Quality prime lambs sold well at this week's Balclutha Stock sale, while a yarding of excellent prime ewes enjoyed strong demand. Store lambs sold well and a line of breeding ewes sold on a par with recent sales.
Prices were.-
Prime sheep: Lambs, top, $13 -$153; medium, $118-$128; light, $10-$116.
Two-tooth ewes, top, $124; medium, $115; light, $90.
Ewes, top, $125-$160; medium, $110-$122; light, $88-$104.
Lower condition ewes, $45-$50.
Local trade rams, top, $90; medium, $80; light, $40.
Store sheep: Woolly lambs, top, $110; medium, $89; light, $63.
Shorn lambs, top, $112; medium. $94; light, $71.
Tail end lambs, $51-$60.
Breeding Ewes: Perendale cross two tooth ewes, $139.
Perendale mixed age ewes, $136.
Romney cross annual draft ewes, $132.
