Forbes Sheep Sale

Conducted 28/07/2015

Yarded 30977 including 24937 lambs. Over 8000 new season lambs were included in the offering and buyers displayed urgency to compete for them and prices improved $7 to $8 . “Old ” lambs were $3 to $6 better for trade weights and as much as $8 for the heavies. Merino lambs also rose by $3 to $5 compared to last week’s sale:

Heavy new season lambs
$150.00 to $163.00

Trade weight new season lambs (20 to 22Kgs)
$125.00 to $150.00

Extra Heavy Lambs
$165.00 to $195.00

Lambs 23-26kgs
$146.00 to $167.00

Trade weight Lambs
$118.00 to $157.00

Store Lambs
$79.00 to $113.00

Heavy merino lambs
to $154

Trade weight Merino Lambs
$97.00 to $144.00

Hoggets
$104.00 to $136.00

There were 6040 grown sheep yarded and prices were unchanged

except for wethers which were slightly dearer compared to last week’s sale:

Merino Wethers
$115.00 to $147.00

Merino Ewes
$82.00 to $126.00

XB Ewes
$100.00 to $129.00

Light Sheep
$38.00 to $88.00

Merino Rams
to $88.00