Numbers lifted this sale with agents yarding 33750 head. There was 24850 lambs penned and quality continues to be mixed. There was a handy offering of grain assisted trade and heavyweight lambs penned along with the secondary lines . The usual buyers were present and competing in a cheaper market.
A few pens of new season lambs sold from $286 to $317/head. Lambs fell $20 to $15/head with trade weights selling from $247 to $306/head. Heavies to 26kg ranged from $292 to $325/head. Extra heavyweights sold from $324 to $393/head. Carcase prices averaged from 1028 to 1213c/kg. The best heavy hoggets reached $313/head.
There was 8900 mutton offered and quality was very mixed. Prices also slipped with Merino ewes selling from $182 to $347/head. Crossbreds sold from $199 to $330/head. Dorper ewes received from $175 to $330/head.