There were some good pens of shorn lambs, the best supplemented off grain, before quality faded out into plainer and mixed lots.
The regular buying group attended and prices were dearer, with nicely finished trade weight lambs in short skins attracting the best support.
There was not a lot of weight in the yarding, with just one draft of extra heavy lambs over 30kg claiming the top price of $250/head.
Most of the heavy lambs in the 26kg to 30kg range sold from $228 to $244/head.
The hot spot of the sale was the nicely weighted 22kg to 24kg domestic lambs which made from $188 to $228/head.
Good medium and heavy trade lambs were estimated at 830c to 880c with individual pens over 900c/kg carcase weight at times.
Some plainer presented trade lambs, in dry and seed infested skins, were penalised by buyers.
There was a reasonable number of Merino lambs in the yarding, and the best covered trade weights made from $180 to $210 and plainer types with less weight and finish were selling from $141 to $165/head.
Sheep numbers were limited but within the offering were some very good heavy Merino ewes which sold to $234/head.
The better runs of Merino ewes with frame and condition were estimated as costing from 600c to 650c/kg carcase weight.
Top sales:
Lambs – J & J Andrews, $250; TC Crossley & Co, $249.60; J & D Preston, $244.Hoggets – A & G Dunmore, $234.60; W Hicks – $198.60; John Lamb Pastoral, $195.Ewes – S Dudley, $234.60; T & M Huntly, $233.60; Gulpha Farming, $225.60.Rams – Australian Food & Agriculture, $180.
~ Details provided by Meat and Livestock Australia and Elders Rural Services Deniliquin, on behalf of the Deniliquin Associated Agents.
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