Canterbury cropping farmers flocked to the Maniototo for the last big lamb sale in the South Island for the season.
PGG Wrightson North Otago livestock manager Mark Yeates, of Oamaru, said there was a full clearance of the more than 17,000 sheep on offer at the annual Maniototo Last Muster Lamb Sale at Waipiata Saleyards last week.
The saleyards were at capacity, he said.
“There was not a spare pen.”
A “firm market” included many repeat buyers, especially from cropping operations in Mid Canterbury.