A total of 11,000 lambs were up for sale last Wednesday in Wairarapa, with 4500 offered at the Masterton sale yards, followed by 6500 at Te Whanga Station. At Masterton most lambs were annual draft and blackface mixed-sex, and medium lines sold for $127-$133. At Te Whanga over half the offering were also blackface mixed-sex, with the balance Romney cryptorchid. The sale took just 15 minutes as line sizes varied from 300 to 1200 head. Heavy lambs reached $172-$174, with good lines making $135-$139.
Masterton lamb and Te Whanga station on-farm lamb sale 20.11
Good blackface mixed-sex lambs made $137-$153 at Masterton
Medium lambs at Te Whanga Station traded at $123-$126
Small lambs at both sales made $100-$105
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