VENDORS sold 28,000 sheep and lambs at the Wagga market on Thursday.
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According to Meat and Livestock Australia market reporter, Leann Dax, lamb numbers remain low for a spring yarding, with wet weather restricting the flow of lambs and sheep into the selling centre.
New season lamb quality was quite good and supplies lifted to just over 14,000 head.
Not all the usual export and domestic buyers attended.
Restockers and lot feeders were active across lighter weight new season categories.
New season trade lambs were well supplied however, not all buyers attended and the market lost the intensity of the previous sale easing $3/head.
The general run of trade lambs averaged 638c/kg, with the 20-22kg lambs making from $136 to $158/head.
Heavy new season lambs sold from $158 to $175/head to average 634c/kg cwt.
Old trade lambs benefited from steady competition over all classes. Old trade lambs varied in price with buyers paying a premium for shorn lambs with shape.
Heavy old lambs were in shorter supply selling at $150 to $195/head.
It was a mixed quality offering of sheep, with reasonable numbers of heavy sheep. Heavy sheep sold from $110 to $146.20/head to average 388c to 432c/kg cwt. Trade sheep were keenly sought selling at $78 to $118.60/head. Light sheep generally made from $54 to $70/head.