Livestock transporters, abattoirs, feedlotters and landholders with feed have combined to shift a thousands of cattle from fire ravaged areas.

Demand for lamb continued to track strongly for both trade and export categories.

A new record for a top-priced pen of ewes at Casterton has injected a shot of confidence into the community.

After the three-week Christmas break, 2020 lamb and sheep markets have so far produced rewarding results.

First-cross ewe buyers operated cautiously in a yarding of around 24,000 sheep at the Ballarat annual first-cross ewe sale.

Prices reach $370 a head at Kyneton's annual first-cross ewe sale.

The lamb market appears to be finishing the year on a solid note, with prices being driven by a shortage of well-finished lambs.

The strength of the prime market and a good local season drove prices higher at the Ballarat annual first-cross ewe sale.

The annual disruption caused by the Christmas and New Year holidays has impacted sheep and lamb markets this week.

Another link with the halcyon days of Newmarket has gone.