SA lamb prices reached new heights last week, with $348 paid for Suffolk-Merino heavyweights from Coolalie Feedlot, Paskeville, at the SA Livestock Exchange, Dublin.
Vendor Garry Willson, who is also a Combined Independent Agents Association agent, said he was "amazed" with the result, estimating the lambs at 80 kilograms to 84kg liveweight.
Mr Willson said "records were made to be broken" but believed processors would consider cutting shifts at "much more" than $10/kg.
Looking at cattle, Thomas DeGaris & Clarkson director Darren Maney said for the good of the industry, he did not want to see prices go "one cent a kilogram higher".
He said the market was heading to "dangerous territory" with those buying light calves for $1300 needing to put a lot of weight on them to reach $2000, at a time when world beef prices were continuing to drop.
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