An evenly balanced sale of one-and-half year-old crossbred ewes at Naracoorte yesterday resulted in the bulk of yarding being cleared at prices of $120 to $150 a head, with handful of speciality pens selling to $160.
Numbers were back to a more manageable level of 18,000 head, rather than the huge 42,000 penned a year ago.
Many sellers on the day were more pleased with this year's outcome, while buyers said their outlay was more in balance with their lamb and cast-for-age ewe receipts of this year.
* A full market report will appear in Stock & Land, November 20 edition.
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