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Numbers wound back to 12,530 lambs to be down nearly 6800 head on a week ago. Quality was mixed and from a broad viewpoint plainer than a week ago, with less weight at the top end of the exports and limited neat trade lambs. It was a dearer market with buyers showing more genuine interest over most classes of stock compared to last Monday’s erratic sale.

Price gains of $6 to $15/head were common. Some processors didn’t buy their usual numbers as carcass cost points increased. The big mover today was pretty trade lambs with a handful of pens in the 22-25kg cwt range selling from $215 to $232/head to go over 900c/kg. But this money was limited to a few sales, with most trade and heavy lamb categories returning averages of 780c to 820c/kg cwt.

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In dollars the heavy export lambs remained in a similar price band of $243 to a top of $277/head but on less weight the carcass price estimate was closer to 790c/kg. A category which received much better support today was the heavy 26-30kg lambs which picked up by $12/head after selling from $209 to $244/head. Some fed heavy trade Merino lambs in long skins made from $190 to $227/head. General run of trade lambs over 22kg cwt from $170 to $210/head, with just a handful of neat pens higher to a top of $232 when a couple of domestic buyers clashed. Best description MK processing style lambs $125 to $155/head. Smaller and mixed penlots of lambs mostly $70 to $120, with very little to suit restockers today.

There was a slight decline in sheep supply to 6800 head. Quality was plainer with less weight available and more small lots of less than 30 head coming forward after pregnancy scanning. Price results varied and there was some softer outcomes but good lines of mutton were firm to dearer, costing buyers either side of 450c/kg cwt. Big crossbred ewes $127 to $154/head on less weight and quality this week. Merino ewes with frame and wool from $120 to a top of $168/head. General run of light and trade sheep mostly $60 to $110/head.

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