Restockers to push young ewe prices sky high

By Vanessa Binks
Updated October 29 2020 - 5:16pm, first published 3:36pm
PRICES BLITZED: The $361 record-breaking pen of 1.5-year-old Moorundie Park-blood ewes sold by Sam Lemon, Gulnare, at Jamestown on Thursday last week.
PRICES BLITZED: The $361 record-breaking pen of 1.5-year-old Moorundie Park-blood ewes sold by Sam Lemon, Gulnare, at Jamestown on Thursday last week.

With widespread rainfall across SA arriving in recent weeks and limited breeding stock for buyers to operate on, prices for young ewes offered in saleyards are expected to remain high according to SA livestock agents.

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