Forbes Sheep Market Report

21/3/2017

Yarded – 30,900hd   Lambs 26,600hd   Sheep 4,300hd

Numbers lifted this sale with lambs showing the increase. Quality was improved slightly from the previous sale with a better run of finished lambs offered. Heavy and extra heavy weight lambs made up the majority of the yarding. The usual buyers were present and competing in a firm to dearer market.

Light lambs lifted $3 to sell from $107 to $123/head. Trade weights were firm to $3 better with prices ranging from $120 to $149/head. Heavy and extra heavy weights lambs were firm to $4/head better. Heavy lambs sold from $142 to $162 and extra heavies received from $154 to $212/head. Carcase prices averaged from 601c to 634c/kg. Merino lambs sold to a dearer trend to range from $120 to $163/head.

Mutton numbers eased slightly and quality was very mixed. Prices jumped with Merino ewes selling from $86 to $158/head.  Crossbred ewes ranged from $84 to $147 and Dorper ewes sold from $82 to $138/head. Merino wethers reached $158/head.