PRICES shot to a high of $320 at the Griffith market on Friday.
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Vendors sold 8605 lambs. Trade lambs were well supplied, lifting $4 to $6, with the light and medium trade making from $158 to $203, while the heavy trade received from $206 to $221/head reaching up to 917c/kg cwt. Light weight lambs weighing 12-18kg going to the processors received from $155 to $162/head. Feeder lambs were few making from $140 to $160/head.
Heavy lambs increased $9, making from $216 to $236 and the extra heavy export lambs lifted $3 to make from $231 to $253/head. The over 30kg weighing close to 40kg sold from $255 to $320/head to average 797c/kg cwt. The best of the Merino 4 score ewes reached $272 and heavy crossbred ewes sold from $170 to $220/head.