The North East Victorian weaner sales will go full steam ahead from tomorrow with NSW agents, vendors and buyers now able to attend with a border permit.

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Earlier today agricultural workers were added to the list of "permitted workers" able to apply for a permit to travel to Victoria following the New Year's Eve border closure due to the Sydney COVID-19 outbreak.

The Victorian Department of Health and Human Services' website states permits should be received within five minutes of submitting an application.

NSW and Victoria "border bubble" residents are able to cross the border without a permit, using their driver's license to prove their residential address. A list of Local Government Areas within the border bubble can be found here.

Northern Victoria Livestock Exchange said access to the saleyards is allowed for NVLX staff, agents, genuine buyers, vendors with livestock in the sale, transporters and media reporters.

All sales at NVLX will be able to be watched and bid on online via StockLive - click here to view all pre-sale catalogues, register to bid or view the sale.

NVLX has also reminded attendees it is mandatory in Victoria to wear a mask when indoors, which includes saleyard offices and the canteen.

The weaner sales will kick off at 9am tomorrow with the Elders and Paull and Scollard Nutrien's black cattle sale.

In a new look format all four Wodonga sales will run across four days this week and a new fixture at Wangaratta has been added on Wednesday afternoon.

There are 12,000 cattle estimated to be yarded across the four sales at Wodonga and all are expected to be in very good condition given the season, with some calves reported to be up to 100 kilograms heavier than this time last year.

Elders Albury agent Brett Shea said he did not believe the border restrictions would have a negative impact on the sales now permits were available for the agricultural industry.

"Commonsense has prevailed and those people (from outside the border bubble in NSW) can now attend as an essential worker," Mr Shea said.

"We want them there, we want as many people there as we can get."

A link to apply for a permit to cross the Victorian border is below - https://www.service.vic.gov.au/services/border-permit/home

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