The store lamb pens last Thursday featured the largest July yarding at Coalgate since 2013, with special entries boosting numbers to 1527. Store lamb prices lifted $2-$3, and the best sold
to $140-$145, with the balance at $90-$137. A consignment of mixed ewe and wether lamb lines sold well, with the tops reaching $140-$142.
Better prime lambs sold for $201-$218, with medium-good fetching $180-$198. Ewes with lambs-at-foot have started appearing with two small lines selling for $50-$72 all counted.
The cattle tally totalled only 29, with 13 store cattle and 16 prime presented.
