There was a slight lift in lamb numbers and there were 14600 new season lambs in the offering. The quality was good with plenty of trade and heavy weights but only a limited supply of light store lambs. Old lambs were mixed in quality but there were some very good heavy and extra heavy weights penned. The market sold to a softer trend.

New season lambs were $10 to $12/head cheaper across most categories and the trade weights ranged from $243 to $296/head and averaged 1140c and 1190c/kg, heavy trades 24 to 26kg sold from $278 to $309/head averaging 1140c and heavy weights to 30kg ranged from $300 to $340/head and most ranged from 1100c to 1140c/kg. the extra heavy lambs reached $369/head.

Old trade lambs ranged between $225 and $265/head and ranged from 1100c to 1140c and heavy old lambs were in demand and held firm and sold from $260 to $349/head and averaged 1100c to 1130c/kg very similar to the new season lambs. Extra heavy old lambs topped at $380/head and averaged 1070c/kg. Merinos were back $10 to $15/head, heavy Merinos reached $333/head but a few pens of extra heavy Merino lambs sold from $336 to $378/head and most of the Merinos averaged just over 1000c/kg.

Mutton numbers were back and the quality good with plenty of heavy mutton. Prices were cheaper with a bit less competition from buyers with falls of $20 to $30/head. Medium weight ewes sold from $168 to $223/head, heavy crossbred ewes sold to $347 and Merinos reached $312/head, most ranged from 800c to 900c/kg.