For their annual breeders sale, Butt Livestock and Property, Yass listed 4463 sheep, consisting of 2613 Merino ewes, 865 Merino wethers and 985 Merino lambs on AuctionsPlus.
Top price at $230 was paid by Boorowa interests for 197 18 month old CentrePlus-blood Merino ewes, NSM and July-shorn on account M.L and R.M Grogan, Binalong.
Burrinjuck Pastoral Co, Bookham sold 116 two and half years unjoined Merino ewes, January-shorn and Bogo-blood for $221 to a Naracoorte buyer, while S and R Weir, Bookham sold 210 unjoined one and half year Merino ewes, Bogo-blood and January-shorn for $220 to a Benalla producer.
D.A and H Painting, Bookham received $220 for their pen of 375 unjoined Merino ewes, four and half years, Bogo-blood and May-shorn, and bought by Yass interests.
M.F.A Elsegood, Bookham offered two lots of woolgrower Merino wethers with $168 paid for her 284 two and half year August-shorn and Bogo-blood purchased by Victorian interests while her second pen of 581 one and half year, October-shorn and Bogo-blood were bought by Young producer for $166.
W.R and L.A Archer, Yass got best price for the 480 unmulesed, unshorn but crutched Bogo-blood Merino wether lambs weighing 32.5kg and bought by Yass producer for $138.50.