The 15th annual Craigneuk ram fair in Maniototo has been described as "outstanding" by PGG Wrightson agents.
The average price paid for the 259 rams yarded was $1045 and the top price was $2100 for a Dorset Down ram, sold to a Hawke's Bay buyer.
There were 98 Dorset Downs sold for an average of $1052, 48 South Dorsets ($1037), 44 three-quarter Dorset-quarter Southdown ($984), 20 Texel-Poll Dorset ($845) and 49 halfbred ($1178).
Rams sold as far north as Hawke's Bay and throughout the South Island, with very strong buying from repeat buyers and also some new purchasers, agents said.