THE Mallee sheep market took a very small breather this week after its record-shattering run in recent sales at Ouyen Livestock Exchange.

After Andersons of Bronzewing set the market alight with $381 at the last sale in June, the best Ouyen could do on Thursday was $380.

And that was for a pen of 84 crossbred lambs from MUT at Tempy – the same vendor whose previous $366 record was the one brok...