Forbes Sheep Sale

Conducted 14/07/2015

Yarded 24272 including 20041 lambs. Quality of the lambs on offer was good with prime grades well supplied. With such a huge drop in numbers buyer competition was extreme and prices more than recovered last week’s drop in values. Light lambs were $3 to $5 better, trade weights lifted $6 to $8 and heavies $14 to $16. New season lambs increased to 4000 head and sold $7 to $10 dearer and merino lambs improved by $7 to $8 compared to last week’s sale:

Heavy new season lambs
$154.00 to $166.00

Trade weight new season lambs(20 to 22Kgs)
$128.00 to $152.00

Extra Heavy Lambs
$170.00 to $192.00

Lambs 23-26kgs
$150.00 to $169.00

Trade weight Lambs
$115.00 to $154.00

Store Lambs
$84.00 to $120.00

Heavy Merino Lambs
$00 to $140.00

Trade weight Merino Lambs
$102.00 to $138.00

Hoggets
$94.00 to $133.00

There were only 4231 grown sheep yarded and prices were mostly unchanged. However light sheep were just a little easier compared to last week’s sale:

Merino Wethers
$94.00 to $118.00

Merino Ewes
$82.00 to $128.00

XB Ewes
$96.00 to $134.00

Light Sheep
$36.00 to $70.00

Merino Rams
$.00 o to $70.00