"It'll actually be my first Hogget Fair next Wednesday, so I'll have to dust off my gumboots."
Harvey Falloon, from PGG Wrightson Whanganui, said a hogget was a lamb aged between one and two years, and "a good fat one" could sell for around $150.
"The real top-end ones are about $200, and the lighter ones can go for $120," Falloon said.
Carter said The Cancer Society, like all charities, had been hit "pretty hard" by the Covid-19 pandemic.
"People might take a little bit longer to get back on their own feet before they can start to give to a charity again.
"This is totally understandable, and for us, there'll be a long last effect."
• The Hogget Fair is at the Fielding Sale Yards on Wednesday, August 12.