Quality continued to be mixed and while not all the regular buyers were in attendance, any well presented lambs with weight and fat cover were keenly supported.
The sale total was $593,087, for an average price of $143.53
The sale reached a top of $300/head for a pen of crossbred lambs, estimated by the selling auctioneer at around 30kg carcase weight (cwt) which put them in the realm of 1000c/kg cwt.
The $300 sale is believed to be the highest price recorded at the Deniliquin prime sale.
Being a fortnightly sale, the market was dearer as it caught up to the big price movements recorded across the industry in the past 10 days.
The quote for the better presented trade and heavy lambs was 900c, and touching on 1000c/kg cwt at times.
Plainer trade lambs with less weight were in the 800c/kg price range.
Light lambs varied from an estimated 750c to 850c/kg over a mixed run.
In dollar terms, a few pens of heavy lambs over 26kg cwt sold from $250 to $300/head, with the better quality trade types from $180 to $230/head for most.
The sheep sale was limited in supply but, again, any quality mutton was keenly supported by buyers at over 600c/kg. Some pens sold above 700c/kg, according to agents and buyers.
Some extra heavy crossbred ewes topped at $245 and most of the heavier pens sold above the $200 mark.
Top sales:
Lambs - Sebastian Liphuyzen, $300; John Lamb Pastoral, $290; JW & PG Pocklington, $290.
Sheep - N & D Bradford, $245; M & J Dunmore, $240.
Rams - JW & PG Pocklington, $160; Golligen Creek Farms, $160.
~ Details provided by Meat & Livestock Australia market reporter Jenny Kelly and Deniliquin Saleyards manager Greg White, on behalf of the Deniliquin Associated Agents.
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