Unhoused Merino Ram Sale at the Armidale Exhibition Centre on Wednesday.
Twenty six of the 32 rams offered by five studs - Deeargee, Kialami, Merryshiels, Miramoona and Mirani - sold for a clearance of 81 per cent and a sale average of $1185.
Armidale unhoused sale committee member Kim Barnet, Miramoona Merinos, said the sale was much stronger than last year's, with the top price increased by $1200.
While many buyers came from the New England area, there were also buyers from the Central West.
The top-priced ram, a Deeargee sire, was sold to James Stewart, "Moray", Guyra, for $8500.
The ram had a fibre diameter of 14-micron, standard deviation (SD) of -1.1-micron, co-efficient variation (CV) of 18.4 per cent and clean fleece weight (CFW) of 111pc.
