Trade lambs were very scarce gaining $4 on heavy weights selling from $185 to $198/head.
- Caroline Ronald
Quality was plainer with a large portion of the yarding made up of Merino lambs at Griffith on Friday.
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Market reporter Caroline Ronald said supply was too small to quote all categories.
Trade lambs were very scarce gaining $4 on heavy weights selling from $185 to $198/head.
A good supply of Merino lambs slipped $10 to $20 across the heavy and extra heavy lines selling from $186 to $224/head.
Light lambs to the processors slipped $7, selling from $138 to $145/head.
Lambs weighing 26 to 30kg slipped $10 selling from $206 to $236, whilst the over 30kg range sold up to $285, gaining $10/head with additional weight on offer.
The small offering of extra heavy export lambs sold to mixed trends, averaging 740c/kg cwt.
A small penning of mutton was available and the quality was mixed slipping $5 to $7/head across heavy weights.
Heavy Merino ewes sold from $178 to $218 while heavy cross bred ewes sold from $210 to $220/head.
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