OUYEN, Vic, Livestock Exchange had a smaller yarding of 4942 lambs and 1894 mutton on Thursday last week.
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Prices for export and trade lambs held firm.
Lighter weight lambs were firm to $5 cheaper, while mutton was firm.
Export crossbred lambs made $130-$173.60 or $4.90-$5.10 a kilogram and stores $56-$104 or $5-$5.30/kg.
Light Merino lambs made $40-$111 or $4.50-$4.80/kg and heavies $112-$128 or $4.70-$4.80/kg.
For mutton, light types made $20.60-$68 or $2.90-$3.20/kg and heavies $70-$93 or $2.60-$2.90/kg.
B&Y Thiel, Pinnaroo, sold 32 mutton at $105.60.
BJ&MK Young, Lameroo, sold 86 crossbred lambs at $166.
Tarrango Pastoral, Werrimul, Vic, sold 285 sheep, with their top price for Merino lambs reaching $112.
Luke McSwain, Merbein South, Vic, sold 166 sheep with his top crossbred lambs selling for $136.
