Prime Lamb & Sheep

Total Yarding: 15,243

Lamb numbers eased and the quality was mixed. There were several good pens of heavy weights and the trade run was mixed. There were plenty of light store lambs with restockers strong on shorn lambs. The better lambs were firm and the shorn restocking lambs dearer.

Unshorn restocking lambs $35 to $110 and shorn lambs $120 to $134/head. Trade lambs to 24kg cwt sold from $145 to $180 and heavy weights 24 to 26kg sold from $160 to $198/head averaging 760c to 780c/kg cwt. Heavy lambs to 30kg reached $246 for Aussie whites and extra heavy lambs topped at $255/head. Heavy hoggets sold from $124 to $149/head.

Mutton numbers were similar and mostly medium weight ewes were offered. Prices eased $15 to $20/head. Light ewes $24 to $54 and medium weights $40 to $72/head. Heavy crossbred ewes $95 to $106 and Merino also reached $106/head.

Market Report: MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service. Click here to download the full market report.

Photo: 22 Australian White Lambs sold for $246.2ph by Holman Tolmie on behalf of W & V Lovell, Harden.