Vendors sold 2941 lambs, 966 ewes, 83 hoggets, 135 mutton and 32 rams.

Trade lambs, weighing 19 to 24 kilograms dressed were $5 dearer.

Jack Cameron, Dirnaseer received the top money of $217 for a pen of extra-heavy cross bred lambs.

With an estimated carcase weight of of 31kg and a skin value of $5 the price equated to $7 a kilogram and the lambs were secured by Fletcher International.

Three to four score trade lambs, weighing 19 to 24 kilograms dressed made $8.50 to $8.80 a kilogram with some of the better pens making as much as $9.20/kg.

The light trade-weight bag lambs, 14 to 18kg dressed, made $9/kg. Meanwhile, heavier trade lambs weighing more than 26kg dressed sold from $6.80 to $7.20/kg.

The mutton market, was once again strong. Peter and Kay Keene of Ariah Park, sold cross bred ewes for $223. Most mutton ranged from $ 5.80 to $ 6.30/kg dressed.

The hogget market remains strong with a top price of $ 213.00 The average price per head sold was $174.