Numbers remained fairly steady this week with agents yarding 53,000 head. Quality was reduced from the previous sales with fewer well finished lambs and less weight yarded than previous weeks. The usual buyers were present and competing in a cheaper market.

There was 4800 new season lambs penned with trade and heavyweights selling from $250 to $316/head to average 1170c/kg Carcase weight. Old lambs slipped $10 and more , partly related to quality. Trade weight lambs sold from $225 to $290/head. Heavy lambs to 26kg sold from $280 to $315 with extra heavyweights receiving from $280 to $423/head. Carcase prices averaged from 1039c to 1170c/kg. Merino lambs sold from $226 to $330/head.

Mutton numbers lifted and quality was similar to that of previous sales. Prices eased with Merino ewes selling from $146 to $268/head. Crossbreds ranged from $148 to $246/head while Dorper ewes reached $228/head. Merino wethers sold from $160 to $255/head.