Agents and vendors combined to present 1868 head for the weekly sale. The drawing was from local and the Maranoa areas as well as New England. The yarding was a 55/45 per cent split between lamb categories and mutton categories. The lambs were of a mixed type with a few runs of good lambs with the bulk either unfinished or a lighter weight. Mutton had a few runs of ewes and wethers with some good finish as well as a smaller percentage of lightweight and Merinos.
Lambs topped at $240 to av $127.64 ($5 up ), Hoggets topped at $115 to av $76.78 ($11 down), Ewes topped at $128 to av $74.04 ($16 down), Wethers topped at $115 to av $75.56 ($26 down), Rams topped at $130 to av $69.18 ($32 down), Lamb rams topped at $138 to av $71.04 ($50 down). The sale total of $104.99 / head was a drop of $5/head week on week.
Stephen & Fran Thompson sold Dorset lambs shorn 69kg to Take IT Easy Meats for $240
Greenup Maryland P/S sold shorn Dorset lambs 60kg to Eversons for $197 and to restockers for $200
David Sedgwick sold Dorper x lambs 50kg to Mc Intyre Meats for $171
Kim Aisthorpe sold Dorper lambs 52kg to Eversons for $178 and 48.6kg to Eversons for $166
Welsh Family sold Aussie White lambs 60kg to Mc Intyre Meats for $200
Rory & Kathy Frost sold Dorper x lambs 54kg to Grants Quality Meats for $190
Phil & Gabe Byrnes sold 46.7kg lambs to Eversons for $177, 45.5kg to Jock Young Meats for $180
Hurley & Weiss sold Dorper x lambs 49kg to Eversons for $178, 47.1kg to Leslie Lamb for $174, 48.3kg to Eversons for $174
Kerlin Family sold 50kg Dorper x lambs to Mc Intyre Meats for $169, 43.6kg to GR Prime for $130, 41.1kg to GR Prime for $120, ewes to restockers for $86 and Rams to restockers for $8, ewes to Eversons for $43 and $34
Martin Power sold Suffolk lambs shorn 35.7kg to Eversons for $72
