Numbers slipped this sale with agents yarding 37000 head. There was 26700 lambs penned and quality was similar to that of previous sales with some good lines of trade and heavyweight sheep penned along with the plainer types. The usual buyers were present and competing along with restockers in a dearer market.

Light lambs to restockers sold from $74 to $175/head. Trade weight lambs 20-24kg lifted $4 to sell from $150 to $212/head. Heavy lambs to 26kg received from $205 to $230/heqd. Extra heavyweights over 26kg lifted $3 to $5 to range from $228 to $288/ head. Carcase prices averaged 800 to 854c/kg.

Mutton numbers decreased with 10300 head offered. Merinos continue to make up the majority and quality was very mixed. Prices were firm to a couple dearer. Merino ewes sold from $81 to $179/head. Crossbreds ranged from $84 to $169 with Dorper ewes reaching $158/heqd. Merino wethers sold from $100 to $159/head.