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Lambs rise $5 to $10 at Ballarat

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Yarding - 28,038 (-1480).
Lambs - 14,771 (-2538).
Sheep - 13,267 (-1058).

A small drop in lamb numbers saw 14,471 head yarded at Ballarat this week. The usual buying group were in attendance and operating keenly on the mostly good quality yarding. Most lambs are now shorn but there were some quality pens of unshorn young lambs that sold to $210/head. Lambs sold to a dearer trend being predominately from $5 to $10/head up on last week and more in places. The best heavy lambs sold to $280, with quality medium trade weights selling from $176 to $201/head to average around 800c/kg cwt. Restockers and feeders were active and paid from $156 to $202, with lighter lots selling from $80 to $150/head.

Shorn light weight, 2 score lambs sold to $135/head. Light trade 2 to 3 score lambs, 18 to 22 kg, sold from $150 to $183/head and averaged around 810c/kg cwt. Medium trade weight, 3 to 4 score lambs, 22 to 24 kg, sold from $176 to $201/head and made from 765c to 840c, to average around 800c/kg cwt. Heavy 3 to 4 score trade weight lambs sold from $195 to $221, with export weights selling from $205 to$236/head. Extra heavy weight lambs sold from $238 to $280/head. Crossbred hoggets sold from $143 to $196, with Merino hoggets selling to $175/head.

The sheep penning of 13,267 head was up on last week's penning, with plenty of weight, in both the Merino and crossbred offerings. Medium weight sheep sold close to last weeks strong prices, with the lighter weight sheep and the heavier sheep easing to $10/head and more in places. Heavy crossbred ewes reached $224/head.

Light weight 2 score sheep sold from $92 to $118/head and averaged around 580c/kg cwt. Medium weight 2 and 3 score sheep sold from $93to $160/head, and ranged from 480c to 650c, with the Merino mutton averaging around 600c/kg cwt. Heavy Merino ewes sold from $143 to $166, heavy Merino wethers sold from $158 to $183, with the medium weights selling from $116 to $153/head, the heavy Merino sheep averaged around 600c/kg cwt. Heavy crossbred ewes sold from $127 to $224/head and averaged around 540c/kg cwt. Rams sold from $30 to $137/head

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