Agents and vendors combined to present a total yarding of 2547 head for the weekly sale. The yarding consisted of some good lines of western lambs as well as some fresh new season lambs and a mixture of mutton types as well as some ewe and lamb units. Good finished new season and export lambs were firm to a shade easier, with the lighter lambs probably dearer overall compared to last week. Lambs topped at $200 to av $142.31 ($12 down ), Hoggets topped at $147 to av $109.24 ($15 up ), Ewes topped at $131 to av $63.44 ($2 down ), Wethers topped at $131 to av $75.78 ($6 down ), Rams topped at $164 to av $87.23 ($20 down). The sale av of $125.37 per head was nearly exactly the same as the last sale .55c/head cheaper.
Wingarra Past Co sold Dorper Lambs 60kg to Take IT Easy Meats for $196, 46.6kg to Eversons for $153, 40kg to GR Prime for $138, 33.75kg suckers to GR Prime for $108, Ewe & Lamb units to restockers for $120, 66.9kg hoggets to Eversons for $142, ewes to Eversons for $86 and $55, rams to restockers for $164 and $90.
Dugald & Jenny Spencely sold Dorper x lambs off the ewes 43.6kg to Elliots Butchery for $143
Carel Rothman sold Dorper lambs 51.6kg to Eversons for $183
Stuart Timms sold Dorper lambs 57.5kg to Eversons for $191, 41.25kg to Mc Mahon Bros for $166, 77.5kg hoggets and wethers 4 tooth to GR Prime for $131
Armstrong Family sold Dorper hoggets 55kg to Take IT Easy Meats for $130, ewes to Eversons for $65 and $58
Kellie Gillam sold Dorset x lambs and hoggets 37.5kg to MC Intyre Meats for $58, to Stanthorpe Butchery for $90, Southdown ewes to Eversons for $88
Ronnie Mc Glashan sold Dorper ewes to Mc Intyre Meats for $64
Yates & Co sold Dohne Merino lambs 51.9kg to Take IT Easy Meats for $139, 46.2kg to MC Intyre Meats for $107, 42kg to Eversons for $83, Hoggets 57.5kg to Eversons for $108, wethers to Eversons for $52
Neville Baldock sold Dorper x lambs 50.8kg to Mc Intyre Meats for $172, 50kg hoggets to Eversons for $130