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Balclutha sale July 27

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Lamb numbers were low at Balclutha on Wednesday, while a big offering of prime ewes sold on an easing market, Barry Osborne from PGG Wrightson reported.
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Prime lambs sold on a steady market for a smaller offering, with heavy lines earning $105-$119, second cuts $92-$103, third $80-$90. While demand was steady for the prime ewe section, prices eased $5 with the bigger number harder for buyers to absorb. Top mixed-age lines fetched $80-$89, medium $71-$78, light $62-$70. Two-tooths returned $70-$91.

Two lines of breeding ewes were offered. Romney annual draft ewes, scanned-in-lamb, sold for $81, Perendale-cross, run-with-the-ram, $72.

In a mixed yarding of store lambs top lines reached $92-$95, medium $85-$88, light $65-$70.

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