Restockers and rain add fuel to red hot lamb and mutton market

Vernon Graham
Updated February 27 2020 - 8:45am, first published February 12 2020 - 11:00am
RESTOCKER RUSH: Strong rain-fuelled demand from restockers has help continue the recent surge in saleyard lamb and sheep prices.
RESTOCKER RUSH: Strong rain-fuelled demand from restockers has help continue the recent surge in saleyard lamb and sheep prices.

Lamb and mutton sheep prices have kept rattling skywards on the back of widespread rain with the benchmark Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator climbing another 30 cents in the past week to 853c a kilogram dressed.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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