VENDORS offered 4550 sheep and lambs at the Griffith market on Friday.
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According to Meat and Livestock Australia's National Livestock Reporting Service lamb numbers eased and the quality was good through the heavy and extra heavy lambs but a little more mixed through the trade runs.
Heavy and extra heavy weights were best supplied.
There was a small run of Merinos and Dorpers. Lambs 20kg to 24kg cwt were $5 to $7/head cheaper with limited numbers and quality issues.
Prices ranged from $164 to $197/head to averaged 790c/kg. Heavy lambs were back $4 and sold between $190 and $242/head and averaged around 750c/kg cwt.
Extra heavy lambs over 30kg sold from $237 to a top of $284/head. Trade Merinos ranged from $166 to $198/head and heavy weights reached $215/head.
Dorper's reached $220/head. Mutton numbers fell and the quality was mixed. Prices were $3 to $5/head cheaper. Medium weight ewes selling from $131 to $184/head and heavy Merinos $161 to $210/head. The best priced wethers reached $213/head.