Total sales amounted to $1,374,319, for an average price of $132.
There was a handy lead of fed lambs, some big lines of young SAMM and Merino lambs from pastoral country, and the usual mix of trades.
The regular buyers attended and kept processing lamb prices in the ballpark of what the industry has recorded in recent days.
The sale had a baseline of around 800c/kg for crossbred lambs.
The best pens in shorter skins trended above this rate, and plainer and woollier types below were this benchmark - down to around 750c/kg carcase weight (cwt).
Some of the bigger lines of SAMM and Merino lambs sold strongly to restocking orders, and were at dearer levels.
There wasn’t a lot of weight in the lamb run.
The lead pens of crossbreds sold from $211 to $250/head.
Buyers were still selective on long-woolled types, and this impacted overall price averages on some of the heavier and trade lamb categories.
The general run of trade lambs over 22kg cwt sold from $164 to $206/head.
Lighter crossbred lambs with some frame size made mostly $120 to $160/head.
Better grown Merino and SAMM lambs to restockers sold for $120 to $157/head.
Smaller types were $50 to $100, with the most tail-end pens down to $10/head.
On size, there were some very strong results for small Merino lambs at times.
The sheep sale had solid support at recent stronger levels, with some ewes trending either side of 600c/kg cwt.
But the bulk of sales were in the 500c and 400c/kg ranges, depending on fat cover and size.
Very light conditioned ewes are generally in the lower carcass price ranges.
Heavy crossbred ewes sold to a top of $172, Dorpers to $170 and Merinos with skin value to $177/head.
The general run of ewes made between $90 to $150/head, with the lightest ewes down to $66/head.
Top sales:
Lambs - Willis Ag, $250; A Ritchie, $250; Sun Centre, $245.
Sheep - PC Crossley & Co, $177; Boyd family, $173; Glen Haines, $170.
~ Report provided by Meat & Livestock Australia market reporter Jenny Kelly and Deniliquin Salyards manager Greg White, on behalf of the Deniliquin Associated Agents.
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