Forbes Sheep Sale Market Report

4/02/2020

Total Yarding – 24,300hd      Lambs – 19,200      Sheep – 5100

Numbers eased this sale with lambs showing the change. Lamb quality continues to be fair with good numbers of finished lambs available
along with the store types. The usual buyers were present and competing along with restockers in a dearer market.
Store lambs to restockers sold from $90 to $180/head. Trade weight lambs were $10 dearer with prices making from $153 to $202/head.
Heavy and extra heavy weight lambs were $10 to $15/head better and more in places. Heavy lambs to 26kg sold from $190 to $230 with
extra heavy weights making from $220 to $277/head. Carcase prices averaged from 795c to 847c/kg cwt.
Mutton quality was similar to that of previous sales and Merinos made up the majority. Prices showed a dearer trend with Merino ewes selling
from $119 to $221/head. Crossbred ewes sold from $122 to $242 and Dorper ewes received from $122 to $245/head. Merino wethers made
in price from $156 to $213/head