Store lambs in high demand at Naracoorte sale

Pinkerton Palm Hamlyn & Steen director Richard Harvie said the bulk of the 11,000 yarding was made up of fresh store lambs and later drop second-cross lambs, selling to Wagga Wagga, NSW, Ballarat, Vic, Bendigo, Vic, and the South East.

He said the sale exceeded expectations by about $3-$5 a head with a run of 1500 shorn lambs particularly "keenly sought after".

"Any of the 45 kilogram-plus lambs made $148-160 while those over 38kg made $138-151," he said.

The store lambs reached a high of $166, paid for a pen from S&R Digiorgio & Sons, Lucindale.

Among its 939 head offering were 145 first-cross ewe lambs from a Dohne ram, which reached a top of $202.

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Holland Family Trust, Edenhope, Vic, offered 1431 lambs, which sold to $158, averaging $149.

Manton Pastoral Co, Frances, averaged $148 for their 673 shorn lambs, with a top of $165.

BT&KM Hutchesson, Penola. sold 584 to $155, av $152.

I,F,AA&MK Belluzzo, Western Flat, sold 510 lambs to $157, av $148.

Morvern, Lochaber, sold 748 lambs to $156, av $149.

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