14/08/2018
Total Yarded – 43,050hd Lambs – 25,150 Sheep – 17,900
Numbers lifted slightly this sale, with mutton showing the increase. Lamb quality continues to be very mixed with most of the
better finished pens being supplementary fed. The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market.
There was 6,350 new season lambs penned and prices lifted $8 to $14/head. Trade weights sold from $168 to $215, with heavy
weights reaching $230/head. Carcase prices averaged 914c/kg cwt. Old light lambs lifted $6 to sell from $134 to $144/head.
Trade weights were $7 to $10 dearer and sold from $143 to $210/head. Heavy and extra heavy weight lambs sold $12 to
$13/head better. Heavy lambs received from $205 to $237 and extra heavy weights sold from $225 to $285/head. Carcase
prices averaged 852c to 913c/kg cwt.
Mutton numbers increased and quality was very mixed. There were some good lines of heavy sheep offered, along with a large
percentage of plainer light types. Prices were firm to slightly cheaper and fluctuated with quality. Light Merino ewes sold from
$50 to $87/head. Medium and heavy weights received from $88 to $159/head. Crossbred ewes received from $85 to $147, and
Dorper ewes sold from $71 to $108/head. Merino wethers ranged in price from $79 to $145/head.