2/06/2020
Total Yarding – 20,320hd Lambs – 18,150 Sheep – 2,170
Numbers lifted this sale with lambs showing the change. Lamb quality was fair with good numbers of well finished lambs on offer. The usual
buyers were present and competing in a firm to dearer market that gained momentum as the sale progressed.
A few pens of new season lambs sold from $212 to $235/head. Store type lambs to restockers sold from $160 to $191/head. Trade weight
lambs were firm to $3 better with the 18 to 22kg portion selling from $168 to $210/head. Heavy lambs to 26kg lifted $3 to range in price from
$203 to $240/head. Export lambs were also $3 better to receive from $232 to $293/head. Carcase prices averaged from 825c to 895c/kg cwt.
Mutton numbers remained steady and quality was very mixed. Prices continue to be strong with Merino ewes selling from $148 to $220/head.
Crossbred ewes sold from $153 to $260 and Merino wethers made from $156 to $212/head.