Numbers were on par with the previous fortnight's yarding at the Ouyen, Vic, Livestock Exchange, while prices trended firmer.
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The Thursday sale at 2540 lambs and 869 mutton for a total 3408 head, with lambs firm to $5 dearer on all grades.
Older lambs suitable for export made $190 to $233 or $6.80 a kilogram to $7.40/kg, while trade lambs were $153 to $185 ($6.80-$7.20/kg) and light lambs reached $136.
The heavy Merino lambs made $215 or $6.80-$/kg.
MJ Lonergan, Ouyen, and Hahnel Nominees, Timberoo South, Vic, shared the top price of $233 for crossbred lambs, for 31 and 20 respectively.
K&J Grayling, Walpeup, Vic, had 21 make $222.
JEMP Lockett, Underbool, Vic, offered 26 crossbred, which made $220, as did 87 from MUT, Tempy, Vic.
Court Nareen Produce, Pooncarie, NSW, sold 22 Dorper lambs at $190, while Moorara Pastoral, Pooncarie, had 31 make $185.
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Wegner Bros, Karoonda, sold 102 Merino lambs at $215.
Mutton trended firm to $10 or $20 either side, hitting a high of $115 and trending $3.20-$3.60/kg.
New Haven, Carwarp, had 35 make $115.
Lange Family Trust, Loxton, also received $115 for 53 as well as $110 for 93.
The next scheduled sale will be on Thursday, April 13.
