Ewe prices bettered the remaining prime hoggets as the top lines went under the hammer for $150-$160, medium $140-$148, and light, $135-$140. Hoggets sold to $140-$150, medium $130-$135, and lighter, $125-$130, with a small offering of new season lambs making $140.
More new season lambs featured in the store pens and sold for $80-$88.
Cattle also made the journey to Balclutha last week, and while the market was pleasing it was a shade softer than recent levels. The yarding featured Charolais steers, 430kg, $3.04/kg, Hereford-Friesian, 428kg, $2.90./kg and Angus heifers, 457kg, $2.80/kg.
