Numbers increased significantly due to no prime lamb and sheep markets for the next fortnight.

All the usual buyers were in attendance along with some restocker activity after steady rain overnight.

The quality of the yarding was excellent, particularly across trade and heavy weight classes.

Trade lambs sold to strong demand with better finished lambs keenly sought by wholesalers and all domestic processors.

Most of the well-finished pens lifted $4 to $8/head with heavy shorter skin trade lambs reaping the benefits of the dearer trend. Most trade lambs averaged from 583c to 624c/kg cwt. Light lambs were in limited numbers and sold to strong processor competition.

Most of the better 2 score pens to slaughter made from $77 to $95/head. Well-finished Merino trade lambs sold to strong demand and most of the medium and heavy trade pens made from $113 to $148/head. The good quality supply of heavy and extra heavy lambs sold to very strong demand with prices lifting $7 to $12/head.

An exceptional pen estimated to weigh 34kg topped at $205/head and the majority averaged 570c to 633c/kg cwt.

Mutton numbers increased and quality was mixed across all grades with the penning mainly consisting of both Merino and crossbred ewes along with a limited mixed selection of wethers. Competition strengthened over all categories with heavy Dorper ewes keenly contested. Light weight sheep sold from $44 to $72, while medium and heavy grades made from $90 to $140/head to averaged 364c to 421c/kg cwt.