Stronger sale at Wagga Wagga

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Agents penned 792 less sheep and 13000 less lambs. Quality overall was very good with additional weight on offer. An excellent run of heavy export lambs pulled buyers to the rail with prices jumping up to $300/head. All weights and grades were on offer with a full buying field in attendance joined by additional restocker competition.

Overall the market was firm to $10 dearer on the lambs and up to $20 across the mutton run. Shorn trade lambs were well presented in places with gains up to $10. Light and medium trade lambs sold between $145 and $178/head. Heavy trade from 23 to 26kg made between $174 and $228/head to average 830c/kg cwt. Heavy lambs to the export processor were $8 dearer selling between $230 and $261 averaging 880c/kg. Bidding ignited on the extra heavy types with lambs making between $254 and $300/head.

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New season lambs were mixed in quality with heavy trade weights averaging 810c/kg cwt, selling between $187 and $215/head. Light lambs to the processor made between $122 and $146/head. Restocker’s rallied paying up to $156/head for lambs back to the paddock operating in a dearer trend.

Strong competition across the mutton run resulted in heavy types making between 440c and 520c/kg cwt and light from 350c to 400c/kg cwt. Extra heavy Merino ewes jumped $18 selling between $155 and $176/head and Crossbreds selling up to $173/head. Trade sheep made between $75 and $115/head.

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