A MIX of market optimism and falls of up to 15mm of rain throughout the Riverina pushed prices to a high of $228 at the Wagga sheep and lamb market.
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Buyers jostled to secure the pens of extra-heavy export lambs with many eclipsing the $200 mark.
Vendor John Fowler, “Kooroogong”, Harefield sold 112 second-cross Dorset lambs for $212 and couldn’t have been happier with the returns.
It was estimated his lambs weighed 33 kilograms dressed weight.
“I thought today would be good to sell,” he said.
Mr Fowler also welcomed the rain saying it was a “beautiful” follow up to the falls received in southern NSW earlier this month.
Meanwhile, the standout market movers were the store lambs and Meat and Livestock Australia market reporter Leann Dax said prices for the lighter categories had averaged a whopping 630c/kg.
Full market details to follow at www.therural.com.au