Horsham Regional Livestock Exchange coordinator Paul Christopher said the weekly sheep and lamb sale on Wednesday was a "success" despite closing the yards off to the public.
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The measures were announced by Horsham Rural City Council on Monday to slow the spread of coronavirus. There have been no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Wimmera.
"We had a larger than usual March sale at 22,000 sheep," Mr Christopher said.
"As per the restrictions, the sale was attended only by agents, buyers and transport operators.
"We would like to thank the members of the public who heeded the calls not to be here.
And we also thank the small number of people who arrived at the sale and co-operated with our request for them to not attend," he said.
Access to the weekly sales would continue to be restricted until further notice.
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