Quality was very good with all lambs showing good carcase finish, thanks to the favourable season.
The bulk of the young lambs weighed from 20kg to 26kg carcase weight (cwt), with only a few pens in each agents run being heavier weights.
All the regular buyers were active, plus the major domestic processors that come for these bigger spring yardings.
Prices were similar to a few dollars easier for the lead runs of heavy young lambs, while prices dipped by $3 to $8/head on the general run of trade weights.
This included a lot of White Suffolk-Merino and Dorset Merino first-cross lambs.
Old season lambs were discounted, with most buyers now focusing on new season stock.
The heaviest young lambs, weighing 26kg to 30kg cwt sold from $206 to a top of $224/head.
Main runs of fat score four heavy trades weighing 24kg to 26kg sold from $194 to $211, to average $206.
The market displayed the most price variance over the medium domestic lambs, 22kg to 24kg cwt.
They ranged from $167 to $196/head, as it was the category which had the bulk of numbers for buyers to select from.
Most processing young lambs were estimated at 750c to 800c/kg cwt.
Lighter domestic lambs, 20kg to 22kg, sold from $151 to $178 with restockers stepping into some of these bigger framed lambs at a cost of $153 to $161/head.
The sheep yarding had some very good large lines of Merino ewes off shears with plenty of weight.
Prices for heavy mutton were $5 to $15 cheaper, with the heaviest ewes making $140 to $159/head.
~ Details supplied by Meat Livestock Australia market reporter Jenny Kelly on behalf of the Deniliquin Associated Agents.