4.12.2018
Total Yarding – 24,150hd Lambs – 16,200 Sheep – 7,950
Numbers lifted this sale with both lamb and mutton showing the increase. Lamb quality was improved slightly on the previous
sales with some good runs of supplementary fed finished lambs on offer. Most of the usual buyers were present and competing in
a firm to cheaper market that fluctuated with quality.
Restockers were active paying up to $142/head for the plainer types. Light old lambs dropped $6 to sell from $106 to
$126/head. Trade weights were firm to $4 easier with prices ranging from $135 to $170/head.
Heavy and extra heavy weights were $3 to $6/head easier. Heavy lambs sold from $160 to $184 and extra heavy weights
received from $177 to $240/head. Carcase prices averaged from 682c to 737c/kg.
Mutton numbers were made up of mostly Merinos and quality continues to be very mixed. Prices remained fairly steady with
Merino ewes selling from $96 to $156/head. Crossbred ewes ranged in price from $82 to $141 and Dorper ewes averaged
$82/head.