Another full field of buyers operated and prices were dearer ahead of forecast heavy rain this week.
Good processing young lambs were mostly $5 to $15 dearer, with some of the shorn lambs showing bigger price gains as buyers stepped back into these for weight and numbers.
There was more restocking activity, with buyers tending to move up into plainer conditioned light to medium trade lambs.
Heavy Dorper lambs sold to $238, as most of the lead drafts of young crossbred lambs were in the 26-30kg cwt range and sold from $215 to $235, to average $222.
N and D Bradford achieved the top price for New Seasons Lambs, G and E Barker received $230 and East Tolans Pty Ltd $228 for their offerings.
Heavy trades sold from $196 to $215.
J and J Bradford topped the Old Lambs at $241, R Crossley gained $238 and J Jackson $237 for their Old Lambs.
By volume there was plenty of 22-24kg cwt lambs, many out of Merino ewes, which varied from $174 to $206 to processors.
Restockers paid from $150 to $171 for lambs with frame, and from $138 to $155 for those under 20kg cwt.
An estimated range of 780c to 820c covered most of the better processing young lambs.
NJ Investments received $176 for their Hoggets, B and P Chalmers $170 and G and R Lawson $166.
Some big lines of crossbred and Merino ewes were offered and prices were $5 to $10 dearer than a fortnight ago.
Heavy Merino ewes above 30kg cwt sold from $148 to $163, to average $154.
G and B McCallum’s ewes topped this with their yarding, while big crossbred ewes sold to $170 for B and A Martin. L and P Beer also made $161 on their ewes.
General run of mutton sold from $120 to $145 and D and C Goudie got $120 to top the Rams, ahead of G Ryan ($100) and North Run Pastoral ($98).
Very few light sheep were available.
~ Details supplied by Meat Livestock Australia market reporter Jenny Kelly on behalf of the Deniliquin Associated Agents and Elders Deniliquin.
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