Spring lambs brought export prices at this week's Balclutha stock sale.
Hoggets maintained last week's prices while prime ewes gained $2-$4 per head.
Organic ewes with lambs at foot sold well.
Prices were:
Prime Sheep
Heavy woolly spring lambs: $97-$100; medium $90-$94; light $83-$87.
Heavy shorn hoggets: $109-$129; medium $92-$101; light $83-$88.
Heavy adult ewes: $60-$65; medium $54 - $57; light $42-$49.
Store sheep
Coopworth mixed aged ewes with lambs at foot, medium organic stock: $50.50.
Crossbred mixed sex hoggets top: $55; medium $48-$50; light: $21-$41.
