Prime Lamb & Sheep

Total Yarding: 7859

Lamb numbers were back and the quality was mostly plain with plenty of light weights offered. Prime trades were limited and there were only a handful of heavy lambs. Hoggets were better presented with more finished and carry more weight. Lambs eased around $10 across most of the categories but the quality was not as good. Hoggets sold to dearer trends with more weight on offer.

Restocking lambs sold from $70 to $130/head. Trade lambs 20 to 22kg sold from $115 to $159/head. The 22 to 24kg lambs sold from $156 to $170 and averaged around 680c to 700c/kg. heavy lambs reached $180/head. Heavy hogget reached $132/head.

Mutton numbers eased and the quality was mixed and prices lifted between $6 and $10/head with the exception of the very light 1 scores. Medium weight ewes sold from $61 to $116 and heavy crossbred ewes $91 to $138/head. Merino ewes reached $122 and very heavy crossbred wethers $140/head.

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Photo: 20 XB Lambs sold for $196.2ph by Holman Tolmie on behalf of G Clarke.