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Lamb numbers increased to 15,691 which included 10,715 new season lambs at Bendigo. Quality ranged from store types to very well finished lines. The regular buyers attended and operated on a solid market in line with last week. New season trade and heavy lambs topped at $256/head with older lambs to processors topping at $270/head.

Young light weight lambs to restockers sold from $43 to $87/head. Young lambs over 18kg to trade buyers sold from $50 to $130/head. Young lambs over 20kg to restockers sold from $84 to $172/head. Trade weight young lambs sold from $142 to $226 with the heavy new season lambs topping at $256/head. 

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Older light weight merino lambs to restockers sold from $65 to $108/head. Trade weight lambs sold from $130 to $173/head. Heavy lambs to processors sold from $170 to $235 with the heavy lambs topping at $270/head. Hoggets sold to dearer trends at $100 to $184/head.

Light weight ewes sold to dearer trends with merino ewes at $57 to $65 and crossbreds at $58 to $78/head. Heavy merino ewes sold from $66 to $95 with the crossbred at $80 to $110/head. Very heavy ewes topped at $156/head. Merino wethers sold from $72 to $105/head. Rams to processors sold from $8 to $29/head.

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