| Weeks before | Volume data for <50lb lambs | Price data for <50lb lambs ($/lb) | ||||||||||
| & after Easter | 2000(#) | 2001(#) | 2002(#) | 2003(#) | 2004(#) | 2005(#) | 2000($) | 2001($) | 2002($) | 2003($) | 2004($) | 2005($) |
| 6 | 124 | 62 | 61 | 104 | 37 | 68 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 1.66 | 1.59 | 1.54 | 1.37 |
| 5 | 72 | 147 | 73 | 133 | 51 | 14 | 1.74 | 1.90 | 1.83 | 1.60 | 1.22 | 1.50 |
| 4 | 290 | 199 | 52 | 139 | 35 | 32 | 1.65 | 1.73 | 1.78 | 1.64 | 1.76 | 1.66 |
| 3 | 273 | 341 | 190 | 266 | 177 | 86 | 1.68 | 1.87 | 1.98 | 1.54 | 1.47 | 1.76 |
| 2 | 1063 | 973 | 855 | 624 | 794 | 595 | 1.71 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.82 | 2.00 | 2.04 |
| 1 | 1470 | 1029 | 1341 | 1209 | 2045 | 1206 | 1.50 | 2.14 | 1.62 | 1.78 | 1.67 | 2.00 |
| 0 | 397 | 133 | 165 | 758 | 247 | 64 | 1.65 | 2.19 | 1.52 | 1.94 | 1.36 | 1.83 |
| 1 | 46 | 232 | 138 | 348 | 262 | 97 | 1.56 | 1.87 | 1.49 | 1.59 | 1.34 | 1.57 |
| 2 | 151 | 235 | 346 | 242 | 252 | 241 | 1.59 | 1.73 | 1.38 | 1.61 | 1.32 | 1.66 |
| 3 | 200 | 147 | 434 | 338 | 208 | 395 | 1.55 | 1.67 | 1.28 | 1.62 | 1.15 | 1.53 |
| 4 | 203 | 192 | 526 | 193 | 89 | 537 | 1.29 | 1.71 | 1.54 | 1.46 | 1.18 | 1.53 |
| 5 | 213 | 89 | 320 | 226 | 153 | 1.37 | 1.43 | 1.44 | 1.48 | 1.15 | ||
| 6 | 88 | 231 | 131 | 236 | 206 | 1.41 | 1.56 | 1.29 | 1.36 | 1.08 | ||