Strathdarr lambs fetch top price

Image:  Record sale: JA McGregor Pty Ltd Agents, Mark Smith and Brian ‘Spike’ Baldwin at the Inverell Regional Livestock Exchange.

A record was broken at the Inverell Regional Livestock Exchange during the weekly sheep sale on Tuesday. 

Thirty lambs sold by J A McGregor Pty Ltd account of AJ and AM Doering “Strathdarr” Crooble were sold for $245/hd.  

The animals were knocked down to Fletchers at Dubbo. 

They were bred by the vendor and by White Suffolk Rams out of Dorset X Ewes. 

The lambs were sold by Brian “Spike” Baldwin who is the longest serving agent at Inverell. 

The market at Inverell was strong with sheep up to $15 dearer, trade lambs were up by $20 to $30 per head and extra heavy lambs increased by up to $45.