Solid butcher inquiry was the key to a successful June store sheep at Hay on Friday where best sales of one year-old Merino ewes made to $78 to $80 a head.
A similar-aged group of wethers topped the sale at $82.
Grazier support was extremely weary on the day, despite a record low yarding of 14,000 head, as seasonal conditions across a wide area of the southern NSW and Victoria have gone beyond the knife-edge.
* Extract from a full market report to appear in Stock & Land, Vic, July 3 issue.
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