| Yarded 36000 including 29000 lambs. There were approximately 16000 new season lambs included. Quality as usual was very good for the young lambs and the market , as expected, eased considerably. The young lambs dropped by $10 to $15 and all other lambs fell by $15 to $20 compared to last week’s sale:
Heavy new season lambs (23 kilos+)
$130.00 to $143.00
Trade weight new season lambs (18 to 22Kgs)
$102.00 to $138.00
Extra Heavy “old” Lambs
Lambs 23-26kgs
$124.00 to $155.00
Trade weight Lambs
$100.00 to $125.00
Store Lambs
$85.00 to $117.00
Heavy merino lambs
Trade weight Merino Lambs
$98.00 to $118.00
Hoggets
$90.00 to $116.00
There were 7559 grown sheep penned, made up of mostly mixed quality Merinos, though there were some handy lines on offer. As with the lamb sale, grown sheep sold to a cheaper trend compared to last week’s sale.
Merino Wethers
$73.00 to $107.00
Merino Ewes
$74.00 to $121.00
XB Ewes
$74.00 to $109.00
Light Sheep
$42.00 to $79.00
Merino Rams
$59.00 to $72.00 |