QUALITY improved at the Griffith sheep and lamb sale on Friday when 11,800 head went under the hammer.
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Numbers remained fairly similar this sale, although quality was improved slightly from the previous sales.
There was a quality run of well finished and grain fed heavy and extra heavy weight lambs yarded, along with the few plainer lines.
The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market.
Light lambs sold from $90 to $106/head. Trade weights were $4 dearer, with prices ranging from $105 to $133/head. There were some handy lines of Merino lambs offered and these received from $95 to $144/head.
Heavy and extra heavy weight lambs lifted $5 to $7/head.
Heavy lambs sold from $132 to $145 and extra heavyweights received from $144 to a top of $204/head.
Carcase prices averaged from 535c t0 570c/kg.
Mutton numbers were limited and quality was mixed. Merino ewes sold from $75 to $125/head. Crossbred ewes averaged $110 and dorper ewes sold from $68 to $104/head.