The sale had all the bumps of a regular auction.
The enthusiasm carried over into the Government's regular weekly bill auction.
Elsewhere, as expected, rates were off in the Treasury's regular weekly bill auction.
At the regular weekly auction of new bills, rates were not much different from the previous sale.
Analysts said that the results of the Government's regular weekly bill auction held no surprises.
A year earlier, the Treasury had lopped $2 billion off the size of the regular auction.
The supply of new Treasury issues this week is thin, with only today's regular weekly bill auction.
In the short-term market, interest rates were little changed at yesterday's regular weekly auction of new bills.
Rates were mixed at the Treasury's regular weekly bill auction yesterday.
Yesterday's regular weekly bill auction drew strong demand, with rate results coming up mixed.